Greetings, My name is Steph. I have just moved to the Gold Coast from Melbourne to complete an undergraduate degree of Bachelor of Communications. I love the weather here!! In Melbourne I was half way through completing a double degree of Sports and Recreation Management and Marketing but I did not like it. So I opted for a change. After a couple of big drives from the cold south east of Australia I arrived in the Sunshine State. New Communication Technologies doesn't pay a huge role in my life, I use a mobile phone and facebook, but that is about as far as it goes for me. I am interested in learning more about New Communication Technologies so i don't get left behind the rest of the world both socially and in a career.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Week 5 Tutorial Task
Question 1
· Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, 967AD
· http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060729054252AAiUY0V veiwed 24/08/2011
· Found using yahoo
Question 2
· The black Assassins, Steve plays keys and sings.
· a few songs;
o Death Take Me Now
o Drugs
o Azaria
o Multinational Corporate Lifestyle
o Planet X
o Death Comes To Townsville
o Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight.
· Found using Bing
Question 3
· Liebherr T 282B is Largest Earth-hauling Truck in the World
· Costs: US$3.5 M
· Weight;
o empty - 203 tons
o maximum operating weight - 592 tons
o maximum capacity - 365 tons
· Found using Ask
Question 4
· Justin Bieber has not announced his lawyer/lawyers to the public. His talent manager is Samuel “Scooter” Braun.
· Found using ChaCha
Question 5
· Fying jet star or virgin, both costing $99
· Found using about.com
Question 6
· She is the main voice from the Vocaloid 2 program.
· She belongs to Yamaha
· Her birthday is the 31st of August
· Found using Zuula
Question 7
· http://www.camscape.com/view/5976 (live web cam in Minsk Belarus)
· http://www.icemarathon.com/live/155.html (accommodation in Antarctica)
· Found using dogpile
Question 8
· Everything I do I do it for you, by Brian Adams.
· Found using Quintura
Question 9
· Google uses the new Volkswagen beetle to make Google Street view.
· Found using Kartoo
Question 10
· Spanish translation
¿Dónde estuvo la primera Universidad establecido y en que año? ¿Qué es llamada la banda de Stephen Stockwell y qué juega él? ¿Puede denominar un par de sus canciones? ¿Qué es el peso de la máquina más grande de mundo? ¿Cuánto costó construir? ¿Quién es el abogado de Justin Bieber, y qué son la mejor manera (más rápido, más seguro) contactar al abogado? ¿Qué es la forma más barata de viaje de la Costa de oro a Melbourne? ¿Quién es Hatsune Miku? ¿A qué compañía pertenece ella? ¿Qué es sus cumpleaños? Encuentre una webcam viva en Bielorrusia. Encuentre que un lugar para permanecer en Antártida. ¿Qué canción fue la cima del taponazo australiano traza esta semana en 1991? ¿Qué tipo de coche es utilizado para hacer 'Vista de Calle de Google'? Traduzca estas preguntas en español y entonces tradúzcalos atrás al inglés.
· English translation
Where it was the first University established and in which year? What is called the band of Stephen Stockwell and what plays he? It can call a pair of its songs? What is the weight of the largest machine of world? How much it cost to build? Who is the lawyer of Justin Bieber, and what they are the best way (faster, surer) to contact the lawyer? What is the cheapest form of trip of the Coast of gold to Melbourne? Who is Hatsune Miku? Why company belongs she? What is its birthday? Find a webcam alive in Belarus. Find that a place to remain in Antarctica. What song was the top of the Australian pop outline this week in 1991? What type of car is utilized to do 'View of Street of Google'? Translate these questions in Spanish and then translate them behind to the English.
· Found using blekko
Week 5 Response to Content
Humans have been developing movies for over a century, and due to the rapid technological advances that have occurred throughout this century movies have undergone significant change. The first motion picture ever recorded was titled “horse in motion” in 1878 by Governor Leland in Californian. To record this picture he used 12 cameras placed side by side at a distance of 21 inches. Wires were connected to the cameras and set up in a way that when the horse, Abe Egerton galloped past, he triggered the wires. This allowed 12 successive photos of a galloping horse in a single stride of 22 feet to be taken. At the time, this was not intended for entertainment purposes; rather, it was used for practical purposes, to clear up the errors assumed about trotting and galloping horses (New York Times, 1880). Little did these horse enthusiasts realised that they had just stumbled upon the first motion picture, in turn breaking into a medium of entertainment that had never been explored.
