Daily Media Use: What's Yours?

It feels like the internet and smartphones have put the whole world at our fingertips! It can be tempting to spend hours exploring all that the digital media landscape has to offer.  But all that time online can distract us from important things in our lives off the internet, or make us feel tired, disconnected, or even irritable. 

It’s important to remember too that media companies make big profits off our attention and time. The time and attention you spend online every day make money for information and technology companies.

Spin the green wheel to reveal a new question about media use. Do your best to predict the answer before opening the door to reveal the corresponding fact. How does your media use to line up with national averages? Pause the audio track now to see! Press play when you’re ready to continue.

How did you measure up? Do you spend more or less time on digital media than the national average? How do you feel about that?

One way to be more mindful of your screentime is to set screentime limits on your phone. For example, iPhone users can do this under ‘Settings.’ Try it for a week and see what changes you notice in yourself and your media use!

There are many people who benefit from your increased screentime. Let’s move on to the next station to learn more. Select the track corresponding to your next station when you arrive.