What opportunities can you find for political participation via the internet. How many of the following can you achieve while sticking to your political beliefs?
* What is Barak Obama up to today? Can you send him a message about the importance of freedom on the internet? We can follow him on Twitter and try to leave message to him through Twitter straight way.
* What are the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")? The discussion about Carbon Tax; Green Energy.
* When will the NBN (National Broadband Network) get to your place? What are the benefits? http://www.nbnco.com.au/index3.html According to the information of this webpage, the NBN service has already avaliable around my living area, which is Brisbane City.
* Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are. Send one a message. I am trying to contact the mayor of my hometown in China (Weifang) through (http://www.weifang.gov.cn/) the government official webpage. And the page(http://xxgk.weifang.gov.cn/gov/jcms_files/jcms1/web1/site/)
created by the governments is going to share the issues to all the people.
* Look up the Queensland or Australian Hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament. Seaeching on the Australian Hansard official webpage, and find the contact detials through the link : http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Guidelines_for_Contacting_Senators_and_Members
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Monday, 27 August 2012
Week Six Task Two: Democracy and China
Some social networking platforms, such as Facebook and YouTube were blocked by the Chinese government. The problems are those platforms may provide a channel for people to share their own experience or opinions without knowing who you are. For some careerists, those platforms are good tools to incite other people. The careeists might try to stiffen their wavering people against the government; therefore, those forms were forced to be closed in China.
So, people may ask, what is the democracy of China? People can not share their opinions?
Of course, China still has democracy. That is, people should share opinions online through the channel, which the government allows. Also, the content should not include anything against the constitution or any other laws. Therefore, we can not say there is no free speech or democracy in China, but all things should obey the laws. The government offers some channels for people to complain. For example, citizens could leave messages to the mayor on the official web page of the city government. Also, for most websites of China, they all have something like the securty check before users post their stuff to aviod violence, pornography and information against immorality.
So, people may ask, what is the democracy of China? People can not share their opinions?
Of course, China still has democracy. That is, people should share opinions online through the channel, which the government allows. Also, the content should not include anything against the constitution or any other laws. Therefore, we can not say there is no free speech or democracy in China, but all things should obey the laws. The government offers some channels for people to complain. For example, citizens could leave messages to the mayor on the official web page of the city government. Also, for most websites of China, they all have something like the securty check before users post their stuff to aviod violence, pornography and information against immorality.
Week Five Task Two: Social Media Site
Elmore, K 2010, What is social meida? Kentucky Banker Magazine, http://search.proquest.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/docview/226110184
For most of us, social media or internet may have the images like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. However, we can say those are platforms of social media but not all social media. Then, the question is "what is social media?"
According to Elmore (2010), social media actually is the way people connecting with each other and providing information. Social media offers individuals a place to deliver, receive and common the information. Some most well-known social media site are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Blog of course. Those platforms allow users to share their information to a group of "audience".
In short, we can say that we are living with social media everyday. Just simply turning on the computer and geting on the internet; chating with friends, share photos and watching the most popular videos.
For most of us, social media or internet may have the images like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. However, we can say those are platforms of social media but not all social media. Then, the question is "what is social media?"
According to Elmore (2010), social media actually is the way people connecting with each other and providing information. Social media offers individuals a place to deliver, receive and common the information. Some most well-known social media site are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Blog of course. Those platforms allow users to share their information to a group of "audience".
In short, we can say that we are living with social media everyday. Just simply turning on the computer and geting on the internet; chating with friends, share photos and watching the most popular videos.
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Week 4:Post one "What is the cybernetics"
Duffy. P. R, 1984, Cybernetics, Sage Publications. http://job.sagepub.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/content/21/1/33.full.pdf
What is Cybernetics (控制论)?
"Cybernetics is concerned with communication and manipulation (熟练的操作；操纵；控制) of information and its use in controlling the behavior of biological, physical, and chemical systems. Others would add society, social systems, and organizations, as areas for cybernetic study and research." ----------- P.R.Duffy, 1984.
Two virtues of great importance:
Cybernetics offers
1. a sigle vocabulary and a single set of divers types of systems (e.g Microsoft and Apple); and
2. a method for the scientific treatment of complex systems.
Difference between Cybernetics and Systems Theory:
1. systems theory is frequently but incorrectly identified with cybernetic and control theory; and
2. different historical origins; and
3. both approaches have led scholars of communication to a study of larger context of systems with which communication is identified.
What is Cybernetics (控制论)?
"Cybernetics is concerned with communication and manipulation (熟练的操作；操纵；控制) of information and its use in controlling the behavior of biological, physical, and chemical systems. Others would add society, social systems, and organizations, as areas for cybernetic study and research." ----------- P.R.Duffy, 1984.
