Today I begin the new unit for Net 205. Though on 1st view I though it would be about ecommerce and how people make money from the internet... I guess I will get to know more about this unit as we move along.
http://wiggio.com/
I will be reviewing this site for my 1st assignment. Stay tuned :)
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
The next Unit: NET204
Wow, a chance to use my creative skills. This unit is all about creating a online conference with my fellow students. I have written my paper on e-health... And after researching and collaborating my thoughts on this topic, I am really excited about this new system that the Australian government has in stall for us all!
But the most fun is just beginning, promoting the conference! I am working on a Youtube video using after effects. I am actually really excited about it... can't wait to get started. It's killing 2 birds with one stone. I get to improve my after effects skills and help promote this conference.
Please stay tuned for more information as it unfolds...
But in the meantime, see the logo i have created for the conference :)
But the most fun is just beginning, promoting the conference! I am working on a Youtube video using after effects. I am actually really excited about it... can't wait to get started. It's killing 2 birds with one stone. I get to improve my after effects skills and help promote this conference.
Please stay tuned for more information as it unfolds...
But in the meantime, see the logo i have created for the conference :)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
WEB101 Week 10: Reflection
This week involved us looking at how we create our internet footprint. It also opened up my eyes to what I put up online. From status updates on Facebook, emails, to business website updates on www.oxyblumedia.com. Everything I put my name towards on the internet will forever be linked to my name. A great way to test what your name is linked to is just to Google your name. Granted this would only work if you have a very distinct name, and not a common name like John Smith. But in my case I can do this and find links that are about me. From posts on parenting website www.inparenting.com.au and the most surprising thing was that my LinkedIn account was at the top of the search. Followed by my Facebook account and then my posts on websites. I have joined up with LinkedIn but not really an active user, so that surprised me that it was at the top of my Google list.
General rules that lecturer Tamar Leaver taught us this week were;
General rules that lecturer Tamar Leaver taught us this week were;
Always be aware of what you are adding to the internet. You never know who will be accessing this information in the future. Especially for the youth who are naive and would post anything up thinking that no one will see it.
- What judgments and conclusions might others form with my information?
- Are there some details about my life I would like to keep personal?
- Who might view or purchase this information about me?
- Will this information reflect well on me a year from now? Five years?
- Would I want my best friend to know this?
- Would I want my boss (or future boss) to know this about me?
- Would I want my mum (family) to know this about me? (Leaver, 2010, Curtin University Blackboard)
I try to keep in mind of who would be seeing what I have written and contributed online. I have always keeps my discussions clean, and keep discriminating images off social networking sites. And to keep myself from ending up in compromising images that may end up on social networking sites. As I am starting up my own business you want to make sure that what you have said or posted in the past online wont bite you in the future.
Keep your internet footprint clean. Watch watch your post and watch what you upload.
WEB101 Assignment 2: Analyse the extent to which Blogs have changed and/or potential to change the way people communicate and collaborate
Since Jorn Barger logged the first blog in December 1997, the evolution of the weblog has made an impact on the way people communicate and collaborate. Blogs have been labeled “the easiest, cheapest, fastest publishing tool ever invented” by Jeff Jarvis, Director of City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism. (Wortham, 2007). With the ease of publishing your own “news” and relaying the “experience” of current affairs, a journalist is no longer the main centre of knowledge on a subject, the audience now knows more than the reporter. (Glaser, 2006). Blogs have made it possible to become famous or to create a career out of writing on topics that contain interesting, well written content, which is evident in the case of celebrity gossip blogger, Perez Hilton. But with so many blogs out there and new technologies and social networking sites launched everyday, what does the future have in-store for the blog?
"Businesses have blogs. Children have blogs. Seniors have blogs. Got a hobby? Blog about it. Got a passion, blog about it." (VanFossen, 2007) Blogs are "collections of website links and written commentary, typically on a single web page and sorted chronologically." (Baer, 2006) As blogs have evolved over the past 13 years, they have moved from digital online journals to corporate websites, individual’s subjects of interest, and news portals, creating a channel that has totally remodeled the flow of information. (Zimmer, 2006) Blogs are unfiltered, which allows individuals to have their say on a topic, without being censored and are also welcome for the public to comment on the content. "This instant and open sharing of information and opinion is transformative and ties communities of like-minded people together in virtual tribes that can wield substantial real world influence." (Baer, 2006) Getting involved online through blogs gives companies, politicians and industry experts a personal touch, showing that they care about their consumers and the public’s opinions. "Corporate executives, journalists, marketers, freelancers, advertisers, politicians, and citizens of the world have taken to publishing blogs, moving them from personal journals to a modern influential media form." (Zimmer, 2006) Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine, points out that blogging is “a tool that you can use to do anything. Change the world or put up your restaurant's daily menu, and anything in between." (Wortham, 2007)
As blogs have grown in popularity, it has allowed the average citizen to make their own news and distribute it globally, an act that was once the sole role of journalists and media companies. (Glaser, 2006) Bloggers can publish their experiences online through a variety of portals, be it a news network, their own personal blogs, or the use of micro Blogs like Twitter and Facebook. The term “citizen journalism” has many explanations, but it simply is amateur writers, distributing their thoughts and options on a particular topic or events. But this term can be blurred with professional journalists too. “Many journalists working within the media have turned to blogging as a way to disseminate their writing.” (Leaver, 2010) Professional news media groups use citizen journalists as “sources” for particular breaking news stories. “Blogs have become important news sources in their own right. Behind-the-scenes footage and reports emerged during crises like the South Asian tsunami, the Hurricane Katrina aftermath and the recent Burmese uprising, when coverage from traditional outlets was scarce.” (Wortham, 2007) This is called Network Journalism where “professionals and amateurs [are] working together to get the real story, linking to each other across brands and old boundaries to share facts, questions, answers, ideas, perspectives. It recognizes the complex relationships that will make news." (Jarvis, 2006) Stories, photos, and videos are broadcast on the news from citizen journalist who were there when an event unfolds. The recent Queensland floods are also an example of network journalism at work. Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, calls “bloggers the "pit bulls of journalism" and credits their persistent nature with reviving stories that would otherwise fade from newspapers' front pages. Bloggers' openness helps break through the media clutter to illuminate important issues, and is changing the way traditional journalism engages readers." (Wortham, 2007)
