1. List the kinds of media you use/read/engage with on a daily basis. Are your choice of media + patterns for interacting with media the same or different from they wayit was when you were 5? 10? 15? etc Give short descriptions to explain.
The kinds of media I use/read/engage with on a daily basis are websites that give information about the weather, Kean University, and e-mail. I also watch the news at times or read the newspaper if I discover an event or incident that is relevant to me. At times I watch the MTV channel, which gives updates about celebreties. I listen to the radio every day while I am driving and at home as well. I also use the internet to look at radio station websites to learn about new songs that are being played on the radio.
When I was 5, I did not interact with the media that much. I was unaware of what was going on in the media because that is a very young age. By the age of 10, I was using and listening to radio stations more frequently. By the age of 15, I became familiar with almost all types of media I am currently using now.
2. Rank the relative amount of time you presently spend with each medium -- be as specific as you can.
Radio: 2-3 hours every day
Internet websites/news: 2 hours every day
Television news/shows: 1-2 hours every day, on other occasions about 5 hours.
3. Describe any media associated with how you perform the following school related tasks:
- do math or other calculation-based homework: No media
- read assignments: If they require the use of internet, I will use media.
- compose a paper (answers may be different for drafting, revising + editing): Almost always use internet media for this task. I look at websites to gain better information or look at ideas from other sources.
- study for an exam: No media usually.
- conduct research / find references: Always use internet media. I use the Kean Library to look at journal articles, news websites, ect.
4. Describe any media associated with how you do the following everyday tasks:
drive: I always listen to the Radio or my ipod when I am driving.
eat a meal by yourself: I usually am on the computer, watching television, or listening to the radio.
eat with your family/friends: Sometimes watching television.
household chores (cooking, cleaning, household repairs, work on your car): I listen to the radio and sometimes have the television on.
5. Describe what you do to relax or in your free time - and how you relax(e.g. watching TV while looking at a magazine and texting a friend)
In my free time, I watch TV, talk on the phone, use the internet for Facebook/Myspace/AIM/e-mail, text my friends, listen to the radio or my ipod. While I am relaxing I am almost always in my room. At times I do several of the tasks at one time (e.g. watching tv and talk on the phone, on the computer and listening to music).
Analyzing your patterns for attention:
a. Patterns of attention for individual activities:
- do math or other calculation-based homework: 1
- read assignments: 1
- compose a paper (answers may be different for drafting, revising + editing): 2
- study for an exam: 2
- conduct research / find references: 1
- drive: 2
- eat a meal by yourself: 5
- eat with your family/friends: 2
- household chores (cooking, cleaning, household repairs, work on your car): 5
- watching TV: 3
- talking on the phone: 3
- listening to music: 3
b. Patterns of attending within activity clusters:
1+1+2+2+1+2+5+2+5+3+3+3= 30
c. Overall pattern for attention. Average all the rating numbers to get your overall pattern for attending.
30/12 = 2.5
6 Questions to think about.
a. In which category were you most likely to use hyper attention? in which category were you most likely to use deep attention? Or do you seem to have a consistent style (all hyper or deep attention)? How would you explain this?
I was most likely to use hyper attention in areas such as eating by myself and doing household chores. I was most likely to use deep attention in areas that deal with school work. I don't have a consistent style when it comes to attention. It seems that I am directly in the middle. I use hyper and deep attention at different times in different areas.
b. In which category was there the largest range of numbers ( for example, some activities rated 1, some rated 5). Can you explain why the range might be large for this category?
The activites that had the largest range was school classwork, which was at a level 1, however when I am doing chores or relaxing I use hyper attention, which received a 5.
c. In which category did you have the most consistent style? Why do you think this is so?
I had the most consistent style when it came to acitivites that took place at home, such as chores, watching tv, texting, and on the computer for leisure.
7. How would you characterize yourself in terms of patterns for attending? Do these numbers reflect how you would characterize yourself (in terms of attention)? What correlations or inconsistencies do you see between your feeling about how you think and these numbers? Can you explain them?
After calculating my score, which was a 2.5, it seems that I have a balance between hyper and deep attention. However, most of the time I seem to have hyper attention. There is not many times where I am only concentrating on one specific task at one time, but I am still able to do tasks efficiently. I have become used to completing taks, where I am engaged in other activites. When I am trying to complete a research assignment or compose a paper is one of the specific times where I can only concentrate on that task without any distractions. I also find that when completing homework, I work best at night or whenever there are no other people in the household.
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