KEN MILLS, AGE 14 |
NOTE TO READERS:
I am having eye surgery this week and won't be posting new stuff for a few days.
This is a updated story from the blog archives. It was originally posted April 1, 2015.
WHAT IS YOUR MORNING MEDIA?
Larry Rosin and the good folks at Edison Research continue
to release fascinating, sometimes offbeat research about how people use media.
Their most recent project is no exception. Edison has released Wake Me Up – a study of lifestyle and
device use during this important time of the day. The first media choices of the day are indications
of which media platforms are important for a person's daily life. See the Wake Me Up study at LINK.
Edison conducted a national online
survey of 1,550 respondents age 18-54 in January 2015. Let’s look at the
top-line results:
HOW DID YOU WAKE UP
THIS MORNING?
About half of the Wake Me Up respondents use a device for
an alarm.
IF YOU USED AN ALARM,
WHAT KIND OF ALARM?
AT WHAT TIME DID YOU
WAKE UP THIS MORNING?
I was surprised to learn that more than half of the Wake Me Up respondents said they are up
by 6:30am.
MEET MY “ALARM CLOCKS”
SKYLAR & SCOUT -- 100% ANALOG ALARM CLOCKS |
I am one of the 4% of people who is often awakened by pets. Today
(Tuesday, March 31, 2015) I woke up at 5:55am to the sound of a fur
ball being vomited. The culpret, Scout is a very very fluffy Norwegian Forest
Cat. I didn;t use any media while I cleaned up the puke.
My typical morning routine, after getting out of bed, is a trip to my home office via my laptop. The first thing I
do is check to see if this blog is still there and that today’s post is appearing. Next I check my mobile to see if there are
any incoming messages. I don't use mobile as much as most folks because of my vision problems.
While checking messages I usually switch on the TV with
the sound down. It stays that way most
of the day – video wallpaper for the blog newsroom.
Some days I listen on my headphones to NPR News from 91.1 KNOW or music from 89.3 The Current while reading news online. But on other days, I don’t turn on any audio at all. I love the Zen of the morning -- the calm of silence.
Some days I listen on my headphones to NPR News from 91.1 KNOW or music from 89.3 The Current while reading news online. But on other days, I don’t turn on any audio at all. I love the Zen of the morning -- the calm of silence.
Then I go totally old-school – I read the Minneapolis
Star-Tribune newspaper. I love newspapers. I follow Rachel Maddow's advice and support local print journalism.
ARE YOU A MORNING
PERSON?
Wake Me Up asked
respondents if they consider themselves “a morning person”:
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to love mornings. The world is fresh and I concentrate best
on work then.
I used to be a night owl.
Not that long ago, a night was still early when it was midnight. I disliked mornings, particularly when I was a
doing the 6am – 9am airshift at a country music station. I had a rough break up with a
girlfriend and EVERY COUNTRY SONG WAS ABOUT ME. George Jones said it best:
From the blood of my body,
I could start my own still.
If drinking don’t kill
me, her memory will.
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