Media Consumption Audit

Media Audit

Newspapers

• Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?
• Non
• What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?
• What sections do you never read, and why?
• Sport because I am not interested
• 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
• Kerrang, because i like the music
• What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?
• i read the interviews first because im interested in what the musician's say

Television

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television?
• 3
• What times of day do you usually watch television?
• evening
• What programmes do you like best and why?
• Do you watch alone or with others? If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch?
• alone
• Do you watch 'live' TV or on-demand/catch-up? Do you use any other devices to watch TV (such as laptop or tablet?
• mostly recorded

Radio

• Do you listen to the radio?
• yes
• If yes, what stations do you like best and why?
• Capital, Kerrang
• Do you listen to podcasts?
• yes
• If yes, what podcasts have you listened to recently?
• Joe Rogan,Happy Hour, Serial Killers
• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend listening to podcasts or radio?
• 5
• What times of the day do you usually listen to podcasts or radio?
• morning and evening
• Where do you listen to podcast or radio?
• home and in car
• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst listening?
• cleaning
• 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?
• non
• What films have you seen in other places – for example, through Netflix, Amazon Prime, satellite/cable film channels (free or otherwise) or streaming?
• non
• Who else watched the films with you?
• Who decided what films to watch?
• What devices do you typically use to watch films: TV, laptop, tablet, phone etc.?
• phone, cinema

Online

• How often do you access the internet?
• everyday
• Where do you access the internet?  At home, at college or school, or at work?
• home and school
• What are the main sites that you access?
• youtube, insatgram, twitter, reddit
• What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment?
• entertaainment
• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the internet?
• What different devices do you use to access the internet? What is your primary device for accessing the internet?
• computer, phone
• What social networks do you use regularly (e.g. Twitter, Instagram)? Why do you belong to these networks in particular?
• twitter, reddit, instagram, facebook

Reflection

• How can you develop the amount and variety of media you consume?
• What will you change in your media consumption habits this year as a result of studying A Level Media?
• hopefully access different types of media more aoften
• 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, TV, Newspaper