Media Essay

After spending a couple of days monitoring how much I actually use media I realized how much I would go crazy if I didn’t have it in my life. I knew before writing this essay that I was going to print out a few pages of the form used to track my media usage. I used media for keeping in touch with friends, listening to the radio, to do my work, download media content, and to do search my news online and do my class work. On average day, when I wake up in the morning, I begin by grabbing my phone and scroll through my twitter account to see what has been going on since I’ve been asleep and check my email to see what I need to read on later. Once I get in my car I turn on my radio so I can listen to my radio show on my way to work. Once I get to work, I plug in my headphones to my iPhone so I can listen to the radio show while I’m working. My job requires me to input data on a computer all day, while I’m doing this, I’m downloading content onto my phone so I can listen to pod casts while I’m working. When I get home I relax by watching some media (ESPN) on the TV before I go on my computer and begin doing my class work. Most of the information I gather (when I’m looking for it) is from sports analysts and reporters on my Twitter feed. This past week I’ve been checking my Twitter account closely to see which football free agents signed with my favorite football team the Miami Dolphins. There have been some conflicting reports as to which specific players came and visited the Dolphins. There was a point where half of the media I followed said one player came to visit, and the other half said no he didn’t. There was a lot of holes in the information provided because there were so many conflicting reports. Ultimately I believed Jeff Darlington (an NFL.com reporter) and his report that the player did not visit the Miami Dolphins. I believed his report because he has been close to organization for a long time and his track record shows all his information is