Comments on: Periodical Survey

By: @ngie

@ngie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:30:05 +0000

Linda – Hi to you! Thanks for filling this out.

By: Linda Buckle

Linda Buckle — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:07:48 +0000

Hi Angie,
I read the K.C. Mo. newspaper every morning after reading the Bible. I read magazines only when I’m having my hair styled or when I buy an occasional Better Homes and Gardens, Ophrah magazine or Cooking Light to read at home. I read the current People (Hollywood gossip) magazine while waiting for the dye on my hair to set at the beauty salon. It’s fun reading junk while I’m in a no brainer mode. I used to take more lofty reading material with me, but decided to just kick back and enjoy the different atmosphere.
I also read the blogs that my husband Tom writes for Journey Church.
I like to read notes that friends write on Facebook also, while often responding to them, like I’m doing now. I read at least 2 hours a day. I am in my 60′s

By: @ngie

@ngie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:21:16 +0000

Alece and Jutta – Thanks for taking the time to fill me in.

By: jutta

jutta — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:00:54 +0000

I guess, I am way behind in answering your survey. Which shows that I don’t get to read and comment on blogs every day.
While in Africa most of it comes in electronic form:
* a daily e-mail with headlines from BBC, one from DerStandard, an Austrian newspaper, and from Comics.com;
* a weekly e-mail from Books& Culture (ChristianityToday.com) and Politics this week (The Economist.com);
* a monthly e-mail reminder for the new issues of Evangelical Missions Quarterly.
* and two Christian magazines from Germany (Aufatmen, Salzkorn).
* Plus there are the blogs, too many, in varying numbers and for varying amounts of time.
* While in the US I sometimes get other magazines if they come with a promotional price,, e.g. $4 for the whole year of Newsweek or Times.
Hard to say how much time I use in average, maybe an hour but unevenly distributed.
Electronic reading happens wherever the computer is, paper reading in a cozy chair in front of the window.
And for those who don’t know – I am a 49 year old girl.

By: alece

alece — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:20:08 +0000

the only things i read with any sort of consistency are blogs. i’m usually on my bed or a comfy couch, reading on my laptop. how much time reading? hmmm… an hour?

i’m a 30-year old girl….

By: @ngie

@ngie — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:50:07 +0000

Becky – That is great to know. Yes, very thorough. Thank you.

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:12:47 +0000

I read or browse through Better Homes and Gardens, Midwest Living, and Country Living, for as long as the remaining subscription lasts. I usually read these while cozied-up on the livingroom couch.

I will read Highlights magazines whenever I get the chance, though my subscription ran out and I haven’t re-subscribed yet. Though I plan too. This I also usually read (with a kid or two–or not) while cozied-up on the livingroom couch.

I recently subscribed to Writers Digest and hubby recently subscribed to Guns and Ammo (how much of that one I’ll read is to be determined).

This is not a daily thing for me. Usually I do my reading within a week or so of receiving them in the mail, I’d say 20 minutes or so per mag at a time, maybe a few days per month.

Do blogs count? I follow several, including this one. I would say I spend an average of 30 minutes per day reading blogs.

Let’s see…I receive the OneNewsNow email update and AFA Action alerts. Do those count? And several writing-related e-newsletters (Write4Kids, Writer Gazette, Writing World), but I don’t always read them unless an article title stands out to me. Kidmagwrites.com is a e-mag that I visit at least once a month.

Is that enough detail for you??

Oh, I’m 33 and a girl.

By: @ngie

@ngie — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:03:44 +0000

Everyone – I really appreciate you responding to this survey.

Danielle – I don’t think I have ever heard his theory. Enlighten us please.

By: moweezle

moweezle — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:23:17 +0000

I read the Jerusalem post everyday and sometimes an internet version of a newspaper here in Israel, ynet. Also, I get Charissma magazine, the online version, sent to my email so I can see it once a month. Once in a while, if I hear something is going on in the states or elsewhere, I look at CNN or FOX news online as well. Other than that, not too much time spent on it, just depends on what’s going on that day.

By: danielle

danielle — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:15:50 +0000

27.

In Style, Parenting and missionary newsletters

Not much time at all each day — maybe 30 minutes / week

Do you remember Greg Ford’s theory on where most newsletters are read?