Celebrity gossip is a huge industry. When Perez Hilton launched his celebrity gossip website www.perezhilton.com in 2004, originally named PageSixSixSix.com, it “has become one of the leading go-to sites for celebrity news garnering over 300 million hits a month.” (Hilton, 2011) Hilton started his first blog site because “he had a lot of free time and started a website because it seemed easy. His new site takes full advantage of the immediacy of the Internet, consistently scooping even the daily publications." (Boardman, 2006) Hilton’s success is simple. He has never been motivated by money, he just wants to get as many people he could to visit his blog. The vindictive content of his posts on perezhilton.com, and the heavy web traffic that visit his site daily, has made Hilton a major player in Hollywood's star-making factory. (Caesar, 2007) But this fame does take it’s toll on Hilton who can work up to 18 hour days to keep his website as one of the most visited celebrity gossip website, currently ranked 123 most hit site. (technorati.com) Hilton does admit that "A lot of agencies actually send me their pictures, because they realise that one dude with a website who is doing it for fun, is being read by four million viewers. So having their photo on the site helps them to sell it.” (Caeser, 2006) If a blog has great content and interest, it can become a money making venture and generate massive web traffic and be one of the top ranked website for celebrity gossip, or any topic of interest.
As technologies are introduced to help enhance the Internet experience, the future of the blog is mixed. "There was a time when casual, personal blogging was your way to communicate with your friends on the web. Via posts, commenting, and blogrolls, bloggers formed niche communities on the web to socialize with each other.” (Perez, 2008) There is currently “a trend that clearly shows that blogging is losing its luster with today’s younger generation.” (Carta, 2010) As new communication platforms have emerged over the past few years, the blog has become dull and unappealing to the younger generation. As viewer’s attention spans shrink, new life needs to be infused into blogs to make them more dynamic. With the growing popularity Tablets and Smartphones like Apples iPad and iPhones, many professional bloggers have made their blogs available as applications (Apps) for these devices, allowing their blogs to be readily accessible and available to as many people as possible. (Carta, 2010)
Another new platform that has recently become popular in social networking is “Lifestreaming”. "A “lifestream” is a time-ordered stream of documents that functions as a diary of your electronic life; every document you create and every document other people send you is stored in your lifestream.” (Freeman, Gelernter, 1997) Thought Lifestreams are an old idea, they have recently come to light with the ever-expanding social networking websites. Users can collaborate all their social networking information into one spot, be it their Tweets from Twitter, blogs, photo uploads to Flickr, or video content on YouTube. Social aggregation services “like FriendFeed provide today's new discussion boards where conversation occurs surrounding the items posted and shared, leading to even more of a community feel, and one that's drawing more users every day. What's amazing about this site is that the elements of traditional blogging are mirrored here. Instead of posts, there's a stream. Instead of "Recent Comments," there are the "Recent Discussions." And instead of an "About Me" page, there's a link to the blogger's Facebook profile. Could this be the future of blogging?” (Perez, 2008)
Over the past 13 years, Blogs have changed the way in which people communicate and collaborate with each other. The blog has evolved from a personal online journal and a way to converse between friends, to a way to break news stories, share experiences and ideas on any topic or event and welcoming comments from the general public. Blogs have opened up a new avenue for people to use to voice their opinions to the world and a way to make a career as a professional blogger. Perez Hilton is an example of one man with a passion on a topic and turning his blog into an online money making venture just by posting his opinions online. But as technologies change, the way in which Blogs are used and accessed will change from a single chronologically ordered website into applications for Tablets and Smartphones, letting people access them whenever they want and wherever they are. Blogs need to become more dynamic to keep the younger generation interested in them, and to continue to use them as a way of online communication and collaboration.
REFERENCES
REFERENCES
Wortham, J. (2007) After 10 Years of Blogs, the Future's Brighter Than Ever. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/12/blog_anniversary
Glaser, M. (2006) Your Guide to Citizen Journalism. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/09/your-guide-to-citizen-journalism270.html
VanFossen, L (2007) Blog Challenge: Have Blogs Changed the World? Retrieved from http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/blog-challenge-have-blogs-changed-the-world/
Baer, J. (2006) Blogs and the new transparency of communication. Retrieved from http://www.convinceandconvert.com/web-site-strategy/blogs-and-the-new-transparency-of-communication/
Zimmer, L. (2006) Blogs: Changing the Communications Conversation. Retrieved from http://weblog.modernmediasphere.com/2006/02/blogs_changing_.html
Javis, J. (2006) Networked journalism. Retrieved from http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/07/05/networked-journalism/#comment-86195
Hilton, P. (2011) Bio - Who is Perez Hilton? Retrieved from http://perezhilton.com/?page_id=38
Broadman, M. (2006) Beautiful People 2006: Perez Hilton. Retrieved from http://www.papermag.com/arts_and_style/2006/04/beautiful-people-2006-perez-hilton.php
Caeser, E. (2007) The Star-Spangled Blogger: Rise and rise of a showbiz superbitch. Retrieved from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-starspangled-blogger-rise-and-rise-of-a-showbiz-superbitch-442545.html
technorati.com (2011) Retrieved from http://technorati.com/search?return=sites&authority=all&q=perez+hilton&x=13&y=13 on 27th January 2011
Perez, S. (2008) The Future of Blogging Revealed. Retrieved from http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_future_of_blogging_reveale.php
Carta, D. (2010) The Future of Blogging. Retrieved from http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-future-of-blogging/
Freeman, E., Gelernter, D. (1997) Lifestreams, Organizing Your Electronic Life. Retrieved from http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/freeman/lifestreams.html
WEB101 Assignment 1: Short Question & Answers
Q1: What is the Internet?
