I looked at the tutorial task for this week and wanted to scream and run in the opposite direction. I am so excited about tonight where I will be going to the Parkwood Tavern and am just not in the mood. However, I will try my hardest. These are the questions:
1) The first task is for library searches: search the library catalogue and find a resource that will help you formulate your essay topic.
Analyse how new communication technologies are effecting surveillance, and whether this will have a positive or negative effect on society in general.
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.
Here are some resources I found that i believe will help me formulate this topic:
Surveillance systems reported in CDI, 2002 http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10754/20020610/www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/cdi/cdi2601/pdf/cdi2601n.pdf
This article looks at the surveillance methods used to analyse health issues. If I was to use this article, I could specifically focus on the surveillance methods and techniques, and interpretation of data.
Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Automated descrimination
http://www.griffith.eblib.com.au/EBLWeb/patron/
This book seems to have more information about the personal privacy risks of surveillance, and talks about its negative effects.It also mentions surveilance as social sorting, which could be an interesting concept to further explore in my essay.
Report 98 (2001) - Surveillance: an interim report
http://www.aciar.gov.au/
This article is discussing new surveillance laws, and discusses privacy issues which is extremely relevent concerning surveillance in modern society. It also mentions surveillance concerning the interest of the public, which will be helpful in analysing this topic
3) Complete the Scavenger Hunt questions by using a search engine that isn't Google, and post your answers in your blog.
1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
1,502 lbs, (682.7 kg) http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/oct/09/worlds_heaviest_pumpkin_weighed/
2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?
Well I couldn’t find an answer to this, however, he apparently lives at Palm Beach on the coast, so maybe knocking on doors in that suburb and asking for him would be effective? Or you could just attend the next swimming event and yell to him from the crowd.
3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?
An adult giraffe's tongue is 27" long
http://www.qeok.com/other/2843-qeok.html
4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?Ontology is the study of being and existence. In English this simply means ontology is the study of all things living and reality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology
5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?
Shivers
http://dir.salon.com/story/people/bc/1999/11/30/cronenberg/
6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?'
Small essay written
January 8, 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_hacker_history
7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
Well, once again the answer to this question has escaped my own and the internets knowledge. Class discussion revealed the answer; however it has slipped my mind. I guess the answer will forever remain a mystery to readers of this blog.
8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
By ferry, a really nice cabin for two should cost about 120 Euros.
http://www.athensguide.com/ferries.html
9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?
Eight Days A Week The Beatles
http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Pop-Modern/1965.html
10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?
Black Assassins
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=StockwellS
Thats all for now, I hope you found those random and useless facts interesting and entertaining for the 2 minutes of your life it took to read them. As for me, I’m of to PARKY! later :)
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