You can take this question in whatever direction you like, but what I have in mind is that I most often listen to, rather than watch, streaming media. Even when it comes to movies and television series that are streamed online, I glance at the screen just enough to follow the plot, but I mostly listen to it because when I find myself sitting down and watching a movie, I think about all of the other things I could be doing instead.
Particularly when it comes to informational media, I can see no reason for me to be sitting there watching a talking head talk, or if a podcaster has a guest, there's little reason for me to watch them discuss something, so that stuff generally plays in the background while I am doing something else on my computer. It's not as if I'm not paying attention to it - I am, and there are times when I might feel the need to back something up to watch a portion, but mostly I listen.
Unlike most people, I think, I also do this with movies and television series, and that drives my wife nuts when we have a series or movie on upstairs that we are watching together. She's watching it, and if she misses something, she backs it up and replays it. If I get up to go into the kitchen or bathroom, she pauses it, convinced that I might miss something while I was away, although I keep telling her that I can hear it from the kitchen or bathroom, and that I don't need to watch it.
When I do sit down and just watch a movie or television show, I don't feel as if I am gaining anything by doing so; instead, I am thinking that I should be doing something else.
I feel like I am getting far more from doing things my way because I don't suffer from the often-stated dilemma of not having time to watch a one-hour podcast or even something that is three hours or more. I can simply put it on and go about my business, allowing me to access information that I would otherwise "not have time" to avail myself of.
Particularly when it comes to informational media, I can see no reason for me to be sitting there watching a talking head talk, or if a podcaster has a guest, there's little reason for me to watch them discuss something, so that stuff generally plays in the background while I am doing something else on my computer. It's not as if I'm not paying attention to it - I am, and there are times when I might feel the need to back something up to watch a portion, but mostly I listen.
Unlike most people, I think, I also do this with movies and television series, and that drives my wife nuts when we have a series or movie on upstairs that we are watching together. She's watching it, and if she misses something, she backs it up and replays it. If I get up to go into the kitchen or bathroom, she pauses it, convinced that I might miss something while I was away, although I keep telling her that I can hear it from the kitchen or bathroom, and that I don't need to watch it.
When I do sit down and just watch a movie or television show, I don't feel as if I am gaining anything by doing so; instead, I am thinking that I should be doing something else.
I feel like I am getting far more from doing things my way because I don't suffer from the often-stated dilemma of not having time to watch a one-hour podcast or even something that is three hours or more. I can simply put it on and go about my business, allowing me to access information that I would otherwise "not have time" to avail myself of.