“The Internet is a massive global network connecting hundreds of thousands of computers together.” (iinet, 2010) The Internet is the connection between computers that form a network. It enables a desktop computer to perform real-time communication between different computers and networks.
For the Internet to work each computer is issued with an IP (Internet Protocol) address, “which governs the movement of the information, making sure it gets to the right place.” (Leaver, 2010). “TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a set of rules (protocol) used along with the IP to send data in the form of message units between computers over the Internet. While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet.” (TechTarget, 2011)
“The Internet has no owner - no country, company or individual can claim ownership. Similarly it has no ruling body. This means that there is no committee to dictate the progress of the Internet or who may access it.” (iinet, 2010)
Q2: What is the World Wide Web?
The World Wide Web (WWW) “is a collection of files residing on computers called web servers, rendered in programs called web browsers, and transported via http (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) over the Internet.” (The University of Chicago, 2010) It is a many to many communication network. WWW software such as Outlook (for email), Fetch (for File Transfer Protocol [FTP]) and Firefox (web browser) are a few examples.
The WWW use URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) that tells the browser where to find a webpage or file. The most common URLs are http://www (web), ftp://ftp (FTP), mailto:user@ (email) and news://user (Usenet). The language that is the backbone of the WWW is HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), which tells our web browsers how a page is to look. Another language used on the WWW is Hypertext, which is the “linking system that enables us to jump from one page to another by intuitively 'clicking' our mouse on a highlighted word.” (Leaver, 2010)
Q3: What is the relationship between the World Wide Web and the Internet?
“The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) work together, but they are not the same thing. The Internet provides the underlying structure, and the Web utilizes that structure to offer content, documents, multimedia, etc.” (Boswell, 2011) “The Internet's network is at the core of the WWW, and the WWW is like an attractive parasite that requires the Net for survival.” (dummies.com, 2011) Without the Internet, the WWW would not exist. They go together like a horse and carriage, and rely on each other to be useful functions in society.
Q4: What are three purported differences between the World Wide Web as it first emerged, and the more recent Web 2.0?
Web 1.0 emerged in the early 1990s where web pages were static information and could only be edited by its author/owner. The user had limited participation to websites. It was purely used for information retrieval, similar to a library, but all the information was available to the user with a click of a mouse.
Below are a few comparisons between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
- “Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities
- Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer
- Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs
- Web 1.0 was about lectures, Web 2.0 is about conversation
- Web 1.0 was about advertising, Web 2.0 is about word of mouth
- Web 1.0 was about services sold over the web, Web 2.0 is about web services” (Barefoot, 2006)
Web 2.0 is about user participation and rich user experiences. With the introduction of social networking, blogging, wikis, and content sharing have made the WWW the place to collaborate, communicate and share with other people all around the world.
Q5: What is RSS and why is it significant to Web 2.0?
“RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.” (whatisrss.com, 2011)
RSS is significant to Web 2.0 as it encapsulates the Web 2.0 concept of the incremental web. “RSS is now being used to push not just notices of new blog entries, but also all kinds of data updates, including stock quotes, weather data, and photo availability.” (O’Reilly, 2005) RSS can be used for all types of purposes, but it lets the user be up-to-date with their favourite websites and/or blogs content and/or comments without having to visit the website/blog.
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iiNet (2010) “About the Internet” – iiHelp – iiNet.net.au. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from, https://iihelp.iinet.net.au/About_the_Internet
Leaver, T. (2010) Topic 1.1: What is the Internet? [Course notes]. Retrieved from http://lms.curtin.edu.au
TechTarget (1999) "What is TCP? - Definition from Whatis.com." Networking information, news and tips - SearchNetworking.com. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/TCP
David N. (2010) “World Wide Web” - University of Chicago KnowledgeBase. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from http://answers.uchicago.edu/page.php?id=15974
Leaver, T. (2010) Topic 1.2: …And the World Wide Web? [Course notes]. Retrieved from http://lms.curtin.edu.au
Boswell, Wendy (2011) “The World Wide Web and the Internet - What is the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?” - About Web Search - Learn How To Search The Web at About Web Search. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from http://websearch.about.com/od/whatistheinternet/a/worldwideweb.htm
Dummies.com (2011) “The Difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet - For Dummies” - How-To Help and Videos - For Dummies. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-difference-between-the-world-wide-web-and-the-.html
Barefoot, Darren (2006) “Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0” - Vancouver Writer, Marketer, Blogger, Professional Speaker and Raconteur » DarrenBarefoot.com. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/05/web-10-vs-web-20.html
whatisrss.com (2011) “What Is RSS? RSS Explained” - www.WhatIsRSS.com. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from http://www.whatisrss.com/
O'Reilly, Tim (2005) “What is Web 2.0; Blogging and the Wisdom of Crowds” - http://oreilly.com. Retrieved 4th January 2011 from http://oreilly.com/pub/a/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html?page=3
WEB101 Week 9: Reflection
This week we focused on Content Sharing. My eyes were opened to many new ways to share content with the rest of the world and the Creative Commons Licensing. Even though I am aware of this licensing but I was not aware it had a name until this week. In the graphic design industry we use this kind of licensing a lot, for graphics, for content and a whole lot more.
