Part 2.
Scavenger Hunt
Without using Google or Wikipedia, try to answer the following questions and post your answers to your blog.
Provide the URL (with the date you accessed it) of where you found the answer. Describe how you found it.
1. Where was the first University established and in which year?
Nalanda University was established in what is now Eastern India in c. 450 CE.
URL: The Independent. (accessed on August 24, 2011)
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
2. What is Stephen Stockwell's band called and what does he play? Can you name a couple of their songs?
The band is called The Black Assassins. Stephen plays the keyboard and contributes to vocals. A few of the bands songs are: Death Take Me Now, Drugs, and Azaria.
URL: How I found it.
3. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?
The world's biggest machine, the Liebherr T 282B, weighs in at 203 tons. It cost $US3.5M to build.
URL: World's Largest Machines Ever Built. (accessed on August 24, 2010)
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
4. Who is Justin Bieber's lawyer, and what is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact the lawyer?
Bieber's lawyer is Kenneth Feinswog.
URL: Mention of his lawyer. (accessed on August 24, 2011)
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
How you can find him: Calling him on (310) 846-5800.
URL: State Bar of California.
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
5. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
Definitely flying.
Flying: From $89
Greyhound: From $105
Trains: Approx. $141.22
URL: (all websites were accessed on August 24, 2011)
Flights.
Greyhound.
Trains.
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
6. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?
Hatsune Miku is a computer music software program that creates synthesized singing. It belongs to the Cryton Future Media company and was released on August 31, 2007.
URL: Crypton.
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
7. Find a live webcam in Belarus. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.
LIVE WEBCAM: Belarus.
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
Staying in Antartica. You can only stay on the boat as Antartica only homes research facilities.
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
8. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1991?
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Byran Adams.
URL: Aria Charts.
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
9. What type of car is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
The car used is the new Volkswagon Beetle.
URL: Google Street View Car
SEARCH ENGINE: How I found it.
10. Translate these questions into Spanish and then translate them back into English.
Into Spanish:
1. ¿Dónde estuvo la primera Universidad establecido y en que año?
2. ¿Qué es llamada la banda de Stephen Stockwell y qué juega él? ¿Puede denominar un par de sus canciones?
3. ¿Qué es el peso de la máquina más grande de mundo? ¿Cuánto costó construir?
4. ¿Quién es el abogado de Justin Bieber, y qué son la mejor manera (más rápido, más seguro) contactar al abogado?
5. ¿Qué es la forma más barata de viaje de la Costa de oro a Melbourne?
6. ¿Quién es Hatsune Miku? ¿A qué compañía pertenece ella? ¿Qué es sus cumpleaños?
7. Encuentre una webcam viva en Bielorrusia. Encuentre que un lugar para permanecer en Antártida.
8. ¿Qué canción fue la cima del taponazo australiano traza esta semana en 1991?
9. ¿Qué tipo de coche es utilizado para hacer 'Vista de Calle de Google'?
10. Traduzca estas preguntas en español y entonces tradúzcalos atrás al inglés.
Spanish Translation back to English:
1. Where it was the first University established and in which year?
2. What is called the band of Stephen Stockwell and what plays he? It can call a pair of its songs?
3. What is the weight of the largest machine of world? How much it cost to build?
4. Who is the lawyer of Justin Bieber, and what they are the best way (faster, surer) to contact the lawyer?
5. What is the cheapest form of trip of the Coast of gold to Melbourne?
6. Who is Hatsune Miku? Why company belongs she? What is its birthday?
7. Find a webcam alive in Belarus. Find that a place to remain in Antarctica.
8. What song was the top of the Australian pop outline this week in 1991?
9. What type of car is utilized to do 'View of Street of Google'?
10. Translate these questions in Spanish and then translate them behind to the English.
URL: Translate Website
SEARCH ENGINE: Free Translation.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Week 5 - Response To Content
Part 1.
Using a selection of this weeks readings, write 200 words responding to the questions arising from the lecture. In particular, how does Rubber utilise the elements of screenplay structure in its first act. Bonus points for successfully locating the first plot point.
In a Classic Hollywood Film, screenplays utilise the Three Act Structure, which was first derived from the theatre and developed into the well-known Syd Field paradigm.
