Jasmine's Blog: Week 3 - Tutorial Task

Research and Early Internet communities

Task 1

What was Stephen Stockwell's first article in an academic journal? What year? Provide a full citation. What database did you use?

- Stephen Stockwell 1981, Kuranda police shooting, Legal Service Bulletin, Vol. 6, P. 48

Data base used HeinOnline

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)
- Governor Slugwell appeared in Flaming Carrot Comics in issue number 11. The Data base used to find this information was Underground and Independent Comics. I found this information from the trial database through Griffith.

What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.
- Peter Bowditch 2011, Are Invisible Rays Frying Your Brain?, Australasian science, Vol. 32 no. 6, P. 44

In Bladerunner, 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) 

- "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."

Fancher, H, Peoples, D, Webb, D, Kibbee, R 1982, 'Blade Runner' (1982). Draft Script, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Alexander Street Press, viewed 24 August 2011, Data base used The American Film Scripts Online.

What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.

- “that a society given so much to the use of diagrams and to the maneuvering 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,' Communication Research Trends: Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture, vol. 23, pp. 23, viewed 25 August 2011, used Trial Database via Griffith.

Task 2

The old Internet community that I’m using is MySpace. MySpace was a popular social media site used to communicate with friends and others. On MySpace you could upload photos that you want others to see, upload songs that you like on your page, add your top friends list, personal message others, look at friends profiles and photos, edit and personalize your own background and post comments on friends pages. MySpace was most popular in June 2006 in the United States and kept that place through to 2008 (Cashmore 2006). In April 2008 their biggest competitor Facebook overtook MySpace (Techtree News Staff 2008). Science 2008 MySpace users have declined with more people joining Facebook and MySpace’s other competitor Twitter. In 2006 to 2008 MySpace had 1,600 employees, in June 2009 MySpace fired nearly 30% of its workforce now only leaving them with 1000 employees (Goldman, D 2009). In 2010 MySpace changed its logo from MySpace to My_____ to try and stage a comeback and now is not know as a social networking site but as a “social entertainment destination for Gen Y”(Sutter, J 2010).

MySpace was one of the first most popular social media websites and absolutely influenced they way that we use communication technology today. Below is a graph from April 2007 to June 2008 with the number of victors to MySpace and other social media sites. You can see where Facebook over takes MySpace is the visitor’s count.