Other types of content sharing sites I was exposed to is Flickr. I was quite amazed by it's tagging by using this site http://www.flickr.com/map/. A bit like Google Maps setup, type in a location you want to see, and then it will load up images that have been tagged in that location. Go and have a play, the results will amaze you. There are many other tools that Flickr offer, but this one was a stand out for me.
This week I set up my Youtube account. I haven't uploaded anything as yet but for years I have put off signing up to this service. There are different genres of Youtube content that we were exposed to this week. These include;
Watch this short video to get the general gist of what copyright is.
Also, as mentioned before, we were introduced to the Creative Commons License. This information was the most useful bit of information. "Creative Commons licenses provide simple, standardized alternatives to the “all rights reserved” paradigm of traditional copyright." (Creative Commons, 2011) Visit http://creativecommons.org/ and also watch this short video on what it's all about.
This bit of information makes creating my web presence much easier and looking for a Creative Commons License material and be freely allowed to use that content on my website.
So this week was a very interesting week for me as it helps my career and chosen industry knowledge and how I can create websites in the future.
Other types of content sharing sites I was exposed to is Flickr. I was quite amazed by it's tagging by using this site http://www.flickr.com/map/. A bit like Google Maps setup, type in a location you want to see, and then it will load up images that have been tagged in that location. Go and have a play, the results will amaze you. There are many other tools that Flickr offer, but this one was a stand out for me.
This week I set up my Youtube account. I haven't uploaded anything as yet but for years I have put off signing up to this service. There are different genres of Youtube content that we were exposed to this week. These include;
Memes: a slice of cultural information that spreads and becomes popular largely through the Net. (Leaver, 2010)
Mashups: mixes elements from a number of different digital sources. (Leaver, 2010)These forms of content sharing are of course subjected to copyright and so we learnt this week what exactly can be used without breaching copyright. Though this has been called the "Mickey Mouse Law".
Watch this short video to get the general gist of what copyright is.
Also, as mentioned before, we were introduced to the Creative Commons License. This information was the most useful bit of information. "Creative Commons licenses provide simple, standardized alternatives to the “all rights reserved” paradigm of traditional copyright." (Creative Commons, 2011) Visit http://creativecommons.org/ and also watch this short video on what it's all about.
This bit of information makes creating my web presence much easier and looking for a Creative Commons License material and be freely allowed to use that content on my website.
So this week was a very interesting week for me as it helps my career and chosen industry knowledge and how I can create websites in the future.
WEB101 Week 8: Reflection
Sorry for being absent for some time now as I have been busy cramming in study, work and minding a baby.
I Week 8, we looked at Social Networking sites. The biggest one that I want to focus on is Facebook. There has been some great banter on the Curtin University Blackboard about what word best describes our experience of Facebook and it's privacy issues. Overall this weeks learning has been quite interesting on how people generally see what Facebook is.
The one word that best describes the facebook experience for me is Connection. As a new mum, it is hard sometimes to get out of the house and connect to other adults. It's been great to reconnect with old friends that i have fell out of touch with over the years, and I can ask me "friends" advice on topics, invite them to events and share photos and videos with them. It is a great tool of communication for me to keep connected with the outside world. (As posted on Blackboard by myself)
Other words that have been discussed are Community, Passive, Evil, Intriguing, Procrastination, and Reconnecting. The general consensus has been that Facebook is a great way to keep connected to family and friends all over the world, but also it can be the tool to invade your personal privacy. But as the old saying goes, buyer beware. don't give all your information out so freely, keep some things private and not posted on a social network for the world to see.
Fellow student Marina Okuneva had a great view on the privacy on social networks. Okuneva quotes;
Privacy on SNs, it is up to the account holder to make sure they are aware of them and be very careful of what information they provide. I have gone to great lengths not to include bits of important information from my profile so my identity can't be stolen. Leaving out important information is one way to protect yourself. Though I do not understand why people will just post information like mobile numbers for all of the FB community to see.
As to Facebook using our information to advertise to us? Well to keep the service free to its users, they use your personal information to sell ad space to make money to keep people employed so they can in turn make sure your personal information can not be jeopardize. But like every thing on the internet, it is open to hackers, but if they didn't have people working for them, problems such as these wouldn't be fixed. So selling your information to keep you safe... its a catch 22. As a business owner I have used FB ads before to target my market. It really is no different to advertising in the offline world.
As you can tell there has been quite a stir on this topic this week and much interaction between fellow students and our ideas on Social Networking.
I Week 8, we looked at Social Networking sites. The biggest one that I want to focus on is Facebook. There has been some great banter on the Curtin University Blackboard about what word best describes our experience of Facebook and it's privacy issues. Overall this weeks learning has been quite interesting on how people generally see what Facebook is.
The one word that best describes the facebook experience for me is Connection. As a new mum, it is hard sometimes to get out of the house and connect to other adults. It's been great to reconnect with old friends that i have fell out of touch with over the years, and I can ask me "friends" advice on topics, invite them to events and share photos and videos with them. It is a great tool of communication for me to keep connected with the outside world. (As posted on Blackboard by myself)
Other words that have been discussed are Community, Passive, Evil, Intriguing, Procrastination, and Reconnecting. The general consensus has been that Facebook is a great way to keep connected to family and friends all over the world, but also it can be the tool to invade your personal privacy. But as the old saying goes, buyer beware. don't give all your information out so freely, keep some things private and not posted on a social network for the world to see.
