• What was Stephen Stockwell's first article in an academic journal? What year? Provide a full citation. What database did you use?
A. Stephen Stockwell’s first article in an academic journal was 'Kuranda Police Shooting' in 1981.
Stockwell, S, 1981, ‘Kuranda Police Shooting’, ‘Legal Service Bulletin’, vol. 6, pp. 48, viewed 17th August 2011. Retrieved from the Hein Online Law Journal Library
• 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)
a. Governor Slugwell appears in the Flaming Carrot comics, in issue’s seven, ten and eleven. It was published in 1985 and 1986 by the Renegade Press. Retrieved on the Underground and Independent comics database
• What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.
a. On the 21st of January today tonight reported that there have been numerous injuries on the streets from people not looking where they are going due to texting while walking. It results in both injuries and deaths. This was retrieved from TV news database.
• In Blade runner, 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)
a. ‘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.’
Roland,H 1982, ‘Blade Runner (1982): Draft script’
• What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.
a. “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”
(Soukup, P 2004, ‘Walter J Ong, S.J, A Retrospective’, Volume 23.)
Task 2:
Research and write 250 words about an old internet community / medium that has faded from popularity – like the BBS or Usenet or the original AOL or Compuserve --- please use at least 2 references to show where you found your information, but DO NOT use Wikipedia as a source. Explain what the technology/medium was, what kinds of things people did with it, what was the number of users at its peak, why did it fade away? Did it influence the way we use technology today?
Zirkel says in his article ‘MySpace?’ that 'The MySpace website allows users to create their own profile page, including photographs.' (Zirkel, P. A. (2009)). The owner of the profile can create blogs which can then receive comments from friends who have been added by the profile owner. People were able to upload photos of them or friends and people could comment on them. MySpace faded away as Facebook came about and people transferred to Facebook. MySpace altered itself and added some more features that were similar to Facebook but never got to regain its former glory and popularity. As Ramsay from ‘MySpace. Marketing’ says, ‘in a fast-moving space, it's not enough to lead the way, attract a large audience and then become part of a big media corporation. When rivals sprang up, MySpace simply didn't respond.’(Ramsay, F. (2009. Jul 15). I think it defiantly influenced technology we use today as for me; it was the first website that I started using. When I first began using it, it was amazing and new, until Facebook of course.
Ramsay, F. (2009, Jul 15). MySpace. Marketing, 17-17. Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/docview/214939128?accountid=14543
Zirkel, P. A. (2009). MySpace? Phi Delta Kappan, 90(5), 388-388-389. Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/docview/218523099?accountid=14543
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