Computers,cellphones,televisions--this is the 21st century people!

List the names of your family members, and indicate which is their favourite media tool (hardware or software)

Me- computer

Mom- phone

Dad- television (movies)

Sister- computer

brother- television

Which is the least favourite? Why?

Me- The home phone is my least favourite because I have a cellphone and every one can contact me on that. I rarely need to use the home phone.

Mom- My mom's least favourite would be the television because she doesn't watch tv that often.

Dad- My dad's least favourite would be the computer. I think it's mainly because he does not have a clue how to use it.

Sister&brother- My sister and brother's least favourite would be cellphone's because they don't have one first of all and second of all they have no need for one.

Do children of different ages or sexes prefer different items? Why?

Yes, I do think that the age of a person changes the preference and amount of use of different items such as the tv, computer, etc. For example, My younger sister and brother would not have use to a cell phone at their ages. They also do not really need a computer because they do not have homework to do or msn when they are only in grade 2 and 3. The gender of a person might slightly determine what items they prefer more. A girl probably uses their cellphone a little more often then the guys do.

Which item is used the most? Why?

The item i would say that is used the most in my house is the computer. It is used everyday by either me or my mom so that we can check emails/i can do my homework etc. I usually have homework i have to type up everyday.

Which item is used the least? Why?

The home phone is used the least in my household because me and my mom both have cell phones and we usually tend to use those because on weekdays, we are not home until the evenings when we get home from school/work.

media here, media there, media everywhere. (72 hr survey)

Three Days Of Media

What I Did & the Media I experienced
day1;Thursday)Walked around halls of OP at lunch
listened to ipod with friend.
walked outside, saw Tim Horton’s cup on the ground.

Took city bus home from school
saw ads on the bus for RCMP, promoting the importance of school credits, and Nicole Sherzinger’s new songs.
Heard person next to me listening to rap.
Saw billboard for a new line of ski coats/skis/winter wear called ‘Gusti"

Went home
watched Tyra Banks
Saw preview for a new movie with Jack Black ‘Be Kind Rewind’
Went on computer to do homework. Pop up for a vacation.
Listened to music before bed

Day 2; Friday)Bus to school
Heard two people talking about something they saw in the newspaper about a ‘helmet law’
Two other people talking about how they want a new cell phone that came out.
Saw someone with an Abercrombie bag I liked.

At school
Read a magazine in class, saw celebrities promoting different products. (Example; Mary Kate and Ashley in the ‘drink milk’ ad)

Went to Friend’s House
Saw ad for pizza so we drove to get Pizza, listened to music on the way there.
Watched two movies; Step Up & No Reservations
Friend showed me a book she’s reading
Went on the computer and talked to people on msn.
Called people on my cell phone.

Went to the Mall and out.
Went into favourite clothing stores and saw pictures of people wearing the clothes and promoting them.
Went into Music World, saw all the new CD’s and movies
Saw Billboards outside the mall promoting all the stores in the mall.
Went to the tea hut- had a lot of magazines there all written in Chinese.

Went home
Put on much music before bed, saw Britney Spears ‘piece of me’ music video and Simple Plan’s ‘when I’m gone’ music video.

Day 3; Saturday) Dad picked me up to go to his house.
Heard radio on the way there. They talked about upcoming concerts and sports games coming up in Toronto (Example; the spice girls concert)
listened to CD

At Dad’s
Played Nintendo 64-Mario party with my dad.
Saw poster I put up in my room of the "what a girl wants" movie.
Saw cosmopolitan magazine on my table.
Had a lot of empty shopping bags in room (AE, Hollister, H&M)

Walked around with friend-went to store
On walk there, saw Tim Horton’s and Mcdonald’s bags/cups on ground.
In the store, saw movies for rent, magazines, new products.

Watched TV before bed
E talk Daily came on after a tv show I like. Talked about recent events in Hollywood and what celebrities will be wearing for red carpet night.


After completing three days of studying the media around me, I’ve noticed there is in fact media influences in everything you do and everywhere you go. Even simply walking down the street, you can be faced with media such as someone listening to music in their car. For me personally, I feel like there is a little bit too much media around us and it could be taken down a notch. It is annoying sometimes because the media is starting to become something many people talk about daily. Also, I don’t really care to hear about what celebrities are doing because it does not interest me. There are better things in life to talk about other than gossip about people we do not even know.