snapchat – Girl Meets The World of Media

I thought my media consumption while I was still on campus was bad. It’s worse under quarantine.

Basically my daily routine nowadays. (GIF: blaisems on Reddit | GIPHY)

While I was on campus, I was constantly busy, so I didn’t spend too much time on my phone. In fact, the week that USC announced the *first* extension of online classes, I only spent roughly 3 hours on my phone daily.

But as soon as I returned home, I started spending, on average, 5-6 hours on my phone daily – twice the time!

My daily average time spent on my phone. This time increased starting Thursday when I went home for spring break.
My daily average time on my phone over spring break. (Double the week before!)
The time I spent on my phone every day on average this week (not a full week)

Still, my media consumption habits themselves haven’t really changed. I heavily use social media. My news consumption is still minimal, although the COVID-19 situation compels me to pay closer attention now.

The Social (Media) Butterfly

Sharing Too Much & Reading Too Little

This whole blog post is based on the media log below.

From the moment this blog was assigned, I already knew what would dominate my media diet: social media.

My media consumption varies throughout the week. I still check Snapchat while going to class, but because I’m so focused on schoolwork, I’m not glued to my phone on weekdays.

But on weekends, I never put down my phone.

I’m a social butterfly, so I really like interacting with people. When I’m on my phone, naturally, I constantly check on my friends. I guess that also makes me a social media butterfly…

Not an actual butterfly like Heimlich here, but a social one. (GIF by hello-claudia33 on Tumblr)

When I was tracking my media consumption on Friday, I thought I wouldn’t be using social media as much because I was hanging out with my high school friends. We were even watching an ITZY concert, which meant even more time away from my phone… right?

Wrong. I still used social media just as much, if not more.