Media and Technology Quiz

Answer the 5 questions:

1. Someone asks you how many text messages you received today. You respond:

2. When taking a trip, you:

Spend your time people-watching and chatting with your companions.
Put your cell phone on “vibrate” and take a book along for the ride.
Make sure your laptop is fully charged, fill your backpack with magazines, and turn up the music on your MP3 to drown out the sounds of everyone around you.

3. School is canceled because of snow. You:

Pile on winter clothes and spend the day sledding, skiing, snowboarding, or ice-skating.
Catch a movie with your best pals.
Retreat to your room for a day of online chatting with your friends.

4. How much TV do you watch on Saturday?

5. When you go to school on a Monday, how much do you already know about what your friends did over the weekend?

Nothing! Wouldn’t that just take the fun out of Monday morning chatter?
I’m on a need-to-know basis with my friends. If it’s important, they’ll call.
I know everything there is to know, and more. That’s why social media was invented, right?

Here’s how the scoring for the quiz works:

For each question:
- Answer 1 earns 1 point.
- Answer 2 earns 2 points.
- Answer 3 earns 3 points.
Add up the points from all five questions.

Total Score and Interpretation:

5–7 points: You prefer the real world! You enjoy spending time offline and focusing on real-life experiences.
8–12 points: You live in moderation. You have a healthy balance between media use and other activities.
13–15 points: You are dangerously close to developing an addiction. It might be time to reflect on your media habits and consider making some changes to avoid overdependence.