Week 9 - Final Video

My group started editing from this week and made a final video. We used iMovie and GarageBand on Mac; iMovie which allow users to edit their own home movies and GarageBand which allow users to create music or podcasts.



Since our video is in News form, we put News format opening application with a background News music, using iMovie. Then, when people appear on the video, names of people appear on the bottom left in a News format.


Since our idea of the video we made was “new iPhone which has a real personality,” we needed to put ‘voice over’ when iPhone talks to the person. Thus, we used GarageBand which has application of converting voices into different types, such as female radio voice, male voice, mouse voice, etc. Thus, we recorded our voice and converted into the voice we wanted it to be appeared. When it was done, we applied it on the actual video we made.

At last, we put our message to make it sure that our idea is based on New Communication Technology.



Picture References:
http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/
http://rekkerd.org/apple-announces-garageband-09-ilife-09/

Week 9 - Tutorial Task

Task 1 – Essay Plan

Post your essay plan: What is your topic? What is your position? Analyse the elements of the topic. Sketch your response to each of the elements. What conclusion does that bring you to? Summarise in 200 words. There you have a plan for your essay.

I chose a question:
Does the extensive use of computer/video games have an adverse impact on the health of young people? What are the most recent papers? Clarify what both sides of the argument claim and only then offer your reasoned opinion based on facts.

The reason why I chose this topic is that there have been a lot of controversies on whether use of computer and video games have an adverse impact on young people. Also, there are many research papers, journal and articles about this issue.

Pros:
1) Children can become immune or numb to the horror of violence, imitate the violence they see, and show more aggressive behaviour with greater exposure to violence.
2) Risk factors for health and with poorer social skills and academic performance.
3) Significant reduced amounts of slow-wave (REM) sleep

Cons:
1) Video games can develop the mathematical skills in children. Since for every game the kid tries to reach the next level, he will eagerly count the points that he earned..
2) It improves the player’s manual skills and computer knowledge. This improving technology is also providing the players a realistic experience of playing virtually through graphical techniques and improves the eye-hand coordination.

In conclusion, I am going to give a short recommendation of what parents can do to help children use computer/video games in a sound way.




Task 2 - Political participation

1. Sign an e-petition

I signed an e-petition for WWF’s Conservation Action Network. The objective of this petition is to conserve tigers in the world.

https://secure2.convio.net/wwf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=OnScreenThanks&id=405



2. Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site?

There actually is no perfect security of privacy when using the internet, not only from emails but even other internet related things. Most of the sites ask for personal information in order to sign websites to use their programs.
“Your Email, Your Privacy and Your Blog”

http://www.blogherald.com/2011/07/15/your-email-your-privacy-and-your-blog/#comments



3. What is Barak Obama up to today? Can you send him a message about the importance of freedom on the internet?

Today President Obama struck a hopeful note in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on overcoming the numerous challenges that stand in the way of a lasting peace. He advocated for peace defined by more than the absence of war, saying: “a lasting peace -- for nations and for individuals -- depends on a sense of justice and opportunity, of dignity and freedom.”

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/21/president-obama-un-general-assembly-peace-hard-we-know-it-possible



4. What are the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")???

Minister Conroy has announced that he will introduce “mandatory ISP-level filtering of Refused Classification (RC) –rated content.” The filter will be based on URL filtering of a blacklist of between 1,000 and 10,000 URLs. The list of URLs will be based on the current ACMA blacklist, and will be supplemented by lists from international organisations (probably IWF). RC computer games will be excluded from mandatory filtering until the completion of the R18+ review. Additional funding will be available to encourage ISPs to offer voluntary filtering systems.

http://nocleanfeed.com/learn.html



5. What place does censorship have in a democracy?

It is classification, not censorship. Democracies survive and thrive when they find ways to look at things that are confronting or disturbing or ugly or strange. One of the ways it does that is through the classification of material. What we are really doing, of course, is classifying people.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/29/1059244609141.html



6. When will the NBN get to your place? What are the benefits?

The government also committed to build fibre in regional areas as a priority, and to fast-track the introduction of wireless and satellite services so that regional Australia can get access to better broadband as soon as possible.
For regional Australia the NBN provides unprecedented opportunities for businesses to overcome the tyranny of distance and connect to distant markets, and for communities to connect to the world through high-speed broadband.