Two virtues of great importance:
Cybernetics offers
1. a sigle vocabulary and a single set of divers types of systems (e.g Microsoft and Apple); and
2. a method for the scientific treatment of complex systems.
Difference between Cybernetics and Systems Theory:
1. systems theory is frequently but incorrectly identified with cybernetic and control theory; and
2. different historical origins; and
3. both approaches have led scholars of communication to a study of larger context of systems with which communication is identified.
Week Three Task Two:The old internet technology-
As the internet growing so fast today, many media we used before have faded away from the internet.Most of those media could not fit the needs of our life. For example, we want to share photos at anytime and anywhere. Some of the old internet technologies had to change to catch up the need of the users.
Let's take AOL as an example. Let's first to have a look of the offical website of AOL today (www.aol.com). In order to increasing the usage of the people all over the world, they have already provided lots of ways to find them, which were really young applications in the 21st century. For example, Twitter. It's believed that, more and more people will join Twitter and share their opinions and ideas on that.
( From www.aol.com)
Let's take AOL as an example. Let's first to have a look of the offical website of AOL today (www.aol.com). In order to increasing the usage of the people all over the world, they have already provided lots of ways to find them, which were really young applications in the 21st century. For example, Twitter. It's believed that, more and more people will join Twitter and share their opinions and ideas on that.
( From www.aol.com)
As we all know that, Facebook and Twitter are two major networking platforms for us, lots of other applications or users relying on them, such as the Talkbox, etc. Facebook offers a username/ID that users' friends and families knows, that is, easy to find each other. That is why lots of other media could rely on them. Users do not have to create a new ID and password, just using Facebook or Twitter and sync the address book, then they can invite their old friends to join another group of new media. Personally, something like Facebook or Twitter provide a "user ID" might last long because people still need a identity through internet activities.
Week Three Task One
Familiarise yourself with Griffith University's library catalogue.
Isakham, B and Stockwell, D. 1954, The secret history of democracy, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
In library: SB, NA and GC.
Godard, J 1975, A woman is a woman; a married woman; Two or three things I know about her: three films, Lorrimer, London.
In Library: NA and GC
Godard, J, Eaton. M and Mulvey. L, 1980, Godard: Images, sounds, politics. Macmillan, London
In Library: NA
Familiarise yourself with the data bases available through Griffith University's databases and find the answers to the questions below.
- Which of Stephen Stockwell's books are in the Griffith library? Give full citations.
Isakham, B and Stockwell, D. 1954, The secret history of democracy, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
- Cite three academic books that might provide useful material for an essay about Jean Luc Godard's Alphaville. On which campuses do they reside?
In library: SB, NA and GC.
Godard, J 1975, A woman is a woman; a married woman; Two or three things I know about her: three films, Lorrimer, London.
In Library: NA and GC
Godard, J, Eaton. M and Mulvey. L, 1980, Godard: Images, sounds, politics. Macmillan, London
In Library: NA
- What is a book that will assist you to find out about possible research methods to explore social media? Full citation.
Familiarise yourself with the data bases available through Griffith University's databases and find the answers to the questions below.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Pearl of Love (Written by Xiaomeng Chu)
Main characters:
James Johnson
Emily Radcliffe
Mr and Mrs Yamamoto (Hara Yamaoto and Sakura Yamaoto).
James Johnson was adopted by Mr and Mrs Yamamoto (Hara Yamaoto and Sakura Yamaoto). The owners of the restaurant, a young Japanese couple, feed him up until he was ten years old in 1930. The Japanese couple was force to back to Japan for some reasons. Little James said he would stay in America because he wanted to find his parents. Actually, after the Japanese couple gone, little James spend out all the money they left, so he had to beg on the street until he saw a poster that encourage people to joint in army in 1938. After that, he met Emily Radcliffe, the drought of the main chef of his team finishing his infantry. However, in 1939 the Word War II started. James was sent to Hawaii to protect the military base there. Emily was so sad to say good-bye with James; she said she would wait until James comes back. And she gives James a letter and said to him: “Open it unless you feel it is the end of your life.” James went to Pearl Harbor. Everyday he dreams about the war finished and he went back to America. Sometimes, he dreamed that he found Emily and gets married with her. Unfortunately, most of the times, he was dreaming that he couldn’t get married with Emily for many other reasons. Times goes to Dec 1941, just before Charismas, James feel that he was missing Emily so much. As he usually does, he take off the letter Emily wrote to him and trying to open it. But he put it back again. And he wrote a sentence” I miss you.” And date:’ 6th Dec, 1941’ (The night before Attack to Pearl Harbor. Then the Japan attack Pearl Harbor in the early next morning. Americans are brought to World War II. James was the teams’ leader of Marine. He tried his best prevent to fright. His team met a Japanese team from soldiers, but he found that, their leader was Mr. Yamamoto. One of the James’ team member killed Yamamoto. James felt so sorry for that. He cried and all the good memories were getting worse and worse. Finally, the war finished in 1945. James could get back to America. Also, he became a hero. Before going, he took off the letter Emily Wrote. He thought Emily must not wait him anymore, as almost 6 years passed. He opened it, the letter only has “Emily” in the front page when he turned over, it said: “Every minute, I love you.” He smiled. James back to America, he saw Emily at the place they first met. Finally, they got married and James bought the oil Japanese restaurant. While they came in the restaurant, they are Emily’s father’s good friends, Mr and Mis Johnson…
James Johnson
Emily Radcliffe
Mr and Mrs Yamamoto (Hara Yamaoto and Sakura Yamaoto).