Fellow student Marina Okuneva had a great view on the privacy on social networks. Okuneva quotes;
"Facebook collects private information about its users not because they are evil, but to fulfil its purpose - be a social network (well, and to make some money while doing it of course ;-) ). People open Facebook accounts in order to socialise - to find lost friends(?), share information and communicate. Facebook is pretty clever at helping its users in making connections with each other very easy and straightforward. But there is no magic - in order to connect you with other people Facebook needs to know something about you - and the more it knows the better it works. Users provide their information because they want it." (Curtin University Blackboard, 2011)For our children sake, knowing the dangers of SNs and teaching them what not to do is well worth the lesson. Also please note, when you are applying for jobs, potential employers jump straight onto facebook and look to see if you have a profile, so they suss you out before you even get an interview. If you have pictures of you being drunk or the sort and talking about discriminating things, your chance of employment are extinguished. Just bare that in mind when pictures, videos or status' linked to you are posted online. Always be conscious that the whole world is watching you when you have a profile online. A great case to follow and use as examples are swimmers Stephine Rice and Michael Phelps. Both their names dragged through the mud from photos and videos leaked onto facebook and other SNs.
Privacy on SNs, it is up to the account holder to make sure they are aware of them and be very careful of what information they provide. I have gone to great lengths not to include bits of important information from my profile so my identity can't be stolen. Leaving out important information is one way to protect yourself. Though I do not understand why people will just post information like mobile numbers for all of the FB community to see.
As to Facebook using our information to advertise to us? Well to keep the service free to its users, they use your personal information to sell ad space to make money to keep people employed so they can in turn make sure your personal information can not be jeopardize. But like every thing on the internet, it is open to hackers, but if they didn't have people working for them, problems such as these wouldn't be fixed. So selling your information to keep you safe... its a catch 22. As a business owner I have used FB ads before to target my market. It really is no different to advertising in the offline world.
As you can tell there has been quite a stir on this topic this week and much interaction between fellow students and our ideas on Social Networking.
Friday, January 14, 2011
WEB101 Week 7: Reflection
Hi all, this week's topic is all about Wiki's. Though we mainly focused on Wikipedia as an example of a Wiki, I would like to try find from anyone what other forms of wiki's people would use and what their purpose is for using them?
Some examples in why people would use Wiki's could be to collaborate one idea from many people. Sporting teams, charities, educational institutions and business' would benefit from using all sorts of Wiki's. One that I have used in the past is a mind mapping website where you can collaborate with other people and create a mind map about a topic of interest. Also in my current business, my business partner and I have played with a few different online calendars where we can both edit and add to and be able to see what either of us are doing on a particular day, so we can not overlap activities.
In the website www.inparenting.com.au, I would like to ask people what kind of Wiki would be beneficial for this website? Would the events link be better if it was a collaboration from users who could openly ad and update upcoming events without the administrator manually doing it them self? Would a Wiki where users can add their own articles in, similar to that of Wikipedia? Your thoughts are welcome.
In the activities for this week we were asked to check out Wikipedia and how it works. I edited the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War and put in some external links to pages of interest for this topic.
Any thought's on benefits of Wiki's in your life are most welcome.
Some examples in why people would use Wiki's could be to collaborate one idea from many people. Sporting teams, charities, educational institutions and business' would benefit from using all sorts of Wiki's. One that I have used in the past is a mind mapping website where you can collaborate with other people and create a mind map about a topic of interest. Also in my current business, my business partner and I have played with a few different online calendars where we can both edit and add to and be able to see what either of us are doing on a particular day, so we can not overlap activities.
In the website www.inparenting.com.au, I would like to ask people what kind of Wiki would be beneficial for this website? Would the events link be better if it was a collaboration from users who could openly ad and update upcoming events without the administrator manually doing it them self? Would a Wiki where users can add their own articles in, similar to that of Wikipedia? Your thoughts are welcome.
In the activities for this week we were asked to check out Wikipedia and how it works. I edited the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War and put in some external links to pages of interest for this topic.
Any thought's on benefits of Wiki's in your life are most welcome.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
WEB101 Week 6: Reflection
Ok so this week was all about blogging, how it started and how far it has come. I have a few comments in regards to the blogging world.
I am only new at blogging myself but it has been around for over a decade. But only since freeware such as Blogger and Wordpress were released early last decade, we have seen this trend explode. As you no longer needed to understand or read code to create your own webspace, people started up their own weblogs and have started to talk about what ever interests them. You will find that when you Google search a topic, you will find many a blog of what your looking for.
Linking to other blogs and vice verser can get your blog up the Google list when people do a search on what you have blogged about. The more links back to your blog, the higher your ranking. I have a little problem with this concept. Yes, for legitimate link backs are fantastic, but there are so many spammers out there that log on and post links to bogus websites or sites that have nothing to do with the topic you are discussing. As the owner of the blog, make sure you publish comments that you see fit to best suit your topic.
Citizen publishing (ie blogging) is a new "source" for main stream media such as news centres for Newspapers and News Headlines on TV. There are many sites that watch different bloggers RSS feeds to report news. In the Celebrity world, you have blogger leaders such as PerezHilton.com and TMZ who report breaking news (if you could call it that) about Celebrities of interest. These 2 have exposed many a celebrity such as Paris Hilton, Lyndsay Lohan, and Britnay Spears, as their life scandals pan out. Though these 2 blogs are now companies who hire many people to do the researching, they did just start out as some fun in the beginning. There is nothing stopping you from starting your own blog like these.
But do we need more of these kinds of blogs? How do we differentiate from bogus blogs and legitimate blogs? Many Media outlets rely on the software that tells them if many people are linking and clicking on breaking stories of interest. Also, citizens who have mobile phones that are connected to the internet and have a camera can send breaking story photos to News Outlets as they happen. Anyone now can become a photo journalist.
My question is, are we killing the News? Journalism as a profession that requires a Degree to become a reputable Journalist, but also if you have a good enough Blog, you too can be a classed as a Journalist. Are we cheapening this profession? Will we then have less informed news coverage and less research put into creating reputable stories? I do like the fact that it easy for people to start up a conversation using the WWW as a tool for this, but when does enough become enough? When does the public draw the line been amateur and professional publishing? Are we killing the Publishing industry? The Media? Privacy?