First release sites
On 2 March 2010, NBN Co announced five first release sites on the mainland to receive high-speed fibre to the premises broadband, as part of live trials of network design and construction methods. The first release sites are:
• Victoria – Parts of Brunswick (Melbourne)
• Queensland – Parts of the Townsville suburbs of Aitkenvale and Mundingburra
• NSW – The coastal communities of Minnamurra and Kiama Downs south of Wollongong
• NSW – An area of west Armidale, including the University of New England
• South Australia – The rural town of Willunga

Second release sites
On 8 July 2010, NBN Co announced 19 locations for the next stage of its mainland rollout. The second release sites comprise 14 new locations and five sites adjacent to existing first release sites.
The second release sites are:
• Victoria – Bacchus Marsh, South Morang (Melbourne)
• Queensland – Brisbane (inner north), Springfield Lakes, Toowoomba
• NSW– Riverstone (western Sydney), Coffs Harbour
• South Australia – Modbury, Prospect
• Western Australia – Victoria Park (Perth), Geraldton, Mandurah
• Northern Territory – Casuarina
• ACT – Gungahlin

Benefits:
• households (" timesaving activities such as telecommuting, remote work and study opportunities, information gathering, price/product discovery and access to health services")
• businesses and not-for-profit ("drive productivity improvements, expand their customer base and enable jobs growth")
• environment ("access to smart technology to better manage their energy use")
• health and aged care("access individual electronic health records(...)
• remote access to specialists for patients in rural, remote and outer metropolitan areas (...)delivering telehealth consultations to remote patients")
• education ("develop and collaborate on innovative and flexible educational services")
• telework ("at least 12 per cent of Australian employees (will) report having a teleworking arrangement with their employer")
• government services ("four out of five Australians will choose to engage with the government through the internet or other type of online services")
• regional Australia ("the gap between households and businesses in capital cities and those in regional areas will have narrowed significantly").
http://www.nbn.gov.au/



7. Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are. Send one a message.

State representative:
Southport, LAWLOR Mr Peter Joseph, Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading
http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/attachment/factsheets/fs357_government_members.pdf

Local representative:
Hon Joe Ludwig , Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/senators/homepages/senators.asp?id=84N


Federal representatives:
• Mr Bert Van Manen MP - Electoral Division of Forde (QLD)
• Mr Stuart Robert MP - Electoral Division of Fadden (QLD)
• Mrs Karen Andrews MP - Electoral Division of McPherson (QLD)
• Mr Steven Ciobo MP - Electoral Division of Moncrieff (QLD)
• The Hon Justine Elliot MP - Electoral Division of Richmond (NSW)
• Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig - Senator for Queensland
• Mr Scott Buchholz MP - Electoral Division of Wright (QLD)
http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=4351#federal



8. Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.

Joh for PM Campaign by Mr LAWLOR (Southport—ALP)

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/2011/2011_09_08_WEEKLY.pdf



9.Let your local member know what you think about their last speech.

I agree that Joh was a remarkable political figure, there is certainly no argument about that.

Week 9 - Response to Content

Free Speech and Censorship


http://www.libel.com/free-speech

People frequently want to challenge any limit to free expression, but of course, one person’s sanity is another’s persecution and it is sometimes difficult to determine the limits, if any, of free expression. To say that ‘all expression must be allowed unless, if not curtailed, it will do harm to individuals, groups or society itself’ seems deceivingly straightforward, but it proves a very difficult guideline in practice. Only if harmony in diversity is seen to be of value to the group, state or other social body are there grounds for negotiating competing notional values of harm and distress. But democracy is arguably not harmonious.

Free speech is seen to be a social good in democracy because self-governance entails debate and weighing evidence among different constituencies, with different concerns and points of view. Thus citizens must engage in consideration of all the salient arguments. This right to free expression must be balanced among competing alternative rights and sometimes those competing rights have been difficult to assimilate or fold into a larger good recognized by society’s members as necessary for its health and well-being.

