1) The first task is for library searches: search the library catalogue and find a resource that will help you formulate your essay topic.The essay topic I have chosen for my essay is ‘the new media theory’ as I’m interested in the emergence and ever growing concept of technology and media.Here are a few resources I found both on the internet and in the library catalogue relating to ‘new media theory:
- The new media reader / edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort. - New media technologies / edited by Ross Harley. - New media : theories and practices of digitextuality / edited by Anna Everett and John T. Caldwell. -New Media, Old Media : Interrogating the Digital Revolution [electronic resource] Author: Keenan, Thomas W.
http://astro.temple.edu/~zpapacha/Lecture4/frame.htmhttp://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/index.php?tag=new-media-theories
2) Go to the full-text database search via the library website and find three academic articles that relate to the topic of your first essay. Write a report to post in your blog that summarises the key points in the articles, and comment on how this task has helped you formulate your topic.
http://newleftreview.net/?page=article&view=430This statement I found very useful as it sums up the new emerging technology that is casting its broad range of new theories and instruments upon the world. The comment about the pacemaker being the central device for shaping the social and economic values was excellent because to some extent the media casts a window through which we see the world and how the world is shaped as well as moulding our own opinions and thought process of how we perceive the world.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=P0IJPXdt3KYC&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PP1&sig=O58RGKtaYPaeEpkz8u6Ey0nU10w&dq=academic+articles+on+new+media+theory#PPT115,M1I found this to be very interesting and helpful, although it did cover some of the information we have already covered it still opened up more possibilities and different opinions of this growing age of new media. The definition of both body and human were interesting as they defined the new age of less labour and more machinery work.‘The choices to develop, deploy and value digital media not only shape the technologies themselves but also are part of a feedback loop affecting the culture that creates them” explored in the new left review website emphasises and strengthens the point that this new growing age of new electronical media is shaping the worlds own perceptions and personal views that the media produces that can sometimes be manipulative to appeal to the wider audience.Another interesting point I found was the addiction and the amount of time spent on the internet and how both the electronic media and technology itself are shaping our view of the society and that instead of finding out these things and experiencing them for ourselves we are cooped up inside attached to technology. Though this isn’t to say that the new technology is not and the internet aren’t useful, as I myself can admit to being a ‘user’ in the sense that I have been glued to my computer for hours on end. “Clifford Stoll reanacts the fears of ‘capitulation’ claiming that computers ‘teach us to withdraw, to retreat into their warm comfort of their false reality. Why are drug addicts and computer aficionados both called users?’”Another which I recognised from the new communication and technology text book was the talk of the techno rationalist approach: the past is only interesting as long as it is useful for constructing new hardware and software, also the point of the sales manager that things that give “maximum performance” in practical use and in sales are worthy of attention, the rest is obsolete”. I found this carried on also that the new electronic media and technology not only manipulates news and stories to appeal to the audience but also their software and computer programs. My perception of the pacemaker theory being the central device, can in a sense be interpreted in another way, that being that money and ratings are the central device that “Infiltrates into all other sectors of production, takes over more and more directional and control functions, and determines the standard of the prevailing technology.”
Source Citation: Dutta-Bergman, Mohan J. ”Complementarily in consumption of news types across traditional and new media.” Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 48.1 (March 2004): 41(20). Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale.
Griffith
University Library. 18 Mar. 2007
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A question I found interesting and to be useful in my essay was this.How does the Internet affect the way consumers read, view, or listen to traditional media outlets? Personally I think it has a very large effect as like the media on TV it shapes the way we perceive the world and the internet is beginning to have an even bigger impact on society. Of course we as the public have our own views and perceptions on what we see but the actual media in a sense guides.
Although these are just a tiny fraction of the ideas and opinions, theories and concepts of this new growing age of electronical media and technology this were the points that appealed to me and that I will try and set as the basis for the beginning of my essay.
3) For the Mailing List part, find some academic mailing lists that are related to the kinds of things we study in Communication and Digital Technologies (internet studies, new media studies, etc). Find out the names and websites of two academic lists and write a post about them.