For a long time motion pictures were created and admired by audiences without the luxuries that we have in today’s society. Walter Murch, an American film editor and sound designer explains that the first film on record with sound was in 1895. This film was an experiment of men playing a violin into a large megaphone and people dancing around it. Although this film has been put together only recently by Walter Murch, it was recorded in 1895, therefore this film has become the oldest film with sound on record (Edited from, The cinema Audio Society Discussion Board, 2000).
In recent decades the technological advances of the film industry have hurled forward at an amazing pace. It is now possible to watch 3D films on a movie theater size television screen at home, played through a blue ray player or USB. There is an option of LED, LCD and Plasma screen televisions. People can chose between high definition, standard definition and full high definition. All this amazing technology that the population back in 1878, when the first motion picture was “accidently” recorded, would never have dreamt of.
This is the first motion picture spoken about above.
Sources:
Unknown Author, “photographed in motion, instantaneous pictures of horses while running and trotting”, New York Times, January 14 1880. Sourced from http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A03E5D81131EE3ABC4C52DFB766838B699FDE August 26th 2011
Edited excerpt from:
Discussion thread "Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1895", The Cinema Audio Society Discussion Board, June 3 , 2000 www.ideabuzz.com/cas/webboard/ Sources from http://www.filmsound.org/murch/dickson.htm August 26th2011
Week 4 Response to Content
Bronnec, Rocher, Baujn and Venisse in their journal article Gaming, Gambling and addiction define gambling as “one who plays more often, longer and more than he can afford it” (2010). Gambling is a huge problem throughout the world. There are many different help lines and programs that run to help the vast number of gamblers. Another huge and similar problem that is presenting its ugly head far above the surface is gaming. Gaming addiction has grown exponentially over the last 20 years and is making people stand up and pay attention (Bronnec, Rocher, Baujn, venisse, 2010).
Although there has been no scientific validation stating that gaming is considered an addiction, there has been links drawn between the social and emotional problems associated with both gamers and gamblers, such as anti-social behaviour and isolation (Bronnec, Rocher, Baujn, Venisse, 2010). Unfortunately mortality rates of gamer's are growing higher, just as that of gamblers, although these are from varying reasons. In 2007 a man in china was pronounced dead after a week-long gaming session. The reason for his death was said to be his 330 pound obesity, this too, a result of his gaming habit. Other fatalities have been recorded from gaming habits, one of which a man engrossed himself in a 50 hour long gaming session in a video café. Another where gamer's "forgetting" their reality fatally play out their precious games in real life. (McIntyre, 2007).
The Crown Casino in Melbourne experienced over 881 ambulance calls between August 2007 until August 2009.This is an average of 1.2 calls per day. Although not all these calls are related to suicide attempts in relation to gambling, experts in the field of suicide help line say they believe a suicide occurs every week within the casino in relation to gambling. In contrast other statics show that in this two year period 18 suicides have occurred and 21 people have threatened to suicide in relation to gambling(Rolfe, 2009). Both statistics, although one more frightening than the other, are outrageous, and make one take a good hard look at the problems associated with gambling.
These two “addictions” have similar and contrasting attributes. Regardless of this it is clear that there is a serious problem associated with both, and both need copious amounts of ongoing research and funding. “Pathological gambling is recognised and validated in the field of gambling and money by rich international scientific literature that makes model for some non-drug addiction. Practices of excessive video games are on the other hand an emerging issue warranting research to better understand their reality and the risk factors involved (Bronnec, Rocher, Baujn, Venisse, 2010).