I am only new at blogging myself but it has been around for over a decade. But only since freeware such as Blogger and Wordpress were released early last decade, we have seen this trend explode. As you no longer needed to understand or read code to create your own webspace, people started up their own weblogs and have started to talk about what ever interests them. You will find that when you Google search a topic, you will find many a blog of what your looking for.
Linking to other blogs and vice verser can get your blog up the Google list when people do a search on what you have blogged about. The more links back to your blog, the higher your ranking. I have a little problem with this concept. Yes, for legitimate link backs are fantastic, but there are so many spammers out there that log on and post links to bogus websites or sites that have nothing to do with the topic you are discussing. As the owner of the blog, make sure you publish comments that you see fit to best suit your topic.
Citizen publishing (ie blogging) is a new "source" for main stream media such as news centres for Newspapers and News Headlines on TV. There are many sites that watch different bloggers RSS feeds to report news. In the Celebrity world, you have blogger leaders such as PerezHilton.com and TMZ who report breaking news (if you could call it that) about Celebrities of interest. These 2 have exposed many a celebrity such as Paris Hilton, Lyndsay Lohan, and Britnay Spears, as their life scandals pan out. Though these 2 blogs are now companies who hire many people to do the researching, they did just start out as some fun in the beginning. There is nothing stopping you from starting your own blog like these.
But do we need more of these kinds of blogs? How do we differentiate from bogus blogs and legitimate blogs? Many Media outlets rely on the software that tells them if many people are linking and clicking on breaking stories of interest. Also, citizens who have mobile phones that are connected to the internet and have a camera can send breaking story photos to News Outlets as they happen. Anyone now can become a photo journalist.
My question is, are we killing the News? Journalism as a profession that requires a Degree to become a reputable Journalist, but also if you have a good enough Blog, you too can be a classed as a Journalist. Are we cheapening this profession? Will we then have less informed news coverage and less research put into creating reputable stories? I do like the fact that it easy for people to start up a conversation using the WWW as a tool for this, but when does enough become enough? When does the public draw the line been amateur and professional publishing? Are we killing the Publishing industry? The Media? Privacy?
Friday, December 31, 2010
WEB101 Week 5: Reflection
Web 2.0 has me intrigued. I have just finished watching the talk from Clay Shirky that he gave at the Web 2.0 Conference in 2008.
Shirky brings up some very interesting points about how people "will" find the time to contribute to the internet collaboration. His references to the industrial revolution and to the 'sitcom' are agreeable. Before the industrial revolution he comments that people were all drunk on gin, and then they all stopped being drunk and poof! we have the industrial revolution. Similarly to Web 2.0, he was asked by a TV producer "Where will people find time?" Well his comments in regards to this question do get you thinking about how many mindless hours we have all wasted sitting in front of the 'idiot box' as we are drilled with advertising and sitcoms. We are now starting to shift our time towards other matters, such as contributing to internet communities. We are seen as 'wasting time' because we are on facebook or twitter, but at lease we are 'doing something'. We are contributing and sharing, not just consuming.
His final comments on his little girls reacting to the TV not having a mouse is exactly where I believe the future for the internet will be heading. As the older generation have to be retrained from the mindless TV watching, time wasters that we grew up as to contributors and collaborators on the web, the next generation is already there and will continue to make this 'fad' grow stronger and wiser. More of a reason why to take this course in Internet Communication. Weather we like it or not, it's here to stay and will become a bigger and more important part of our everyday life. Stop burying our heads in the sand and start contributing to something bigger than that box in the centre of your living room.
Still more reflections to come this week. Stay tuned.
References
Clay Shirky - Where do people find the time. Web 2.0 Conference 2008
His final comments on his little girls reacting to the TV not having a mouse is exactly where I believe the future for the internet will be heading. As the older generation have to be retrained from the mindless TV watching, time wasters that we grew up as to contributors and collaborators on the web, the next generation is already there and will continue to make this 'fad' grow stronger and wiser. More of a reason why to take this course in Internet Communication. Weather we like it or not, it's here to stay and will become a bigger and more important part of our everyday life. Stop burying our heads in the sand and start contributing to something bigger than that box in the centre of your living room.
Still more reflections to come this week. Stay tuned.
References
Clay Shirky - Where do people find the time, 2008 Web 2.0 Conference (Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyoNHIl-QLQ Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNCblGv0zjU&feature=related)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Update on Net 102 results!!
Hoorah I have passed my 1st unit with flying colours... Now to continue this trend for the rest of the course.
WEB101 Week 3: Reflection
So this week we discussed what the Web is... Where it began, how it has evolved over the last 50 years. Yes 50 years. It's hard to believe that the concept of the web has been around since the 1960 with the introduction of the the first hyper text document by Doug Engelbart. Read more about Engelbart's discoveries at http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html
But not until the late 1980s early 1990s did the web become the interest of the public... Thanks to the developers of Mosaic... the 1st web browser application that was available "free" to the public. Imagine if these developers never released their web browser to the public domain and web browsers remained "commercial"? Would the internet have developed into what it is today? Would it be as popular as it has become? My guess would be that we wouldn't have been bothered to use this tool and it would of only been used for research purposes and the general public would not of seen it as a useful tool.
I did see on the "Today" on channel 9 this week a segment they had on "What the internet has killed". Looking back at the early 80s where in every household there was a book shelf full of Encyclopedia Britannica's, which was where anything about everything was to be found. I remember using these books for all my assignments during my school years. But now all we need to do is turn on your computer, get onto the Web and the world of information is at your fingertips, and no longer requiring a large amount of space to be stored.