New Communication and technology in developing countries edited by Jarice Hanson and Uma NarulaPublished by
Lawrence Erlabaum associates
I found this article on new communication technologies in developing countries very interesting, I found it very remarkable and also a change of technology for the better, because through this new age of growing technology the foreign countries can now help fight poverty, illiteracy and disease. Some main issues I found applicable throughout the text was the ‘consideration of how political, economic, cultural and technological dimensions relate to the diffusion of technology. Basically the overall effect on the culture for example, conflicting opinions on attitudes, beliefs and traditional change surrounding technology’. Although the impact is also large in more metro areas the impact in the much smaller foreign countries would have one of the greatest impacts affecting their cultural ways for the better or in more traditional societies for the worse. Another key point within the text explored the existing media and information technologies and technological structures. Also “the power of technology in the developing countries, theories and applications of information technologies.4) Complete the Scavenger Hunt questions by using a search engine that isn’t Google, and post your answers in your blog. I was searching for question two when all the answers popped up on this websitehttp://keylover.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!B304FD41E8D47335!645.entry
- What is the weight of the world’s biggest pumpkin?
The largest pumpkin ever grown stands at 1,469 pounds. It was grown by Larry Check on of North Cambria, Pennsylvania. It was weighed in on October 1, 2005 at the Pennsylvania Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh off.2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
If you want to contact Grant, please write to the Miami Swimming Club, their address is: Miami Swimming ClubPO BOX 2461BURLEIGH QLD 4220 Source
3. What is the length of a giraffe’s tongue?
A Giraffe will clean off any bugs that appear on its face (usually while eating) with its extremely long tongue (about 18 inches). Source
4. How would you define the word “ontology”? What does it really mean?
on·tol·o·gy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-tl-j)n.
The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being Source
5. What was David Cronenberg’s first feature film?
Stereo Source
6. When was the original “Hacker’s Manifesto” written?
Written on January 8, 1986 Source
7. Why do all phone numbers in
Hollywood films start with “555″?
The prefix was reserved for TV and movies use so the viewing public wouldn’t harass real phone customers when they were looking to speak with their favourite stars Source
8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to
Rhodes?
By Ferry Source9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
“I’ll never find another you” by The Seekers Source
10. Which
Brisbane band was (still is?) Stephen Stockwell a member of?
Urbystar Source
· What is a search engine? · How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet? · who, or what, makes one page (that you might get in your search results) more useful than another one, so that it is put at the top of your search results? · what are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others? · Can you find some current news stories about search engines? (for example, Google has been in the technology news a bit lately).
I found some information on how search engines work I thought this would be easier to understand than my interpretations. But I’ll still add some at the end.
How Do Search Engines Work?
Exactly what is a search engine? Basically, a search engine is a software program that searches for sites based on the words that you designate as search terms. Search engines look through their own databases of information in order to find what it is that you are looking for.
Are Search Engines and Directories The Same Thing?
Search engines and directories are not the same thing; although the term “search engine” often is used interchangeably. Search engines automatically create web site listings by using spiders that “crawl” web pages, index their information, and optimally follows that site’s links to other pages. Spiders return to already-crawled sites on a pretty regular basis in order to check for updates or changes, and everything that these spiders find goes into the search engine database. To learn more about what a subject directory is, read my article titled What is a Web Directory.
How Do Search Engines Work?
Please note: search engines are not simple. They include incredibly detailed processes and methodologies, and are updated all the time. This is a bare bones look at how search engines work to retrieve your search results. All search engines go by this basic process when conducting search processes, but because there are differences in search engines, there are bound to be different results depending on which engine you use.
- The searcher types a query into a search engine.
- Search engine software quickly sorts through literally millions of pages in its database to find matches to this query.
- The search engine’s results are ranked in order of relevancy.
Examples of Web Search Engines
There are a TON of great search engines out there; in fact, I’ve profiled at least one hundred different search engines here at About Web Search:
- 100 Search Engines in 100 Days: This table of contents contains all the Internet search engines profiled in the 100 Search Engines in 100 Days feature.
- How to Pick a Search Engine: Pick the best search engine for your searching needs with Search Engines 101, a great way to explore more of your search topic, try a new search engine, and search more of the Web.
- Search Engine Logos: Most Internet search engines have their own unique logos. Here are all the search engine logos covered in the About Web Search 100 Search Engines in 100 Days mega-feature.
Web Search Engines
Facts Search Best
Search the Web with Web Search Engines
Engine Google Top
Web Search Engines
Make Your Own Search Engine-Eurekster SwickiTop 10 Book Search EnginesBrainboost-A Question Answering Search Engine
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My favourite search engine would have to be
The reasons being I find them reliable and it was really the main search engine I have been introduced to at school. It isn’t really that I like these more than others it is because I haven’t been introduced to the other search engines and Google is commonly known and used by many. Though you cannot always trust everything you read on the web, no matter how reliable you may think it is. Here are some current news stories about search engines.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2006/230306googlecensoring.htm
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/20/20utgoogle.html
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story3017.shtml
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1111845959.shtml