References
Bronnec. M, Rocher. B, Baujin. G, Venisse. J. L, 2010, ‘Gaming, Gambling and addiction’, Annales medico-psychological, psychiatric journal, Vol. 168, No. 7, pp. 509-512, retrieved August 18 2011, From SciVerse database. http://www.sciencedirect.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/science/article/pii/S0003448710002052#secx1
McIntyre. T, ‘Chinese man dies of gaming addiction’, Tech.Blorge, top technology news, 28 February 2007, Retrieved August 18 2011 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/02/28/chinese-man-dies-of-gaming-addiction/
Rolfe. P, ‘Gambling with life crown’s emergencies’, Sunday Herald Sun, 13 December 2009, Retreived August 18 2011 http://global.factiva.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/ha/default.aspx
Week 3 Tutorial Task
Task 1
Question no 1
What was Stephen Stockwell's first article in an academic journal? What year? Provide a full citation. What database did you use?
Stephen Stockwell’s first article published in an academic journal was called “Kuranda police shooting”. It was published in 1981.
Full citation: Stockwell, S. 1981, "Kuranda police shooting", Legal Service Bulletin, vol. 6, no. Feb 1981, pp. 48-49.
I found this on HeinOnline Law Journal Library.
Question no 2
In which comic did Governor Slugwell appear? Which Issues? Give their full citation for the earliest. Where did you find this information? What database did you use? (Check the trial databases)
Governor Slugwell appears in the “Flaming Carrot Comics”. There are 3 issues in which he appears and these are numbers 7, 10 and 11.
Full citation:
Flaming Carrot Commics, No, 7, by Bob Burden. (Burbank, CA:Renegade Press, 1985) 36 pages
I found this on the Underground and Independent Comics” database and looked up the character page.
Question no 3
What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.
"the absence of an exposure-response relationship either in terms of the amount of mobile phone use or by localisation of the brain tumour argues against a casual association."
Full citation: D. Aydin, M. Feychting, J. Shulz, T. Tynes, T. V. Andersen, L. S. Schmit, H. Poulsen, C. Johnason, 2011, 'Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in Children and Adolescents: A Multicenter case - Control', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol 103, Issue 16, June, Pp. 1264-1276 Viewed August 25th 2011
Full Citation:
"the absence of an exposure-response relationship either in terms of the amount of mobile phone use or by localisation of the brain tumour argues against a casual association."
Full citation: D. Aydin, M. Feychting, J. Shulz, T. Tynes, T. V. Andersen, L. S. Schmit, H. Poulsen, C. Johnason, 2011, 'Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in Children and Adolescents: A Multicenter case - Control', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol 103, Issue 16, June, Pp. 1264-1276 Viewed August 25th 2011
Full Citation:
Question no 4
In Bladerunner, What is Leon's Reaction when Holden asks him about is mother? Quote the 1982 draft script and provide a full reference. (Check the trial databases)Leon's reaction is to check if Holden really asked about his mother he then offers to tell him about his mother Leon then shoots Holden.
Leon: My mother?
Holden: Yeah.
Leon: Let me tell you about my mother...
[Leon shoots Holden]
Full citation:
Fancher, H. Peoples, D.W. Kibbee, R. (1982). Blade Runner. [Script]. American Film Scripts. Chicago.
Question no 5
What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.
Walter Ong saw the main paradox of 20th century communication as "that a society given so much to the use of diagrams and to the manoeuvrings of objects in space... should at the same time develop means of communication which specialize not in sight but in sound"
Full citation:
Soukup. P, 2004, ‘Communication research trends’, Centre for the Study and Communication of Culture, Vol 23, p.14, viewed 25 August 2011
Task 2
Newsgroup, shortened to Usenet, was used before there was such thing as the World Wide Web. This idea was discovered by two university graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979. These two boys came up with the idea of using UUCP to connect machines to exchange information. Usenet was a world-wide discussion system that distributed global information for public access. For example News articles could be posted onto Usenet by people with topical or interesting information and the correct software; these articles were then broadcasted to other computer systems making the information available via a wide variety of networks. Back in the day when there was no World Wide Web, but the internet was available, although very expensive, users of the internet could gain information within limited systems, such as a university system. Usenet allowed these people to gain information from other systems globally, not just within their own community. Usenet was the World Wide Web of its day. Usenet gained an influx of users every September as freshman university students were able to access the network. The September of 1993 however, was a never ending influx of new users as Usenet could be accessed from outside university systems and opened to the general public. At its peak Usenet had over 120,000 groups dedicated to various topics, such as computer programing languages as well as many other topics of interest.