The first act is where the film delivers an essential foundation information for it's viewers. This usually includes instances of 'who' the film is about, what kind of traits and persona the character takes on, and the general setting and environment of the film.
In the 2010 film Rubber, these elements of the first act are utilised. The film centres around a tyre with telepathic tendencies (the 'who' element). After the first plot point, where "Robert" (the telepathic tyre) realises that he has a power that can affect different objects and beings, we slowly being to understand the type of persona that "Robert" is going to adopt; an experimental, psycho and uncontrolled tyre. From this first act, we also learn that Rubber is set in a desert environment of isolation, with only a small deserted, Western town within reach.
Using a selection of this weeks readings, write 200 words responding to the questions arising from the lecture. In particular, how does Rubber utilise the elements of screenplay structure in its first act. Bonus points for successfully locating the first plot point.
In a Classic Hollywood Film, screenplays utilise the Three Act Structure, which was first derived from the theatre and developed into the well-known Syd Field paradigm.
The first act is where the film delivers an essential foundation information for it's viewers. This usually includes instances of 'who' the film is about, what kind of traits and persona the character takes on, and the general setting and environment of the film.
In the 2010 film Rubber, these elements of the first act are utilised. The film centres around a tyre with telepathic tendencies (the 'who' element). After the first plot point, where "Robert" (the telepathic tyre) realises that he has a power that can affect different objects and beings, we slowly being to understand the type of persona that "Robert" is going to adopt; an experimental, psycho and uncontrolled tyre. From this first act, we also learn that Rubber is set in a desert environment of isolation, with only a small deserted, Western town within reach.
Week 4 - Tutorial Task
Pick a social networking site that you either regularly visit or know about, i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Bebo, Livejournal, Tumblr, Google+, etc., and discuss in 200 words how you understand the Terms of Service that all users must agree to to be invited into the site.
Some things to consider:
What are the kinds of content they allow?
What can the service do with your content?
What guarantees of privacy do they offer?
Chosen site: Tumblr.
Tumblr allows text, graphics, logos, tools, photographs, images, illustrations, software or source code, audio and video, animations and also Themes and Tumblr Template Code. With this content, Tumblr claims shared ownership with third parties and protects this content through United States and international copyright laws. These use of the copyright laws are useful as a lot of users upload a fair amount of original content.
Tumblr allows the user to download or copy any content and other items that are displayed on the site, but for personal use only. As the site is protected by copyright laws, the user may not "...copy, modify, publish, transmit, upload, participate in the transfer sale of, reproduce, create derivative works based on, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the Content, software, materials, or Services in whole or in part."
In terms of privacy, Tumblr has an age restriction whereby it's users are required to be a minimum of 13 years old or over. Tumblr's Terms of Service also decree that "No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on Tumblr (including... a name, address, telephone number or email address." This is quite a pragmatic practice as it helps to reduce instances of stalkering, child molestation (in severe cases) and privacy ethics.
Some things to consider:
What are the kinds of content they allow?
What can the service do with your content?
What guarantees of privacy do they offer?
Chosen site: Tumblr.
Tumblr allows text, graphics, logos, tools, photographs, images, illustrations, software or source code, audio and video, animations and also Themes and Tumblr Template Code. With this content, Tumblr claims shared ownership with third parties and protects this content through United States and international copyright laws. These use of the copyright laws are useful as a lot of users upload a fair amount of original content.
Tumblr allows the user to download or copy any content and other items that are displayed on the site, but for personal use only. As the site is protected by copyright laws, the user may not "...copy, modify, publish, transmit, upload, participate in the transfer sale of, reproduce, create derivative works based on, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the Content, software, materials, or Services in whole or in part."
In terms of privacy, Tumblr has an age restriction whereby it's users are required to be a minimum of 13 years old or over. Tumblr's Terms of Service also decree that "No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on Tumblr (including... a name, address, telephone number or email address." This is quite a pragmatic practice as it helps to reduce instances of stalkering, child molestation (in severe cases) and privacy ethics.
Week 4 - Response To Content
What sort of computer games do you find most engaging? Why? What does it say about you? Why does computer game violence, mostly, not affect the players? Is there a level at which it does effect changes in people?
Personally, I find racing games, war games and sporty games the most engaging. I find that this is the case because they are the kinds of games (forms of escape) that I find the most interesting to me. I don't think that these games could be so exact in terms of what these games say about me.
