
Welcome to Purposeful Media Consumption
A reflection of my everyday media usage

Cold Weather and Media
With the recent snow falling and low temperatures, I have seen an increase of winter memes and cold weather videos. This one is one of my...

Recent Increase in Overall Screen Time
With the new iPhone function that monitors your use of screen time on your phone, I get weekly updates on this use. At first, it was kind...

Crazy Rich Asians
All of my friends have been telling me that Crazy Rich Asians is the first real rom-com since 'The Proposal'. My husband and I finally...

Social Media and Small Businesses
I know many people who own small businesses and follow their businesses on Facebook. With this class, I have become much more aware of...

The Good Doctor
I love watching doctor/hospital shows, but often they are too gory or too sexual for my liking. My friend introduced me to this show...

The Frizz
For Halloween this year, I dressed up as Ms. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus. Ms. Frizzle is definitely a "media icon" from my...

Psych! New Fav Team Game
Every Friday at work we have a team meeting that we go over some agenda items and then play a game to have some fun. Psych is our new...

Helen Jane Long Piano Music
To help me go to sleep each night, I listen to my favorite piano music artist: Helen Jane Long. I have my Google Mini play this music for...

How I Met Your Mother
My husband and I recently started watching "How I Met Your Mother" together and it is now one of my favorite shows. I am a little late...

Junie B. Jones
This week we talked about literature and our favorite books as children. The series I loved the most in elementary school included Magic...

Five More Minutes
This week in class we talked about what song we were. Scotty McCreery's "Five More Minutes" speaks to me so much! My family lives in...

The Internet Taught Me a New Skill
I love learning new things and challenging myself. As I was looking for a new hobby, I searched Pinterest and I found myself wanting to...

Hurricane Florence Media
This week my mind has been on my family and friends in North Carolina with Hurricane Florence headed its way. Hurricane Florence was a...










