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 * A**. By considering your answers to the above, give two important characteristics that mass media products have in common:
 * One characteristics that mass media products have in common is that it reaches a large number of people.
 * Another characteristics that mass media products have in common is that it is some sort of communication.

Why do you use it?
 * B**. Name one mass media product that you consume regularly at least once a week.
 * A mass media product that I consume regularly at least once a week is the computer. I use my computer to find out information for school assignments. I also use it to go on social network websites, such as Facebook.


 * C**. Is there any media product that you feel you could not live without? If so, say what it is and why it is so important to you.
 * A media product that I think I could probably not live without is my computer. The reason for this is because I used my computer for a variety of reasons. I use it mostly for searching up information for school or if I'm just curious about something. It's important to me because it helps me with school assignments. I could also use my textbooks, but not everything that I would like to know is in my textbooks.


 * D**. How do you think that media influences the way in which you live your life? Give examples of this.
 * I think that the media influences the way in which I live my life. For example, the other day my mom and I went to a phone store and the manager said that they had a phone plan that is the best out of all but that plan would end in September. I was thinking about phones and I reminded my mom about the plan. She told me that it was just a way to get customers. I then thought about what she said and she was right about what she said. Another example would be if your favorite singer is doing an event for charity, you would most likely like to give money to that charity as well. This would help people in need, but you did it because your favorite singer did it as well.


 * E.** Complete the following Media Daily Diary
 * || **Print** ||  || **TV** ||   || **Radio** ||   || **Phone** ||   || **eReader** ||   || **Computer** ||   || **other**? ||   ||
 * || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time ||
 * **Day 1** || Book || 15 mins. || Shows || 2 hrs. 10 mins. || Music || 15 mins. || Texting || 4 hrs. 30 mins. || iPod || 30 mins. || Internet || 1 hr.30 mins. || none || 0 mins ||
 * **Day 2** || Book || 15 mins || Shows || 2 hours 30 mins. || Music || 20 mins || Texting || 4 hrs. || iPod || 1 hour || Internet || 1 hour || none || 0 mins ||
 * **Day 3** || None || 0 mins. || Movies || 8 hours || Music || 2 mins. || Texting || 6 hours || iPod || 4 hours || Internet || 2 mins. || none || 0 mins ||
 * **Total Time** || Book || 30 mins. || Shows/ Movies || 12 hours 40 mins. || Music || 37 mins. || Texting || 14 hours 30 mins || iPod || 5 hours 30 mins || Internet || 2 hours 32 mins. || none || 0 mins. ||