There are many different mediums of communication, more commonly known as, the media. Inside these categories of media fall smaller sub-categories.
For example, one section of the media comes from TV, where inside this comes different types
of TV and also different TV channels. Personally I watch TV for Sit-Coms such as 'The Big Bang Theory' and 'How I Met Your Mother' and these shows usual appear on the channel E4. I also watch the News to keep up on current events, but I try to avoid the ITV news.
My second favourite media is the internet. I use the internet for a lot of my research on sites such as Google. However, the biggest reason I use the internet is for social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. These websites give me the chance to communicate with friends and celebrities and to keep updated with the latest football scores and latest news. Another big use of the internet for me is catch-up TV, sites like BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4OD. Other reasons I use the internet is for news articles and to listen on music, the biggest site that everyone uses is probably YouTube. 
Another big section of the media is radio. The radio is no longer as popular as it used to be now with the invention of TV and the Internet. I listen to the radio mostly when I'm in the car, listening to the stations Radio 1, Radio Northampton and Heart. When I'm at home I will listen to the radio to keep updated on the football. The main stations for this is Radio 5 Live and TalkSport.
Other types of the media are print and film. Print involves magazines and newspapers; I personally don't have a preference on the make of newspaper as I rarely buy one but I do try to avoid The Sun. To watch films, I occasionally go to the Cinema when something new comes out but a lot of the time I will try and find a download link on the internet. A lot of the time, films appear on TV so I can watch older films from there.
All in all, the media is a large part of life and without all these different types of media available, a lot of things would have to be done very differently; it's safe to say that I rely on media for a lot of things.
Your blog's appearance is neat and clean Scott. I am pleased with the start you have made to the course and am interested to read your thoughts in this post. If you we're to do a study of how much time you spend on social media sites each day, what would that look like?
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