The best way to have a sound censorship is to realize the value of freedom of expression while maintaining a consideration of competing values, intensely important within given concrete contexts.


Reference:
Reinelt, J. (2007). The Limits of Censorship. Theatre Research International, 32(1), 3-15. Retrieved September 22, 2011, from ProQuest.

Week 8 - Tutorial Task

This week, we worked on writing a script and take a video of ourselves acting each characters appearing on the script. We divided sections into ‘In studio’ and ‘On site.’ Spokes person from Apple is Jasmine Danvers, Brandon is Nils Wiiburg and Reporter is me, Ara Jeong. Here is a script we worked on:

*B: Brandon (who gets a chance to use a new Iphone)
*R: Reporter
*G: Jasmine Cooper (Spokes person from Apple)
*I: Iphone
*S: Sam


In studio:

R: Hi, welcome to New Com. Tech. News. I am Melissa Gray. Today with us spokes person from Apple, welcome, Jasmine Cooper.

J: Thanks for having me, Melissa.

R: What are you going to introduce to us now, about the new iphone?

J: Well, the new iphone iFriend will change the way we use phones and table devices. The iphone iFriend has new technology that allows people to communicate not only with friends and family but with the actual phone. Each iphone iFriend has a chip inserted, that enables it to have a personality.

R: A real personality?

J: Yes. Each individual phone has a personality that you can change using the iFreind app. Each phone can source information from the net simply by asking it. This phone will actually talk to you as your own friends and family would and give you a great emotional and informative advice. This is my iphone iFriend, Sam. Sam helps me with organizing my work schedule, keeping me up with all the news and even helping me find recipes to cook dinner for my family. Say hi Sam.

S: hi

R: Now we are going to look at one of the lucky volunteers that won the chance to use the new iphone iFriend for a whole week, to see what his opinion was.


On site:

Voice over: This is Brad Wilson. He is 20 year old uni student, majoring in Communications.

R: There was a competition that was held by Apple to win the chance of using the new iphone iFriend for a week. This was created to get the opinions of different types of people and to find out whether or not this would be a popular new device.

B: Yes, I won the opportunity to use the new phone. I love the way I can change the personality and have intellectual conversations with the phone. If I am stuck on an assessment, the iphone helps me find right references. Even if I am having girl problems, it will give me good advice on what to do. Watch!

B: What should I do??? I went on a date with this girl named Laura. I thought we had a great time together. I tried to call her next morning to plan another romantic date. She would not answer. I have tried to call her for the last 8 days and still no reply... Do you think she is sick or she is not that into me?????? What should I do???

I: Forget about her. Pull yourself together man! Obviously she doesn’t like you. You need to move on asap. Research shows that if a girl doesn’t answer your calls within the first three days, she doesn’t like you.

R: So would you buy the new iphone iFriend? Email us with your answers at NCT@news.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.



We have not started editing yet but we have an idea how to make and edit the video so we are going to work on it next week. Here are some videos that we made some mistakes (making films). Putting these videos just for fun.

Week 8 - Response to Content

Advantages and disadvantages of proprietary software vs. free software?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68X9xI6R-QI

The main difference between proprietary software and open source software is that the proprietary software is obligatory and the open source software is optional.

Proprietary software is software developed by a supplier and made available for you to use under a licence. The licence sets out how the software can be used and usually prohibits you from doing certain things.

Advantages of proprietary software include:
1. Reliable, professional support and training available
2. Packaged, comprehensive, modular formats
3. Regularly and easily updated.

The main disadvantages are:
1. Costly
2. has closed standards that hinder further development.

Open source software is made available under a licence that allows you to make copies and pass them on to anyone. The software comes with its source code - which you can change to meet your needs.

