I completed the ABC's Vote Compass
http://www.abc.net.au/votecompass/
Have you done it yet?
Surprisingly, or not surprisingly, my results were not what I expected. I
have always voted for one party, quite possibly based on my
upbringing/influences. However, when I did the vote compass my results
indicated that I should vote for the other major party based on my answers. Now,
I realise that it is multiple choice and that can influence my results but now
I’m torn between who I should vote for in the election. Thank you Vote Compass
Friday 30 August 2013
Social Media Survey
Thursday 29 August 2013
Friday 16 August 2013
Thursday 15 August 2013
New Media: a critical introduction
New media has always been integrated into our everyday life
and particularly in the last 20 years has changed dramatically. From computers
to video games, mobiles, iPods, MP3s, Gameboys to email, SMS, social networking
to virtual online worlds.
Lister, Martin et al 2009, New
Media: a critical introduction, London: Routledge, 237-42, 281-3.
Lecture Week 4
In today’s lecture we explored the meaning of Cyberspace a bit more and the meaning of Cyberpunk. William Burroughs was the forerunner, “grandfather” of Cyberpunk and wrote in a “beat” style. Punk music started in the late 70s with bands like the Sex Pistols, The Ramones and The Clash, it then morphed into the science fiction genre. Elements of Cyberpunk include a gritty aesthetic, high technology and a questionable morality. Examples of Cyberpunk fiction include William Gibson’s books such as Neuromancer and Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner. We watched a couple of scenes from the film Blade Runner in the lecture. One scene was the beginning of the film were they are testing a robot to see if he is a robot. The test is on emotion and that’s how they work out who is a robot and who isn’t because robots don’t have emotions. Professor Stockwell said that the machines were built to mimic humans, but how long until the technology improves beyond us? Will we all be robots one day?
Week 3 Tute tasks
Which of Stephen
Stockwell's books are in the Griffith library? Give full citations.
I
found only two of Professor Stockwell’s “books in the library” on the library catalogue:
·
Stockwell, Stephen 2005, Political
campaign strategy: doing democracy in the 21st century, ISBN 9781740971065, x, 280 IN LIBRARY, JF2112.C3 S86 2005, Gold Coast
·
Stockwell, Stephen and Scott, Paul 2000,
All-media
guide to fair and cross-cultural reporting: for journalists, program makers and
media students, ISBN 0868579882, iv, 41, IN LIBRARY, PN5517.E8 S86
2000, College of Art (South Bank)
There were two other “books” of Professor Stockwell’s
but they can only be accessed online.
Cite three academic books that might provide useful material
for an essay about Jean Luc Godard's Alphaville.
On which campuses do they reside?
·
Lesage, Julia 1979, Jean-Luc
Godard: a guide to references and resources, ISBN 9780816179251,
xiv, 438 IN LIBRARY, PN1998.A3 G6237, Nathan
·
Sanders,
Steven 2008, The philosophy of science
fiction film ISBN 9780813124728, viii, 232 IN LIBRARY, PN1995.9.S26
P49 2008, College of Art (South Bank)
What is a book that will assist you to find out about
possible research methods to explore
social media? Full citation.
·
Wimmer, Roger D and Dominick, Joseph
R 2011, Mass media research: an introduction, 9th ed., ISBN
9781439082744, xii, 464 IN LIBRARY, P91.3 .W47 2011, Nathan
·
Poynter, Ray
2010, The handbook of online and social media research: tools and techniques
for market researchers, ISBN 0470710403, p. 463 Book: Full Text Online
Stephen Stockwell writes about politics and the media,
particularly in Australia. What database would you use to find his first
academic article about Brisbane in a national journal? What year? Provide a
full citation.
Stockwell, Stephen 2007, Alternative
Media in Brisbane: 1965-1985,
Queensland Review Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 75 - 87 ISSN 1321-8166, Journal
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