Newspapers
Which daily newspapers do you read?
To be honest, I don’t really read
newspapers much, however if I do read one it is always ‘The Times’. The time
when I will read this is when I’m sitting on the bus, train, other public
transport or when I’m bored, as I generally am not much of a reader.
What
sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?
The first section that I will
always turn to when reading The Times, is the one in which most serious and
life taking situations are written in. These are what I find interesting and
also helpful as I can gather what is going on within my area.
What
kinds of stories do you usual read and why?
As I am not much of a sporty
person, I tend to avoid the Sports section as there is no point in reading
about something I am not interested in.
What kind
of stories do you usually read and why?
I normally read stories to do
with crime. This is because, these articles engage me alot as they teach me
about what happens to people in life and also teaches me things that I do not
know and makes me more aware of the society we live in today. This section not
only engages me but also makes me want to carry on reading to find out more
issues within the society and the people in it.
Do you,
or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?
Within my family the only person
that reads ‘The Times’ is my brother, and he tends to purchase it and give it
away to one of his peers, however I tend to read it when I find it on public
transport or in public places, such as the doctors, were they have free ones to
read.
Magazines
What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly? Why?
I am not much of a magazine
collector, however if I do get them, I tend to buy teen magazines, which are
full of the latest gossip and have a huge section of the latest fashion. This
means that I am able to keep up with the day to day fashion and know what is in
when. It also gives me something to read that interests me and keeps me
entertained, when I am bored and have nothing else to do.
What
sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?
I don’t tend to read the section
with the stories in them, as I am more interested in real life situations, than
non-fictional.
Approximately how many hours a
week do you spend watching television?
Depending on how much work I have from school,
I watch TV. Approximately, when I have a small amount of work, I watch around
25 hours of TV per week. However on normal school days, I watch around 30
minutes of TV per day, or even an hour if I’m lucky.
What
times of day do you usually watch television?
During the normal school week, I
tend to watch Television for a short period of time when I come back from
school, at around five in the evening. On other days I tend to sit and watch it
at night time, together with the family.
What
programmers do you like the best and why?
I find any comedy and
entertaining programme the best. Two of the best ones I watch are both based on
families and are both as funny as each other, these are: ‘The Middle’ and ‘The
Modern Family’.
Do you
watch alone or with others?
A majority of the time, I watch
these programmes with both my brother and my sister, and sometimes my mother.
In addition to this, some of the time I do tend to have time alone and watch it
on my own as well.
If you
watch with others, who decides what you will watch?
If I watch the television with
both of my siblings or even one of them, we both have to equally share the
remote, and the time we watch the television.
Radio
What stations do you like the best and why?
The radio stations I like the
best are Kiss FM, Capital FM and Buzz Asia. The first two, because it keeps me
updated with the latest RNB and the third one because it keeps me up to date
with the latest Indian songs.
Approximately
how many hours a week do you spend listening to the radio?
Within a week, I tend to listen
to more of the radio than I watch TV, so within I week, I approximately listen
to around 35 hours of it.
What
times of the day do you usually listen to the radio?
A majority of the time I listen
to it whilst I’m doing my work, however I also listen to it when I’m doing my
chores as the kitchen has a radio with surround system all over it and it keeps
me motivated whilst doing the work around the house.
What
stations do you dislike the most and why?
One of the stations I dislike the
most is Classic FM. This is because I don’t enjoy listening to such soft and
soothing music, as I feel there is no beat and is just too dead for me. I’d
rather go to sleep than listen to it.
Do you
listen alone or with others?
When listening to the radio, as I
work alongside my sister at home and she enjoys the same radio stations as me,
she tends to listen to the radio with me. In addition to this we also listen to
the radio stations together as a family in the car.
Where do
you listen to the radio?
I listen to the radio, in the
car, in my room, kitchen and even in the bathroom when i’m having a shower.
Cinema
What
films, if any, have you seen in the cinema in the last month?
Within the last month I have been
to see ‘Monsters University’ and ‘Meet The Millers’
What
films have you seen in other places – for example, through rental, satellite
film channels (free or otherwise) or through video-on-demand?
I don’t tend to watch many
movies, however we did rent out one of Mr Beans old movies as it never gets
old!
Who else
watched the films with you?
When I watch films, or go to the
cinema I tend to go with the family or with my friends.
Who
decided what films to watch?
When it comes to the decision of
what films are watched, we either decide civilly amongst ourselves as friends,
or as family, we decide amongst siblings and vote.
Internet
How often do you access the internet?
I access the Internet every
single day.
Where do
you access the internet? At home, at college or school, or at work?
I access the Internet at both my
home and my school as I have work to do in both places.
What are
the main sites that you access?
A majority of the time ‘Google’
is the main site that I use, as I need to do research for specific information.
In order to complete media work I also have to access my blog. In addition to
work, I also use it to access social networks, such as ‘Facebook’ in order to
contact my peers and socialise, etc.
What are
the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to
make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment?
The main reasons for accessing
these sites are due to work that has been set by the teachers at school and in
order to communicate with my peers at school.
What
other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the Internet?
In addition to the reason why I
have to access the Internet, I also use the internet for a various amount of
reasons, such as to Skype, which is video calling people from anywhere, in
order to see my cousins from abroad, play games, and socialise with my friends
online