It poses the question on what you think the web will also kill in the future. You can rent Movies, download MP3 music, which could kill the video and music stores, you can send letters instantly at no cost via email as apposed to sending a letter via the postal system, you can shop online for your weekly groceries and have them delivered to your door, could this abolish a physical presence of a supermarket? You can do all you banking online from transferring money, to paying bills, without leaving the comfort of your living room.
I also leave this week with another question... will we become so antisocial that we wont leave our homes because we have everything we need at the click of a button? From cyber friendships on Facebook, to online shopping and virtual offices... could this destroy human nature as we know it?
But not until the late 1980s early 1990s did the web become the interest of the public... Thanks to the developers of Mosaic... the 1st web browser application that was available "free" to the public. Imagine if these developers never released their web browser to the public domain and web browsers remained "commercial"? Would the internet have developed into what it is today? Would it be as popular as it has become? My guess would be that we wouldn't have been bothered to use this tool and it would of only been used for research purposes and the general public would not of seen it as a useful tool.
I did see on the "Today" on channel 9 this week a segment they had on "What the internet has killed". Looking back at the early 80s where in every household there was a book shelf full of Encyclopedia Britannica's, which was where anything about everything was to be found. I remember using these books for all my assignments during my school years. But now all we need to do is turn on your computer, get onto the Web and the world of information is at your fingertips, and no longer requiring a large amount of space to be stored.
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I also leave this week with another question... will we become so antisocial that we wont leave our homes because we have everything we need at the click of a button? From cyber friendships on Facebook, to online shopping and virtual offices... could this destroy human nature as we know it?
Sunday, December 12, 2010
WEB101 Week 2: Reflection
This week we were talking about "What is the Internet?" The Internet is not just the world wide web or email... these are things that need the internet to work. Learning about routers and packets and how the internet has evolved overtime, I was interested to find out that the 1st known form of the internet was way back in 1957 when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, the world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball. (Garber, 2007) In the race of world domination between the Russians and the Americans, the public feared that the Soviets' ability to launch satellites also translated into the capability to launch ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons from Europe to the U.S. (Garber, 2007) But from this monumental occasion came the beginning of something that would change how the people of the world would live their lives in the future.
The first ever network of computers was established in 1969 by ARPANET. BBN delivered the first Interface Message Processor (IMP) to Leonard Kleinrock's Network Measurements Center at UCLA. The IMP was built from a Honeywell DDP 516 computer with 12K of memory, designed to handle the ARPANET network interface.
I was also interested to find out when the 1st ever email was sent. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson invented the '@' address for emails and an email was sent from BBNA and BBNB computers (see image below).
Apart from all this history about the internet, we reflected on our first personal experiences of the internet. After reading through a few fellow students reflections, you can see how peoples experience vary depending on their age, interest and location of where they first experienced the internet. It makes me wonder how my daughters first experience of the internet would be like and how it will vastly vary from what mine was in the 1990s.
We also had to visit http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/visual-tracert/ where you can trace the routing of your internet service provider and where each website you access actually lives in the world. Have a try of it and you would be interested to know where some of the websites you access actually live.
Learning a bit about the infrastructure of how the internet works and how it has developed over the years has given me a greater appreciation for it.
References
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
ARPANET - The First Internet http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm
http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/ka10.html
The first ever network of computers was established in 1969 by ARPANET. BBN delivered the first Interface Message Processor (IMP) to Leonard Kleinrock's Network Measurements Center at UCLA. The IMP was built from a Honeywell DDP 516 computer with 12K of memory, designed to handle the ARPANET network interface.
I was also interested to find out when the 1st ever email was sent. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson invented the '@' address for emails and an email was sent from BBNA and BBNB computers (see image below).
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| The first ever email from BBNA and BBNB in 1971 (source http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/ka10.html) |
Apart from all this history about the internet, we reflected on our first personal experiences of the internet. After reading through a few fellow students reflections, you can see how peoples experience vary depending on their age, interest and location of where they first experienced the internet. It makes me wonder how my daughters first experience of the internet would be like and how it will vastly vary from what mine was in the 1990s.
We also had to visit http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/visual-tracert/ where you can trace the routing of your internet service provider and where each website you access actually lives in the world. Have a try of it and you would be interested to know where some of the websites you access actually live.
Learning a bit about the infrastructure of how the internet works and how it has developed over the years has given me a greater appreciation for it.
References
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
ARPANET - The First Internet http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ii_arpanet.htm
http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/ka10.html
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
WEB101 Week 2: What was your first experience of the Internet? Has it changed over time?
I was still in high school when I first got the chance to use the internet. I was studying computer studies and we got to play around a bit on the web to get to know it. A group of friends and I started using a chat room. Little did we know that this chat room was run by a religious organisation and my friend had stupidly put her name as Lucifer. Well our IP address were tracked and the school was contacted in regards to the use of this name and us being on this chat room. This was my 1st glimpse on how easily and efficiently people can track you down just by your IP address. Imagine all the criminals out there sitting and waiting to catch your information without you even knowing they are doing it? Since then I have always be cautious of how I use the internet and how much information I place on it. Also a use of a Mac also helps by not letting in those millions of damaging virus' out there.
So chat rooms have improved some what since the late 90s. We can now do video conferencing, instant messaging and viop calls using a variety of different software's to perform these tasks. (eg Skype, iChat, Messenger) The internet has certainly changed since y 1st experience of it back at high school.
So chat rooms have improved some what since the late 90s. We can now do video conferencing, instant messaging and viop calls using a variety of different software's to perform these tasks. (eg Skype, iChat, Messenger) The internet has certainly changed since y 1st experience of it back at high school.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Week 2 Web 101 Activities
Activity One - Routing in Action!