The advantages of open source software include:
1. lower software licensing costs
2. no supplier lock-in
3. freedom to do what you want with the software
4. open standards that support collaborative development
5. freedom to upgrade software as it suits your business

The main disadvantages are:
1. it may be difficult to get support
2. some proprietary formats such as Microsoft Word's '.doc' format are so widely used that other formats may be less acceptable for business



References:
Computer software: the basics (n.d.). In Business Link. Retrieved September 20, 2011, from http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?itemId=1073791277&type=RESOURCES


Open Source Software vs. Proprietary Software (n.d.). In iVERTECH. Retrieved September 20, 2011, from http://software.ivertech.com/_ivertechArticle13894_OpenSourceSoftwarevsProprietarySoftware.htm

Week 7 - Tutorial Task

Since I could not come to the tutorial class last week, the ones who did not come to the tutorial class last week had to form a group today. Thus, we have discussed on the topic and decided to make a video about the new iphone which has a real personality.

The message that we are going to deliever is "how the technology has advanced." With a news report form, we are going to film ourselves.

We are going to have a spokesperson from Apple and an announcer having interview in the studio. Then a reporter will introduce a person who gets a chance to use a new iphone which has a real personality. Then the person who used a new Iphone for a whole week will explain how it was.

Lastly, some of the slides will appear to explain about the idea we had, to connect this idea with New Communication Technology theme.

Week 7 - Response to Content

Is citizen journalism the end of traditional journalism?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU5LonkXbCE

There have been controversies whether citizen journalism ends traditonal journalism.
Citizen journalism is improving rather than destroying journalism. The future of both traditional and citizen journalism is the same, just journalism with no preface. Because there is only one difference between them, which are covering and sharing.

A professional journalist assigned to a story will research the issues, talk to the people involved, check the facts and craft the results into a story. Then move on. The job of a journalist is to taste the world, one news bite at a time.

A citizen journalist, however, lives the story. It is neither a passing interest nor something he or she was assigned to investigate. Citizen journalists share a bit of their own lives, rather than taking that quick bite of the world. That, however, does not mean that traditional news organizations cannot be part of the Great Sharing (Bentley, 2008).

To keep a healthy relationship between citizen journalism and traditional journalism, citizen journalism must constantly receive verification of correctness from traditional journalists(Collaboration between citizen and traditional journalism in reporting breaking news, 2011).



Reference:
Bentley, C. H. (2008). Citizen Journalism: Back to the Future? . Retrieved September 13, 2011, from http://citizenjournalism.missouri.edu/researchpapers/bentley_cj_carnegie.pdf


Collaboration between citizen and traditional journalism in reporting breaking news. (2011, May 18). . Retrieved September 13, 2011, from http://www.newsmeback.com/blog/citizen-journalism/collaboration-between-citizen-and-traditional-journalism-in-reporting-breaking-news/

Week 6 - Tutorial Task

Windows Movie Maker is one of the great AV production tools I have used when making videos. I needed to make a video for the history class in high school including texts, music and attached each different slide of videos into one. It was pretty easy to make videos through Windows Movie Maker tool, even though I had no idea how to use it.

There might be some of the problems that I may have with copyright over elements that I did not create. For example, if I put a song as background music for the video I make, I cannot upload the video on the web, even though I have made that video since the music I added has a copyright. Thus, need to be careful with the copyright issues when making a video.

There are also the dangers of defamation. The law of defamation tries to balance two opposing interests which are freedom of speech and the importance of reputation. People need to be aware of whether they are defaming someone through their work while expressing what they think.

http://www.cyberlibel.com/defnet.html (06 September 2011)

Week 6 - Response to Content

Is Hollywood having trouble adapting to the rise of the internet?



The internet vs. Hollywood
http://cnettv.cnet.com/ep-49-internet-vs-hollywood/9742-1_53-50093705.html



It makes Hollywood nervous when people have a fast computer and a fast internet connection because people will download the movies instead of going to the cinema. There are two opposing views on the question.

Hollywood knows how to use the internet to its advantage. Online marketing that they are using is one of the most sophisticated forms of any industry. According to Jeff Berg, chairman and chief executive of ICM, says that about 8% of the total marketing cost on the films goes to the internet. Hollywood actually builds its audience on the internet with spreading trailers and advertisement on the websites. Besides, Jeff believes that the internet lowers barriers to entry for new film-makers who make short movies and independent films (The Economist, 2008).

