MEDIA DIARY AND ANALYSIS

Media Diary and Analysis

Media Diary and Analysis

In the modern environment, the average working adult uses many different forms of ICT. These numerous variations in ICT and its usage impact largely on their social, personal and professional lives. Some of the technology (such as a computer) is used in all three sections of their life, proving useful for work, social communication, and personal usage (such as photo editing).

 In this investigation, my interviewee is going to be Ian Gibson, is aged 46. For the last nineteen years, he has worked as a financial advisor in financial services. He is self employed, and is a partner with the financial service firm “St James' Place.” Previously to this, he has worked with Barclays bank. He regularly works from home, however he also works in the office and at various other places by arrangement from himself, his colleagues and his clients (e.g. he may meet with his clients at their houses). His relationship to me is as a father.

 

Use of professional ICT

Professional ICT is the different used by adults either at work or in relation to their work. This technology can range from email to mobile phones. Like most forms of ICT, a wide variety of technology can be placed into this category.

 

The World Wide Web

For browsing the World Wide Web, my father uses the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser (version 7.0). Like many people, this software is used very frequently for research and email in his office, and also it is frequently used at home for extra research and to email documents and information to colleagues, clients and him.

This technology meets my father's needs extremely well. The software allows him to browse the World Wide Web at respectable speed and is easy to use; the only limitation of the system is that safety features and 'fun' features found in rival software are lacking. This means that if my father made use of another browser (such as Opera) he would be able to work with reduced risk of viruses and other internet induced problems; however, as mentioned previously, these browsers don't offer as much compatibility with websites as Microsoft Internet Explorer. As a result of this, he and I agree that this software currently meets his needs better than any other rivals, however, this is largely because the other programs are so sparsely used in comparison. If they were used more commonly, there would be wider compatibility with more websites, thus other browsers (such as Firefox) may be considered superior.

 The software and hardware to browse the internet costs many thousands of pounds. This covers the subscription (how many megabytes of data he can use per month) as well as the necessary, but not necessarily best programmes and hardware. All of the hardware and software at the office is paid by the company (St James' place) that my Dad works with, and most of the equipment required to telework is also paid for. However, my Dad does contribute a dominant contribution of money towards his ...