It has been reported that Usenet played an important role in the attractiveness and expansion of the internet. Unfortunately due to decline of use and increased costs the plug is being pulled on the Usenet server.
For more information on Usenet please view this clip.
Sourses:
Week 3 Response to Content
The idea of being able to move a cursor on a computer with just the power of one’s mind is a baffling one. It makes one wonder just how far technology will advance and, if in generations to come people will no longer be people, rather cyborgs? This video clip depicts the idea of having communication technologies implanted inside of a person. Although this is in another language the idea of future technology is very clear. It also needs to be noted the age gap between the younger actors with the Nokia and Erickson phone chips installed in their finger and nose compared to the elderly man who is receiving a fax through farting. Another interesting notion present is that technology is still considered as being the use of mobile phones and fax machines, would technology not have passed this stage by the this time? Should communication be speaking telepathically?
The questions lies in how far this extreme new technology should be taken, should it just be used for medical purposes or does the population really want to become the perfect cyborg, and the average human no longer exist?
reference
Halpern, Sue (2011) "Mind Control and the Internet", New York review of books June 23
https://learning.secure.griffith.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_101249_1&frame=top
week 2 Tutorial Task
Part 1
A) Please see the list of blogs i am following.
B) Embedded is a video with a New Communication Technology theme running through.
This video is a good representation of the evolution that communication has undergone throughout the years. It is presented in a way that is easy to understand with simple drawings. The way that it takes one image and evolves it into another is a great way to represent the evolution of communication.
C) An application that has enabled me to use iTunes more efficiently is genius. Genius looks at the songs that you have in your iTunes library and songs that you have purchased in the iTunes store and finds similar songs for you to purchase. If you want to find a similar song to a specific song in your library you can do that too by just turning your genius on and highlighting the song. . This application enables you to broaden your music taste into areas that you might not have otherwise known about. Genius will also make play lists for you with songs that mix well together out of your own library of music. Genius is also a great business decision by iTunes as it encourages you to purchase songs on the spot. For more information on genius within iTunes please visit http://www.apple.com/itunes/features/
Part 2
The other side of this might be that you don't use new communication technologies for such trivial things as socialising. Explain why you don't use them. Is it a very conscious choice? Under what circumstances do you think you would consider using them?
Although I do use new communication technologies such as facebook and my mobile, I have decided to answer these questions because I don't utilise new communication technologies the way they should be utilised. When i use facebook for example, I don't upload photos of my weekend or my over seas travel (unless someone does it for me). This I guess is a conscious choise, although it comes from pure laziness and being uninterested rather than not wanting people to see what I am doing, what I have done and what I might be interested in doing a few hours or days from now. After saying all this, I have recently moved away from all my friends and would have minimal communication with them if it werent for these New Communication Technologies. Circumstances in which I would consider using New Communication Technologies would be when it becomes too difficult not to use them, such as this class. I would never have made a blog if it weren't crucial to me passing this course in order to gain my degree. Another circumstance in which i would consider using New Communication Technologies is in a career. The field i am hoping to graduate into is Public Relations and Marketing. These fields will require that i am up to date with these technologies in a professional sense to stay on top of current events and media.
Week 2 Response to Content
Maximum effects theory, Bullet theory or Inoculation theory was developed by William James McGuire in 1961. This theory was developed to explain how a person or a group of people’s attitudes and beliefs change, how to keep ones original beliefs intact, and not be influenced by ones surroundings. When McGuire was developing this theory he drew his inspiration from a medical analogy. He theorised that to prevent ones changing believes they would need a belief immunisation which Jost and Banaji define in their paper titled William James McGuire as “exposing an individual to a relatively weak attack on a belief and allowing him or her to engage in a counter argumentation” (2008) thus resulting in inoculation theory.
This theory is widely used through many social and professional fields, but one field that uses this theory copiously is the marketing and advertising field. Marketers and advertisers set out on a daily basis to change opinions of prospective purchasers (Szybillo, Heslin, 1973). For example when advertising a pair of jeans, the marketers objective is not for the audience to look at that pair of jeans and remain partial to them. Marketers want the audience’s opinion of the jeans to change resulting in the purchase of the mentioned pair of jeans. This clip is a good marketing example of inoculation theory.