However, according to Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, the increase in use of internet allows faster downloading of films and makes the problem ever greater. He says 400,000 to 600,000 films are downloaded from the internet illegally every day and so the digital piracy has become a real menace (BBC News, 2003).

Thus, healthy use of the internet is required for both audience and Hollywood. Audience needs to be aware of downloading movies illegally through a piracy website.



References:
BBC News, ‘Piracy 'threat' to Hollywood’, 19 February 2003, viewed 06 September 2011, < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2779077.stm>.

The Economist, ‘Hollywood and the internet’, 21 February 2008, viewed 06 September 2011, .

Week 5 - Tutorial Task

Task 2)

1) Where was the first University established and in which year?
University of Al-Karaouine, established in 859AD, Moroco

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/oldest-university-in-the-world.html


2) What is Stephen Stockwell's band called and what does he play? Can you name a couple of their songs?
The Black Assassins
Stephen Stockwell plays keyboards and vocals
Their songs: planet x, death take me now, multinational corporate lifestyle

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htmhttp://www.blackassassins.net/


3) What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?
V Cat D8R
It weighs over 45,500 tons
Cost $100 million to build

http://edwindwianto.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/the-largest-machine-in-the-world-the-v-cat-d8r-awsome/


4) Who is Justin Bieber's lawyer, and what is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact the lawyer?
Kenneth Feinswog

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/bluewater-cease-desist-gaga-bieber-100831.html

contact details:
http://www.manta.com/c/mms3lh1/kenneth-a-feinswog-attorney

5) What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
Flight but since it varies, bus would be cheaper.

http://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=9&dirId=9020401&docId=74022889&qb=6rOo65Oc7L2U7Iqk7Yq47JeQ7IScIOupnOuyiCDqsIDsnqUg7Iu8IOq1kO2Gte2OuA==&enc=utf8§ion=kin&rank=1&search_sort=0&spq=0&pid=gDN1kU5Y7usssc4m7qlssc--480957&sid=Tlc0xH8pV04AAH3rEYI

6) Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?
She is the main voice from the Vocaloid 2 program produced by Yamaha.
31 August

http://dumbotaku.com/2009/01/17/who-is-hatsune-miku/
http://kyourankyodai.com/2010/08/31/happy-3rd-birthday-hatsune-miku/

7) Find a live webcam in Belarus. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.
This is a link to a live webcam in Belarus
http://www.webcamsmania.com/belarus/

This is a link to recommended places to stay in Antarctica.
http://www.selectlatinamerica.co.uk/destinations/antarctica/accommodation


8) What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1991?
Bryan Adams - '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You'

http://mag.weddingcentral.com.au/music/songs/songs1991.htmhttp://www.ukpopcharts.co.uk/chart_history.htm


9) What type of car is used to make ‘Google Street View’?



Original Google Street View car Germany (2006 – 2008, last seen in Berlin Oct. 2009)
http://fffff.at/google-street-view-car/

10) Translate these questions into Spanish and then translate them back into English.


1. donde fue la primera universidad establecida y en qué
Where Was the first university in Which year and ESTABLISHED

2. lo que es la banda de Stephen Stockwell se llama y qué hace el juego. ¿Puede
usted nombrar un par de sus canciones.
what is the band stephen stockwell is called and what makes the game. Can you
name a couple of their songs.

3. ¿Cuál es el peso de la máquina más grande del mundo. ¿cuánto cuesta build.
What is the weight of the world's largest machine. How much does that build.

4. who es el abogado de Justin Bieber, y lo que es la mejor manera (lo más rápido y
más fiable) en contacto con el lawyer.
who justin, and what is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact the
lawyer.

5. what es la forma más barata de viajar desde la costa de oro a melbourne.
what is the cheapest way to travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne.

6. who es Hatsune Miku. lo que la empresa tiene que pertenecen. ¿Cuál es su birthday.
Who is Hatsune miku. what the company needs to belong. What is your birthday.

7. find una webcam en vivo en Bielorrusia. encontrar un lugar para quedarse en la
canción se antarctica.
find a live webcam in Belarus. find a place to stay in the song antarctica.

8. what cima de las listas pop de Australia esta semana en el tipo de coche 1991.
what a top the pop charts in Australia this week in the kind of car is used to
1991.

