After looking into my media usage on Saturday, not only was I a bit alarmed by the total number of hours I spent on my phone that day, but I found it interesting to analyze which apps and programs that I spent the most time on. I think that most of us don’t realize that the total time spent adds up over the entire day. I personally had 162 pickups throughout the day, with a total screen time of 8 hours and 54 minutes. I specifically picked Saturday to look into my usage because I knew that I had no plans and thought it would be interesting to see how I used my “free” time. 

When breaking down each category into the four characteristics, I found that I spent the most time interacting. Some of the apps give their user a choice of whether they want to interact or communicate or do both. I found that I used Snapchat and Twitter for more than one function. Even though I was interacting with my “friends” by scrolling through my timeline watching snapchat stories, I was also communicating with individual friends by sending them personal snapchats having a conversation and sending certain friends tweets that I thought were funny. 

I wasn’t too surprised that my most common characteristic was interacting. I like to sit back and observe, so I tend to spend most of my digital time just scrolling and staying on top of current social trends as well as keeping up with current events. In interpreting my data, I can say that I lean towards digital content on the most popular social media apps. Although I did watch Netflix for a short time, I spent the majority of my time reading/watching content that is produced by others. I personalize each of my social media channels to follow who I want and what topics I want to keep up with, which could explain why I spend hours per day on each channel because I enjoy what is presented to me.