My media consumption

Newspapers

• Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?

• What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?
• What sections do you never read, and why?
• What kinds of stories do you usually read and why?
• Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?
• Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?

Magazines

• What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not?
• What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?

Television

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television?

         7-10 hours.

• What device do you use to watch television?

         TV, phone and laptop.

• What times of day do you usually watch television?

         Mornings and evenings.

• What programmes do you like best and why?

         Anime or animated series'.

• Do you watch alone or with others? If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch?

         Both, I watch with my brother and we both decide what to watch in turns.

• Do you watch 'live' TV or on-demand/catch-up? Do you use any other devices to watch TV (such as laptop or tablet?)

         

Radio

• Do you listen to the radio?

         No.

• If yes, what stations do you like best and why?
• Do you listen to podcasts?

          Yes.

• If yes, what podcasts have you listened to recently?

         The Magnus Archives.

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend listening to podcasts or radio?

         About 2-4 hours.

• What times of the day do you usually listen to podcasts or radio?

         In the morning usually.

• Where do you listen to podcast or radio?

         Spotify and youtube.

• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst listening?

         Whilst travelling and doing chores

• Does anyone else in your house listen to the radio or podcasts? If so, when do they listen?

Film

• What films have you seen in the cinema in the last month?

          Superman.

• What films have you seen in other places – for example, through Netflix, Amazon Prime, satellite/cable film channels (free or otherwise) or streaming?

         

• Who else watched the films with you?

         My older brother.

• Who decided what films to watch?

         Both of us.

• What devices do you typically use to watch films: TV, laptop, tablet, phone etc.?

         TV or laptop.

Online

• How often do you access the internet?

         Most of the day.

• Where do you access the internet? At home, at school, commuting etc.

         Everything.

• What are the main sites that you access?

          Comic sites and notion.

• What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment?

         Entertainment.

• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the internet?

          Gather information and view discourse.

• What different devices do you use to access the internet? What is your primary device for accessing the internet?

         Phone.

• What social networks do you use regularly (e.g. Twitter, Instagram)? Why do you belong to these networks in particular?

         Tiktok, pinterest and youtube.

Final section: reflection

• How can you develop the amount and variety of media you consume?

         I can read more magazines, newspapers and a wider variety of film, especially classics.

• What will you change in your media consumption habits this year as a result of studying A Level Media?

        Hopefully increasing the range of  media i enjoy across more genres and mediums.

• List three sources of media (websites/newspapers/apps/TV programmes etc.) that you will start to access this year that you haven't engaged with previously.

         Film, news and magazines.