media consumption
Watching, reading, listening
Media consumption is the act of watching, reading, listening to, or otherwise engaging with content—television, news, music, podcasts, social media, video games.
The term frames audiences as consumers of a product: Her media consumption habits shifted entirely to streaming.
It often appears in discussions of screen time, information diets, or how people spend attention: Studies track media consumption across age groups.
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- second screenAuxiliary device while viewing
- binge-watchingRapid consecutive episode viewing
- binge watchView many episodes consecutively
- doomscrollingCompulsive consumption of distressing content
entertainment · podcasts · background noise · echo chambers · video games · digital divide · blogs · content creator · radio · privacy concerns · newspapers · multitasking · cord-cutting · magazines · news gathering · streaming · relaxation · rabbit hole
- media effectsagenda-setting, framing, priming, desensitization, persuasion
- media literacyfact checking, news literacy, critical thinking, information literacy, credibility
- media studiesfilm studies, film theory, spectatorship, semiotics, image analysis
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- mediatelevision, news, broadcasting, video, radio station
media consumptioncontent creation
Making shareable digital material
media production · publishing · broadcasting · filmmaking · journalism
media consumptiondigital detox
Period avoiding electronic devices
unplugging · media blackout · disconnection · digital minimalism · tuning out
media consumptiondirect experience
Unmediated personal encounter
lived experience · physical activity · face-to-face interaction · outdoor activity · nature immersion