Term paper #1

 Haven Williams 

James Reppert 

Mass Communication 

September 2022

Term Paper #1

I think media is a big factor on everyones daily lives. I am on my phone from the time I wake up to the time I go the sleep. The only time I am not on my phone is in I have in the shower, doing some homework, or in cheer practice. I feel like every one of my friends are also like that. We use or phones to communicate with each other more than we talk in person sometimes. Without my phone I feel like I am lost. My phone is like my safe place if you wanna call it that. I try to have time away from my phone as much as I can't but it is too hard in the world that we live in to be away from your phones. If I am not on my phone for a certain amount of time my mom will think that I have gone missing or something. I was very happy to know that we had to track our screen time because mines is literally so bad but it is funny at the same time. 

My mornings start off the same everyday. I wake up at 7:40am just so can get on my phone and check my social medias and see what I missed when I was sleeping. After I check my socials I get up and make my bed and start to get ready for the day. I usually pick out what I am wearing the day before just so I don't have to worry about what I am wearing when I am getting ready for the day. I never eat in the mornings, I just drink water. As I am getting ready I listen to music with my AirPods so I don't wake up my roommates. After I am done getting ready I go to class and I only have two classes everyday and the get out at 12 or 12:20 so after that I am done with school work and I normally go to lunch with my friends around that time. After lunch I have a hour until I have to work and I work for two-hours. When I work I am just on my phone or I am doing some homework but most of the time I am on my phone and talking to my friend that also works with me. after I work I have one more hour until cheer practice so I just go into my room and talk to me roommates or I will just lay in my bed and mentally prepare myself for practice. When it is time for practice I am not on my phone until practice is over. Practice will last for two hours then after practice I go to the cafe with my cheer team and eat with them and I am on my phone for most of the time. After we get done eating I go back to my room and sometimes I will eat second dinner if I an still hungry but most of the time I just get into the shower and I listen to music when I shower. After I shower I wash my face so I can keep my clear skin. I like to be in bed by 10:00 because I like to stay on my phone for a good 30 minutes so I can be on my way to sleepy town at 11 pm. 

Even when I am in class I am still on my phone. Some of my teachers really don't care if I am on my phone or not as long as I am not being loud or going to sleep in class. When I am waling for class to class I am on my phone either on snapchat or instagram. But I am on the phone with my mother a lot of time I am on my phone. My mother and I talk nonstop. So most of of the time if you see me talking to me phone I am talking to my mother and I do that a lot. I am very big on music. I listen to music every chance I get. When I am driving I listen to music, when I do homework I listen to music, whenever I am just sitting on the couch I listen to music. I barley watch tv. I have couple shows that I like to watch but I never think to just watch tv on my free time. If the tv is on then it is just there for background noise. I never really watch anything on my phone either.  I have everything that you can watch tv shows on and movies but I just don't ever watch tv if I am by myself. I usually only walk tv if I am with my roommates and they wanna have a movie night or something but if not you will never see me watching tv. 

My average screen time is 8 hours believe it or not so I am on my phone all day long if not more than that.