I think that gamers, for the most part, are able to tell the difference between real life scenarios and violent game scenarios. I also think that the ratings system aids the way that gamers are affected. By the time the gamer gets to the age where MA15+ games can be purchased, they are at the stage where they can determine, for themselves, the reality of the game.
I do, however, believe that these kinds of games can change personalities. According to BBC News violent games do affect behaviour. A research team from the Experimental Social Psychology Department of the University of Missouri-Columbia in the United States has studied the effect of violent games on gamers and have found that gamers have become "desensitised".
Personally, I find racing games, war games and sporty games the most engaging. I find that this is the case because they are the kinds of games (forms of escape) that I find the most interesting to me. I don't think that these games could be so exact in terms of what these games say about me.
I think that gamers, for the most part, are able to tell the difference between real life scenarios and violent game scenarios. I also think that the ratings system aids the way that gamers are affected. By the time the gamer gets to the age where MA15+ games can be purchased, they are at the stage where they can determine, for themselves, the reality of the game.
I do, however, believe that these kinds of games can change personalities. According to BBC News violent games do affect behaviour. A research team from the Experimental Social Psychology Department of the University of Missouri-Columbia in the United States has studied the effect of violent games on gamers and have found that gamers have become "desensitised".
Week 3 - Tutorial Task
TASK 1
What was Stephen Stockwell's first article in an academic journal? What year? Provide a full citation. What database did you use?
Kuranda police shooting
by Stockwell, Stephen
Legal Service Bulletin, ISSN 0817-3516, 1981, Volume 6, Issue Feb 1981, pp. 48 - 49
Haynes, Phillip, Arrest, Police, Kuranda (Queensland)
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 appeared in Flaming Carrot Comics in Issues 7, 10 and 11.
I went into the trial databases and used Underground and Independent Comics. From here I searched using the keywords "Governor Slugwell".
What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.
In Bladerunner, what is Leon's reaction when Holden asks him about his mother? Quote the 1982 draft script and provide a full reference. (Check the trial databases)
LEON
'My...'
(Leon looks shocked, surprised. But the needles in the computer barely move. Holden goes for the inside of his coat. But big Leon is faster. His laser burns a hole the size of a nickel through Holden's stomach. Unlike a bullet, a laser causes no impact. It goes through Holden's shoulder and comes out of his back, clean as a whistle. Like a rag doll he falls back into the seat. Big slow Leon is already walking away, but he stops, turns, and with a little smile of satisfaction fires through the back of the seat.)
Francher. H, Peoples. D.W, Kibbie. R, 1982. Blade Runner (1982): Draft Script, viewed August 10, 2011.
What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.
“... that a society given so much to the use of diagrams and to the manoeuvring of objects in space ... should at the same time develop means of communication which specialize not in sight but in sound”
Source: Soukup, P 2004, ‘Walter J Ong, S.J, A Retrospective’, Volume 23.
What was Stephen Stockwell's first article in an academic journal? What year? Provide a full citation. What database did you use?
Kuranda police shooting
by Stockwell, Stephen
Legal Service Bulletin, ISSN 0817-3516, 1981, Volume 6, Issue Feb 1981, pp. 48 - 49
Haynes, Phillip, Arrest, Police, Kuranda (Queensland)
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 appeared in Flaming Carrot Comics in Issues 7, 10 and 11.
I went into the trial databases and used Underground and Independent Comics. From here I searched using the keywords "Governor Slugwell".
What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.
In Bladerunner, what is Leon's reaction when Holden asks him about his mother? Quote the 1982 draft script and provide a full reference. (Check the trial databases)
LEON
'My...'
(Leon looks shocked, surprised. But the needles in the computer barely move. Holden goes for the inside of his coat. But big Leon is faster. His laser burns a hole the size of a nickel through Holden's stomach. Unlike a bullet, a laser causes no impact. It goes through Holden's shoulder and comes out of his back, clean as a whistle. Like a rag doll he falls back into the seat. Big slow Leon is already walking away, but he stops, turns, and with a little smile of satisfaction fires through the back of the seat.)
Francher. H, Peoples. D.W, Kibbie. R, 1982. Blade Runner (1982): Draft Script, viewed August 10, 2011.