A great example of inoculation theory being used in a positive form is the politician’s war on drugs campaign held in America. The majority of this campaigning was done in schools through changes of the curriculum. The goal of the campaign was stated as “In addition to increasing knowledge about drugs, the goals of these drug programs include changing of personal attitudes and behavior regarding drug use and abuse” (Baker, Petty, Gleicher, 1991), which is a clear use of the inoculation theory.
William James McGuire’s inoculation theory has taken on many purposes throughout the years and will continue to do so in the technologically advancing years to come.
References
· Baker. S, M, Petty. R. E, Gleicher. F 1991, Persuasion Theory and Drug Abuse Prevention, Health Communication, No. 4, August, pp 193-20, (Online Griffith University)
· Jost. J. T, Banaji. M. R, 2008, William James McGuire, Vol.3, No. 4, Viewed 7th August 2011, http://www.psych.nyu.edu/jost/Jost%20&%20Banaji.%20McGuire%20Obituary.%20American%20Psychologist.pdf
· Szybillo. G. J, Heslin. R, 1973, Resistance to Persuasion: Inoculation theory in a marketing context, Vol X, Viewed 7th August 2011 http://www.jstor.org/pss/3149387
Week 1 Response to Content
What are the main issues in New Communication Technology?
There are many issues associated with New Communication Technology some of these more pressing than others.
The internet has copious amounts of information for easy finding, just type a keyword into Google and BAM, like magic, there is more information that you could imagine on that key word. The issue associated with this is the legitimacy of the information that you have just obtained. For example, I could write a webpage on what I think New Communication Technology consists of yet this does not make my webpage legitimate information it merely represents my own opinion.
Another pressing issue with New Communication Technology is the security associated with it. How secure are our credit card details that we readily purchase items from the internet with. Hacking, as discussed in the lecture is becoming an increasing issue with New Communication Technology. Is our information really being kept confidential? A great example of "confidential" records being hacked is the Sony gaming network scandal.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6678a986-758f-11e0-8492-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html#axzz1VoFVR9aH
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6678a986-758f-11e0-8492-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html#axzz1VoFVR9aH
How do we distinguish between New and Old Communication Technologies?
Old communication technologies consist of things such as storytelling, face to face communication, hand written letters and cave drawings. New Communication Technologies consist of gadgets such as GPS systems, Smart Phones and Social Media. A distinguishing line of old and new is difficult to be drawn between types of communication technologies, although if a line need to be drawn one would place it between the old age of analog and the new age of digital.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question7.htm
Under what circumstances will New Communication Technologies become Old Communication Technologies?
Moore's Law informs us that technology is increasing at a rate where it doubles every 18 months or quadruples every three years. This formula represents Moore's Law (Circuits per chip) = 2(year-1975)/1.5(Schaller 1996). Within this time period the cost of technology halves in price. New technologies are constantly developing! The point at which a new technology becomes old is when a newer technology either builds on that previous technology or an entirely new technology replaces that previous technology. For a diagram that explains moore's law please visit http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gray/Image1.gif
Old communication technologies consist of things such as storytelling, face to face communication, hand written letters and cave drawings. New Communication Technologies consist of gadgets such as GPS systems, Smart Phones and Social Media. A distinguishing line of old and new is difficult to be drawn between types of communication technologies, although if a line need to be drawn one would place it between the old age of analog and the new age of digital.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question7.htm
Under what circumstances will New Communication Technologies become Old Communication Technologies?
Moore's Law informs us that technology is increasing at a rate where it doubles every 18 months or quadruples every three years. This formula represents Moore's Law (Circuits per chip) = 2(year-1975)/1.5(Schaller 1996). Within this time period the cost of technology halves in price. New technologies are constantly developing! The point at which a new technology becomes old is when a newer technology either builds on that previous technology or an entirely new technology replaces that previous technology. For a diagram that explains moore's law please visit http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gray/Image1.gif
References:
Schaller, B 1996, The Origin, Nature, and Implications of "Moore's Law" Macro Policy PUBP 801, Viewed 3 August 2011
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gray/Moore_Law.html
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gray/Moore_Law.html
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