Media Log Sample Entries (below)Blank media log pages follow!

NOTE: When deciding where to post an activity, focus on the medium. If a device does multiple things, focus on what you’re using it for.

CELL PHONE (telephone, texting) – Tally texts then multiply x 15 seconds per text, sending or receiving

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics What else?

10/910:30-11:00

am30 min.

talking to my mom; talking to my friends; approx.

200 text messageslaying in my bed

10/9 1:15-1:30pm 15 min. talking to my floormates; approx. 50 text messages walking to math class

10/9 3:45-5:00pm1 hr. 15

min.

talking to my parents; talking to my aunt; on the

phone with my brother; approx. 75 text messagessitting in my dorm room

10/1211:30-

12:15pm45 min. texting my mom; approx. 60 text messages sitting in Blackburn Cafe

10/12 2:00-2:15pm 15 min. texting my roommate; approx. 30 text messages sitting in my friend’s dorm

10/12 4:00-4:30pm 30 min.texting my basketball teammate; approx. 35 text

messageswalking to class

10/13 8:10-8:30am 20 min. texting my floormate; approx. 20 text messages laying in my bed

total text messages: 7,050

TOTAL PHONE 230 in minutes

COMPUTER/LAPTOP/TABLET (word processing, research/browsing/reading on Web, short videos; not TV shows/movies/games or social media)

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics What else?

10/9 7:30-8:30pm 1 hour researched for English paper in the iLab

10/9 9:00-9:15pm 15 min. print for intro to mass communication class in the iLab

10/10 12:10-1:00pm 50 min. looked up information for English class sitting in my dorm room

10/10 2:00-4:00pm 2 hoursworked on paper for intro to mass communication

classsitting in Health Sciences library

10/13 8:10-9:30am1 hr. 20

min.

worked on paper for intro to mass communication

classsitting in C.B. Powell building

10/13 1:00-4:00pm 3 hours worked on research paper for English sitting in Health Sciences library

10/1610:30-11:00

am30 min. looked up information for Math class sitting in my dorm room

10/16 8:00-8:20pm 20 min. printed information for Ethics class sitting in Founders Library

10/17 4:00-6:30pm2 hr. 30

min.

worked on paper for intro to mass communication

classsitting in Founders Library

TOTAL COMPUTER 705 in minutes

TELEVISION (watching television shows, DVDs, recorded shows, NetFlix, etc.)

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics What else?

10/9 7:00-7:30pm 30 min. watched “A.N.T. Farm” on Disney Channel sitting in friend’s room

10/9 7:45-8:45pm 1 hour watched “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/9 9:00-10:00pm 1 hour watched “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/10 1:00-2:00pm 1 hour watched “Prison Break” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/10 2:00-3:00pm 1 hour watched “Prison Break” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/10 8:00-9:00pm 1 hour watched “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix sitting in friend’s room

10/10 9:00-10:00pm 1 hour watched “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix sitting in friend’s room

10/13 1:00-2:00am 1 hour watched “Love and Hip Hop” on VH1 laying on my bed

10/13 2:00-3:00am 1 hour watched “Black Ink Crew” on VH1 laying on my bed

10/16 5:00-6:00pm 1 hour watched “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/16 6:00-7:00pm 1 hour watched “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/16 7:00-8:30pm1 hr. 30

min.watched "Black Coffee” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/17 3:00-3:30pm 30 min. watched “Family Guy” on Netflix laying on my bed

10/17 3:30-4:00pm 30 min. watched “Family Guy” on Netflix laying on my bed

TOTAL TELEVISION 780 in minutes

iPOD / MP3 PLAYER (listening to music or podcasts using earbuds or headphones)

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics What else?

10/9 4:00-5:00pm 1 hr. listen to music running around track

10/9 6:30-7:00pm 30 min. listen to music laying down

10/10 3:00-4:15pm1 hr. 15

min.listen to music doing homework in crandall lounge

10/13 9:40-10:00am 20 min. listen to music laying down

10/16 8:10-10:10pm 2 hrs. listen to music doing homework in founders library

10/1610:30-

11:00pm30 min. listen to music laying down

10/17 9:10-10:00pm 50 min. listen to music laying down

10/1711:00-

11:20pm20 min. listen to music printing out homework assignment

TOTAL iPOD/MP3 405 in minutes

PRINT (i.e., paper – books, magazines, newspapers, reading packets)

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics What else?

10/16 4:00-5:00pm 1 hr.used textbook in Ethical Issues in Communications

classsitting in Just Hall

TOTAL PRINT 60 in minutes

GAMING (Wii, Xbox, PlayStation, games on computer or smartphone, etc.)

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics (i.e., what game?) What else?

do not have gaming system

TOTAL GAMING 0 in minutes

SOCIAL MEDIA (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat, Vine, Instagram, etc.)

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics What else?

10/910:00-

11:00am1 hr. used snapchat and twitter laying down

10/9 1:00-1:30pm 30 min. used Facebook sitting in founder’s library

10/9 4:00-6:30pm2 hr. 30

min.used snapchat, instagram, twitter, and Facebook laying down in my room

10/10 6:00-6:15am 15 min. checked twitter and Facebook walking to Burr gym

10/10 8:10-10:10pm 2 hr. 30 used Facebook and instagram sitting in health science library

min.

10/1011:00-

12:00am1 hr. used vine and twitter laying down in my room

10/13 5:00-8:00pm 3 hr. checked twitter, instagram, facebook, and vine in my room and in my friend’s room

10/13 8:00-10:20am2 hr. 20

min.used facebook, twitter, and vine in my room sitting at my desk

10/13 1:00-1:30pm 30 min checked snapchat and vine walking to founder’s library

10/16 1:35-2:00pm 25 min. used snapchat sitting in founder’s library

10/16 4:00-5:10pm1 hr. 10

min.checked vine and instagram laying down in my room

10/17 6:00-6:15am 15 min. checked snapchat walking to Burr gym

10/17 7:20-8:00am 40 min. used instagram and twitter laying down in my room

TOTAL SOCIAL MEDIA 965 in minutes

RADIO (on the dial, digital, Pandora, Rdio, Spotify – delivered through speakers)

Date TimeSpan

TotalTime Specifics What else?

do not have a radio

TOTAL RADIO 0 in minutes