What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.
“... that a society given so much to the use of diagrams and to the manoeuvring of objects in space ... should at the same time develop means of communication which specialize not in sight but in sound”
Source: Soukup, P 2004, ‘Walter J Ong, S.J, A Retrospective’, Volume 23.
Week 2 - Tutorial Task
Part 1
b)
Part 2
Write a post about how you use new communication technologies to communicate with your friends and family.
I have used new communications to communicate with my friends and family for close to eight years. I started using them, primarily, because of peer pressure, in the sense that everyone was using them and if I wanted to connect with family/friends that were overseas, this would be the easiest and most cost effective way to achieve it. I found out about them mainly through friends who were already using them.
Privacy is always an issue for me when using these new technologies. I believe that in the majority of cases, the amount of information that companies, such as FaceBook and Google, collect from their users, is more than what they should be collecting. Often the information seems redundant. When it comes to my privacy, I try to censor as much personal information about myself as possible.
I do have friends that I have never met in person. They aren’t that much different to people I know in person. I speak to them both groups of friends as often as I can. Though one of the major differences is that I am able to see the people I know in person more than I get to see my friends from the Internet. But the concept of friendship, in both cases, are the same. I made friends with people from both these groups because they have similar interests as me.
b)
Part 2
Write a post about how you use new communication technologies to communicate with your friends and family.
I have used new communications to communicate with my friends and family for close to eight years. I started using them, primarily, because of peer pressure, in the sense that everyone was using them and if I wanted to connect with family/friends that were overseas, this would be the easiest and most cost effective way to achieve it. I found out about them mainly through friends who were already using them.
Privacy is always an issue for me when using these new technologies. I believe that in the majority of cases, the amount of information that companies, such as FaceBook and Google, collect from their users, is more than what they should be collecting. Often the information seems redundant. When it comes to my privacy, I try to censor as much personal information about myself as possible.
I do have friends that I have never met in person. They aren’t that much different to people I know in person. I speak to them both groups of friends as often as I can. Though one of the major differences is that I am able to see the people I know in person more than I get to see my friends from the Internet. But the concept of friendship, in both cases, are the same. I made friends with people from both these groups because they have similar interests as me.
Week 1 - Tutorial Task - Intro!
Hello, I'm Emily!
A first year Uni student, who spends way too much time loving films, tv, music, baseball and the odd theatre show.
I also chose to pursue my love of these pasttimes and hope to go into the production of any of these areas.
A first year Uni student, who spends way too much time loving films, tv, music, baseball and the odd theatre show.
I also chose to pursue my love of these pasttimes and hope to go into the production of any of these areas.
Week 1 - Response To Content
What are the main issues in new communications technology?
I believe that the main issues are concerned with the privacy and security of these technologies, and health. These three issues, mainly, because they deal directly with the safety and well-being of the general inter-web populous.
How do we distinguish between old and new communication technologies?
Old communication technologies are categorised as analogue technologies, where the technology utilises the process of taking an audio or video signal and translating it into electronic pulses.
Whereas new communication technologies are classified as digital technologies that breaks your voice signal into binary code ... transfers it to the other end where another device takes all the numbers and reassembles them into the original signal.
Under what circumstances will new communication technologies become old communication technologies?
Under the circumstance of Moore's Law, where the number of transistors on a chip roughly double every two years, and with the contantly increasing rate of the evolution of new communication technologies; eventually technologies will evolve far enough to make our current perceptions of new technologies look like old technologies.
I believe that the main issues are concerned with the privacy and security of these technologies, and health. These three issues, mainly, because they deal directly with the safety and well-being of the general inter-web populous.
How do we distinguish between old and new communication technologies?
Old communication technologies are categorised as analogue technologies, where the technology utilises the process of taking an audio or video signal and translating it into electronic pulses.
Whereas new communication technologies are classified as digital technologies that breaks your voice signal into binary code ... transfers it to the other end where another device takes all the numbers and reassembles them into the original signal.
Under what circumstances will new communication technologies become old communication technologies?
Under the circumstance of Moore's Law, where the number of transistors on a chip roughly double every two years, and with the contantly increasing rate of the evolution of new communication technologies; eventually technologies will evolve far enough to make our current perceptions of new technologies look like old technologies.
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