Entry Exam

Every study needs a place to start; so, today I took an entry exam. I will be taking these every week before evaluating my weekly media usage.

1. How many hours a day do you perceive you are on the Internet? 5 hours

2. How many of those hours are on the computer? 4.5 hours Cell phone? .5 hours

3. How many hours a day do you communicate with people through the Internet? 2 hours Phone? 1 hour Face-to-Face? 5 hours

4. What social networking tools do you use and how many hours a day do you spend on them?

Facebook: 1 hour
Twitter: 1 hour
Email: 2 hours
Ping: 15 minutes

5. Rate the following on the scale 1- None, 2- Little, 3- Average, 4- A Lot, 5- Too Much

Daily Stress Level: 4
Average Amount of Sleep: 3
Daily Internet Usage: 4
Daily Connections via Internet: 3
Quality of Connections via Internet: 2
Daily Connections via Phone: 3
Quality of Connections via Phone: 3
Daily Connections in Person: 3
Quality of Connections in Person: 2