James Johnson was adopted by Mr and Mrs Yamamoto (Hara Yamaoto and Sakura Yamaoto). The owners of the restaurant, a young Japanese couple, feed him up until he was ten years old in 1930. The Japanese couple was force to back to Japan for some reasons. Little James said he would stay in America because he wanted to find his parents. Actually, after the Japanese couple gone, little James spend out all the money they left, so he had to beg on the street until he saw a poster that encourage people to joint in army in 1938. After that, he met Emily Radcliffe, the drought of the main chef of his team finishing his infantry. However, in 1939 the Word War II started. James was sent to Hawaii to protect the military base there. Emily was so sad to say good-bye with James; she said she would wait until James comes back. And she gives James a letter and said to him: “Open it unless you feel it is the end of your life.” James went to Pearl Harbor. Everyday he dreams about the war finished and he went back to America. Sometimes, he dreamed that he found Emily and gets married with her. Unfortunately, most of the times, he was dreaming that he couldn’t get married with Emily for many other reasons. Times goes to Dec 1941, just before Charismas, James feel that he was missing Emily so much. As he usually does, he take off the letter Emily wrote to him and trying to open it. But he put it back again. And he wrote a sentence” I miss you.” And date:’ 6th Dec, 1941’ (The night before Attack to Pearl Harbor. Then the Japan attack Pearl Harbor in the early next morning. Americans are brought to World War II. James was the teams’ leader of Marine. He tried his best prevent to fright. His team met a Japanese team from soldiers, but he found that, their leader was Mr. Yamamoto. One of the James’ team member killed Yamamoto. James felt so sorry for that. He cried and all the good memories were getting worse and worse. Finally, the war finished in 1945. James could get back to America. Also, he became a hero. Before going, he took off the letter Emily Wrote. He thought Emily must not wait him anymore, as almost 6 years passed. He opened it, the letter only has “Emily” in the front page when he turned over, it said: “Every minute, I love you.” He smiled. James back to America, he saw Emily at the place they first met. Finally, they got married and James bought the oil Japanese restaurant. While they came in the restaurant, they are Emily’s father’s good friends, Mr and Mis Johnson…
Monday, 20 August 2012
Apple 1948
Week Two Task One: What is Communication?
Communication, personally, is the way a subject getting connection with other subjects. For example, the teacher talks to the students and we use MSN to chat with each other.
But I think the communication could be set as two major types: one-way communication and both-way communication.
Based on the theory of Shannon and Weaver, we can say the one way communication is only the messge producers processing the noise source to the message receiver. For example, when we have presentation, the main purpose of the presentation itself is to produce the information to the audience. However, if we want to get some feedback from the audience based on the presentation, we can say this is both-way communication.
What eles can be one way communication? Some media, such as books, telegraph, radio, photograph and Screen industries could be put as one-way communication, as we can only "see" what they want to "tell" us, but we can not "talk"to them at the same time. Oppositly, the media, like telephone and internet, give us a channel to chat, which is hearing from them and telling them somthing.
But I think the communication could be set as two major types: one-way communication and both-way communication.
Based on the theory of Shannon and Weaver, we can say the one way communication is only the messge producers processing the noise source to the message receiver. For example, when we have presentation, the main purpose of the presentation itself is to produce the information to the audience. However, if we want to get some feedback from the audience based on the presentation, we can say this is both-way communication.
What eles can be one way communication? Some media, such as books, telegraph, radio, photograph and Screen industries could be put as one-way communication, as we can only "see" what they want to "tell" us, but we can not "talk"to them at the same time. Oppositly, the media, like telephone and internet, give us a channel to chat, which is hearing from them and telling them somthing.
Monday, 6 August 2012
Welcome to my OWN website
I recently built up my own website, which is www.xiaomengchu.com. This web page will offer online shopping service, which you can purchase lots of different products from all over the world. Also, we do have a photography service, such as professional portraiture, landscape etc.And the web has a mobile friendly vision to have a look, which is m.xiaomengchu.com. Please come and have a look. Thank you! www.xiaomengchu.com
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