Giving Content the Finger: A Reflection On Device-Enabled Media Consumption

When it comes to media consumption habits, my routine is likely as typical as it gets for a connected Gen-Y: wake up, check phone, maybe sleep a bit more if my banner notifications show that I didn’t…

Media Consumption Diary Assignment — Part 2

The modern, saturated media market is in need of developing new methods for maintaining sustained reader engagement. With traditional metrics such as page views being labeled as “outdated” by many in the journalism community, it is critical for the media…

I Couldn’t Keep a Media Diary

The task is difficult, I realized soon. I was supposed to record the minutes of my news consumption for two days specifying the sources and content providers.

I filled the required form (after the dead line), but I was lying in it. Or more accurately…

Give Me Quality Quickly and I’ll Give You Engagement

In a 48 hour period, I spent 85 minutes consuming news found in my Facebook feed. That’s the same amount of time I spend on my weekly Sunday night meal-prep making food that lasts me an entire week. I spent another 80 minutes reading news…

To Outlets I’m a Cheapskate

This is a story about how I’m reluctant to spend on media. Money that is. They can have my eyeballs.

My media habit — to know what everyone else knows.

Every day, I use my smartphone to log on to Facebook, expecting my Facebook friends and news organizations that I follow would share the news that I should probably know. But I don’t click on the articles very much. I just read the headlines, thinking that that’s enough…

Twitter Fingers

To spend what seems like my entire day and night online, I truly do not consume anything. Believing I had a grasp on a smattering of topics, specifically those in entertainment, after recording my time online I quickly realized that I’m simply a surface reader. Spending less than three to four…