Media Use Assignment 1 Part 2

Media Use Activity Guidelines

1)   CRUNCH NUMBERS

2)   BREAK UP INTO GROUPS OF 4. INTRO YOURSELVES. SELECT A NOTETAKER/SPOKESPERSON. 

3)   STARTING WITH THE NEAREST BIRTHDAY, EACH PERSON REPORT TO THE GROUP THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS AND FINDINGS:

a.     WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR WAKING HOURS DID U SPEND W MEDIA

b.     HOW MAY HOURS OF NEWS-BASED INFO

c.      HOW MANY HOURS OF ENT BASED INFO?

4)   AFTER INDIVDS HAVE REPORTED, DISCUSS THE INDIVIDUAL FINDS AS A GROUP. NOTETAKER TAKE NOTES ON THE FOLLOWING:

a.     WAS YOUR GROUP ABOVE OR BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE?

b.     WHAT SIMILAR PATTERNS OR DIFFERENCES EMERGED

c.      BREAKDOWN OF NEWS TO ENTERTAINMENT? MORE OF ONE? EVEN SPLIT?

d.     WHAT MEDIUM WAS MOST POPULAR IN GROUP

e.     WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF OR OTHERS IN THIS EXERCISE?

f.      WILL ANYONE IN YOUR GROUP CHANGE HIS OF HER MEDIA CONSUMPTION HABITS AFTER THIS EXERCISE? HOW? WHY?

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4) SPOKSPERSON GIVE PRESENTATION OF GROUP FINDINGS TO CLASS.