9. what se utiliza para hacer google view.
what view.translate Street google

10. translate la calle a estas preguntas en español y luego traducir de nuevo en
Inglés.
these questions in Spanish and then translated back into English.

http://spanish.dictionary.com/

Week 5 - Response to Content

How is the screenplay structure applied to the film?

There are five essential plot elements:
1) Believable/ sympathetic lead character
2) Urgent/ difficult problem
3) Attempts to overcome problem
4) The last stand/ climax
5) Resolution


Three Act Structure:



ACT 1 IS THE SET-UP :
Act I is a beginning of a unit of dramatic action. It sets up the story, establishes character, launches a dramatic premise, illustrates the situation and creates the relationships between the main character and the other characters.


ACT II IS CONFRONTATION:
Act II is a unit of dramatic action that goes from the end of Act I. During this second act, the main character encounters obstacles that keep the character from achieving his/her needs (what the character wants to gain, achieve or get during the screenplay.


ACT III IS RESOLUTION:
Act III is a unit of dramatic action goes from the end of Act II to the end of the screenplay. It is the unit of action that resolves story.

http://www.dramatica.com/theory/articles/Dram-differences.htm

In the movie, Rubber,
It was interesting that the main character was not a human being but stereotypically different character, an object, tyre. During Act I of the movie, tyre starts journey. It kills anything that it sees, a rabbit, a bird, a human… etc. However, the movie did not explain the reason why tyre kills everything it sees. I guess there would be a reason why tyre kills them and it will be shown in the middle of the film.

Week 4 - Tutorial Task

Task 1)What is cyberspace? Is it real? Where is it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRHwJOScrIc

There are some of the different definitions of cyberspace. According to Ermel Stepp, he defines cyberspace as “the space of interactive computational possibilities, where computers and their contents are available to users of any participating computers, anywhere.” It is clear that such a cyberspace already exists today. However, Michael Benedikt defines cyberspace as "a globally networked, computer-sustained, computer-accessed, and computer-generated, multi-dimensional, artificial or 'virtual' reality." This kind of cyberspace does not exist today’s world yet.

To verify these two definitions, it is needed to distinguish between certain levels of cyberspace. However, both definitions commonly say that cyberspace is the space where we are in during computer-mediated communication. Level 1 is simply the mental map that we have of the information when we are using computers. Level 2 comes into being when we actively communicate with people through mediation of a computer. Level 3 will be attained when that latter stage has been reached.

Reference:
1) Bauwens, M, R 1991, ‘What is cyberspace?’, Information Today, Inc., vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 42, viewed 19 August 2011, via ProQuest Central.



Task 2)
I signed up to Cyworld for the first time in 2005, which is Korean social networking site that is really famous within Koreans. I was really young so I did not really care about Terms of Service. Even now, when I sign up for the new social networking site like Facebook, I do not really read Terms of Service. Similar to other social networking site, I had my own home on Cyworld that I can decorate and upload anything I want to. What I understand through the Terms of Service was that I could upload any contents without being controlled by anyone. According to the Terms of Service of Cyworld, it says:
제18조 (게시물에 대한 책임) (responsibility of the contents)
1. 1)회사는 회원이 게시하거나 전달하는 서비스내의 게시물이 다음 각 호의 경우에 해당한다고 판단되는 경우 사전 통지 없이 삭제할 수 있으며, 이에 대해회사는 어떠한 책임도 지지 않습니다. (Company can delete contents you post on Cyworld if they are applied to the following points, and the company is not responsible for that.)
i) 회사, 다른 회원 또는 제3자를 비방하거나 중상모략으로 명예를 손상시키는 내용인 경우 (contents that criticise or defame other users or the company)
ii) 범죄적 행위에 결부된다고 인정되는 내용인 경우 (Contents that are related to crime)
iii) 회사의 저작권, 제3자의 저작권 등 기타 타인의 권리를 침해하는 내용인 경우 (Contents that invade other’s rights or copyrights)
iv) 타인의 ID, 명의 등을 무단으로 도용하여 작성한 내용이거나, 타인이 입력한 정보를 무단으로 위변조한 내용인 경우 (Using other’s ID or change her/his contents without permission)
v) 기타 관계 법령 및 회사의 개별서비스별 세부이용지침 등에 위반된다고 판단되는 경우 (Contents that are considered to be violate the rules of the company)

Reference:
1) viewed 20 August 2011, http://www.nate.com/footer/legal/index.

Week 4 - Response to Content

Social media sites have become part of everyday life. They are used by most of the people in the world and so they are used by a lot of businesses to promote their products and services. Businesses, no matter they are big or small, are flocking to social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to build communities of followers to increase profits. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are some of the most popular social media networks that were created within the last ten years. Social media can give more opportunities for customers to access businesses and it can also enable businesses to interact with customers while reducing costs. However, these social media networks are free in terms but businesses still need to put their skills, time and other opportunity costs to keep them stable. Currently, social media is now used in the business world in two different ways; to improve and enrich collaboration internally, and to reach out to customers. ‘Customers interaction, monitoring as well as profiling are high growth areas as businesses have realised the power of consumer social media to improve brand recognition, enhance loyalty, influence opinions, and keep in touch with the pulse of the customer.' (Lukes, 2011)


References:
1) Lukes, C, R 2010, ‘Social mddia’, AAOHN Journal, vol. 58, no. 10, pp.415-7, viewed 19 August 2011, via ProQuest Central.

2) New Straits Times Press, Ltd. 2011, ‘Social media advantage!,’ 16 July, p. 1, viewed 19 August 2011, via ProQuest Central.

Week 3 - Tutorial Task

Task 1)
(i)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, 1981, HeinOnline Law Journal Library
(Stockwell, S, 1982, 'Kuranda police shooting', Legal service bulletin, vol.6, pp.
48, viewed 10 August 2011, via HeinOnline Law Journal Library.)



(ii)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)

Flaming Carrot Comics, no 7, 10 & 11.
Underground and Independent comics
(Burden, B, 1985, 'Flaming Carrot Comics, no.7', Renegade Press, Burbank, CA)



(iii)What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.

Association Allays Fears on Danger of Mobile Phones
(AllAfrica Global Media 2011, 'Associating Allays Fears on Danger of Mobile Phones', 16 Jun, viewed 13 August 2011, via ProQuest Central database.)



(iv)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 looks shocked and surprised

Hampton, F. Webb, D. Roland, K 1982, 'Blade Runner', (script), Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA. Viewed 16th August 2011, via. Trial database American film scripts online.





(v)What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.

Soukup, P 2004, 'Communication Research Trends', Centre for the study of communication and culture, vol.23, p. 23. viewed 16th August 2011, via. 'library' database.



Task 2)

IRC, which is short for Internet Relay Chat, is a chat system developed in the late 1980s by Jarkko Oikarinen in Finland. Since it enabled people connected anywhere through the internet to join in live discussions, it has become popular as more people were getting connected to the internet at that period of time. IRC was not limited to just two people talk at the same time. IRC client and internet access are needed to operate IRC. IRC client is a program that sends and receives messages to and from IRC server. Therefore, there can be many communications going on at once. IRC networks served more than half a million users at a time, with lots of channels operating on a total of about 1,500 servers out of about 3,200 servers worldwide. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) gave birth to the modern chat movement. IRC is the most widely used Internet chat system, and as seems often to be the case with Internet technologies.


References:viewed 14 Aug 2011, http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IRC.html
viewed 14 Aug 2011, http://www.livinginternet.com/r/ri_irc.htm

Week 3 - Response to Content

"Does commercialization destroys the web or does it improves the web?"

As the world has been globalised, there has been an increase in foreign investment and cross-border transactions that put many businesses under pressure to find innovative ways to continue to market their products and services. Therefore, they started to put their advertisement on the web which is now used by most of the people in the world. However, there have been controversies about whether commercialization destroys the web or the web improves the way people do business.

According to Carla, she argues that advertisement on the web helps in people doing their business because it is cost effective, can be a market penetration, time saving and the content is timeless. It helps reducing budget when compared with printing brochures and editing them and websites stay open 24/7. Besides, it saves time since it does away with counseling on product uses and benefits. However, Carla also argues that advertisement is destroying the web, saying, it is difficult to attract customers since it is everywhere on the web and there are also so many same products and services. Besides, salespersons and customers are isolated since there is little personal contact between them.

There are still arguments going on about the issue whether comercialization destroys the web or it improves the web. There is no right answer since it depends on the way people use the web for commercialization.



References:Lendor, C. Internet promotion - advantages and disadvantages. Retrieved August 26, 2011, from http://www.nowsell.com/web-marketing-strategy/index.php?s=internet+promotion+advantages

Week 2 - Tutorial Task

Part I:
a) Here are some of the blogs I am following
http://georgia-mary.blogspot.com/
http://irenslittlehead.blogspot.com/
http://melissapayne86.blogspot.com/
http://boggie3.blogspot.com/
http://newcomtec2011.blogspot.com/


b)

I chose this video because it shows evolution of communication in an entertaining way.


c)
This website, 'makeuseof.com' gives people information about cool websites and tools.
a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cool-websites-tools-august-25th-2011/">http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cool-websites-tools-august-25th-2011/



Part II:

Since I am studying at Griffith University as an exchange student, I have been using different kinds of new communication technologies to communicate with my family and friends back home. I have been using mobile phone, facebook, skype, e-mail and cyworld (Korean version of facebook) the most.

I cannot really remember how long I have been using these technologies but it has been more than 5 years. I started to use all these kinds of communication technologies because people around me started using them. Everyone around me started to talk about new communication technologies and so I decided to use them because it was a trend. Also, once I started to using them, they were so convenient.

Most of the Korean websites ask people a resident registration number, which is really important, when making an account. And there was a recent privacy issue of cyworld. personal information of cyworld's 35 million users were hacked. I was worried about how my privacy was going to be used.

Week 2 - Response to Content

History of Internet




Before 1957, computers could only work on one task at the time, which was called Batch processing. Things started to change from 1957. To let developers work directly on the computers, a remote connection had to be installed. At the same time the idea of time sharing came up and it was the first thought of sharing the processing power of one computer with multiple users.

In 1958, during the Cold War,Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) was found by the US in worder to secure America's leading technology. DARPA planned a computer network in a large scale to accelerate transfer of knowledge and to avoid the doubling up of existing knowledge. This network was now called ARPANET.

In 1962, America discovered middle and long-range missiles in Cuba, which were able to reach the United States. The fear of an atoomic conflict was brought out. At that time, information systems had a centralized network which was easy to be broken down during an attack. Thus, a decentralized network had to be developed. The long wave radio waves would not work anymore. Thus, they had to use direct waves and the best solution for this was distributed network. In this way, the term "Internet" was born.

Reference:
viewed 4 August 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4&feature=player_embedded

Week 1 - Tutorial Task

Hi, I am Ara Jeong. I am studying at Griffith University as an exchange student majoring in communication. I am from Sookmyung women's University in Korea majoring both in communication and business.

Since I only took two communication major courses back in Korea, I do not really have any basic idea about my major. Thus, through this course, I expect to learn new communication technologies to understand what I can do with them by leaning media history and theories.

Week 1 - Response to Content

1) What are the main issues in new communications technology?

Hacktivism
- the use of computers and computer networks as a means of protest to promote political ends.

Privacy
- The quality or state of being apart from company or observation and 2 More importantly for individuals, it is one's right to keep personal information confidential.




2) How do we distinguish between old and new communication technologies?

Old:
Oral (Storytelling)
Graphic (Cave Drawings)
Written (Letters, Articles, Books)
Radio
Television

New:
Mobile Phones (SMS/MMS)
Computers, the internet, E-Mail
Message Boards & Discussion Lists
IM (MSN Messenger etc)
Video Games consoles
Social Media
Smart Phones / Tablets / Portable media



3) Under what circumstances will new communication technologies become old communication technologies?

Old communication technologies are traditional means of communication and expression that have existed since before the advent of the new medium. Therefore, it is inherent in the name new communication technology that new communication technology will one day become part of old media.