When you make a request to another computer on the Internet, that request passes through a number of other computers on its way to the host. We can see this in action:
I did find out that yes indeed www.oxyblumedia.com is hosted in America... Florida by the looks of it. www.istockphoto.com is in Canada.
www.flyeralarm.de is in Germany.
www.voice-pool.com is in Germany as well.
Activity Two - Who Owns What?
All domain names are registered either to a business or an individual. Now, we're going to use that knowledge to do a little snooping!
When you make a request to another computer on the Internet, that request passes through a number of other computers on its way to the host. We can see this in action:
- Click on this link to open a new page in your browser.
- Click the Proxy Trace button to see a visual representation of your request leaving your computer, passing through the web page's host in Los Angeles, and on to the Google headquarters near San Francisco.
- Now, change the remote address in the dialogue box to find the geographical location of the headquarters of wikipedia.org, amazon.com and flickr.com.
- Finally, see if you can find a popular website that is not hosted in the US or Australia.
I did find out that yes indeed www.oxyblumedia.com is hosted in America... Florida by the looks of it. www.istockphoto.com is in Canada.
www.flyeralarm.de is in Germany.
www.voice-pool.com is in Germany as well.
Activity Two - Who Owns What?
All domain names are registered either to a business or an individual. Now, we're going to use that knowledge to do a little snooping!
- Click on this link to open a new page in your browser.
- This page performs a search for the owner of a particular domain name. Enter curtin.edu.au in the whois lookup field and perform a check to find the owner (Hint: Scroll down to the registrant).
Registrant: Curtin University of Technology
- Now we know who owns the Curtin domain name - Curtin University! No surprises there.
- Now, perform checks on each of the following domain names to find who owns them:
- flickr.com
Registrant:
Domain Administrator
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale CA 94089
US
domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax: +1.4083493301 - youtube.com
Registrant:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043
US
dns-admin@google.com +1.6502530000 Fax: +1.6506188571 - mickey.com
Domain Name.......... mickey.com Creation Date........ 1999-04-09 Registration Date.... 2010-02-25 Expiry Date.......... 2011-04-10 Organisation Name.... Buena Vista Internet Group Organisation Address. 500 S. Buena Vista Street Organisation Address. 506 Second Ave. Suite 2100 Organisation Address. Burbank Organisation Address. 91521 Organisation Address. CA Organisation Address. UNITED STATES
- Now do a check for the following domain names:
- gooogle.com
Registrant:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043
US
dns-admin@google.com +1.6506234000 Fax: +1.6506188571 - yaho.com
Registrant:
Domain Administrator
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale CA 94089
US
domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax: +1.4083493301 - Who owns these domain names? Why do you think this is?
Monday, November 29, 2010
Starting WEB101
So today I have started my next Unit for BA Internet Communications... The 13 weeks already lined up... but the unit outline looks exciting and full of interesting things to learn... I will be a lot more active on Twitter, and other social networking sites for this unit so you can follow me at http://twitter.com/kat18f
So what will I be posting here?
Every week we are required to reflect on our weeks learning so I will be using this blog as a place to "store" my weekly learning reflections.
I will also post the best replies to blackboard tasks and conversations, and also essays as they are submitted.
I hope you all will find the next 13 weeks worth of blogs interesting and don't forget to visit my business' home page www.oxyblumedia.com. We are about to launch a new look website so I will also post when that is up and ready to check out...
So what will I be posting here?
Every week we are required to reflect on our weeks learning so I will be using this blog as a place to "store" my weekly learning reflections.
I will also post the best replies to blackboard tasks and conversations, and also essays as they are submitted.
I hope you all will find the next 13 weeks worth of blogs interesting and don't forget to visit my business' home page www.oxyblumedia.com. We are about to launch a new look website so I will also post when that is up and ready to check out...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
NET102 Assignment 4: Essay 2
The Internet offers a space where people may resist oppression on a daily basis; it overturns traditional structures of power and control. Looking at the Internet and how it affects our everyday life in the areas of health, gaming and politics, one can see how people resort to the Internet to escape the traditional structures of power and control. According to Marlow’s hierarchy of needs, it is human nature to know, to understand, and explore; to find self-fulfillment and realize one's potential, to connect to something beyond the ego or to help others find self-fulfillment and realize their potential. (Huitt 2007) The following essay attempts to evaluate the above statements, using the knowledge learnt from areas of module 1 and module 2 of NET102.
Looking at Marlow’s hierarchy of needs, there are 5 general types of needs, Physiological, Security and Safety, Love and Belongingness, Self-Esteem, and Self-Actualisation. Marlow’s theory is outlined in Figure 1.1
Figure 1.1: Marlow’s Hierarchy of Needs
With Marlow’s theory in mind, to meet our security and safety needs some people resort to the Internet to escape oppression. They find freedom in the Internet. Some may take safety under an avatar where they can live a “different” life through online gaming, and also their need to belong is met. In their offline world, they may not get the acceptance they crave from their community, and find in the world they have created online, for example Second Life, they have control over their safety and belongingness.
In the world of politics, candidates take refugee in the new media of the Internet to seek approval, meeting their self-esteem needs. They seek the desire for a positive self-image and to receive attention, recognition and appreciation from others. (Samson, Daft 2009) With the use of the Internet, politicians can promote their intended policies and reforms, and also build a positive public image. Many now use the Internet as an integral tool in election campaigns. Not only politicians, but movement parties, for example GetUp!, use the Internet to spin propaganda, start petitions and get recognition.
The last type of need that will be addressed is Self-Actualisation. One becomes wiser (develops wisdom) and automatically knows what to do in a wide variety of situations. (Huitt 2007) In the area of Health in the traditional offline world, we would solely depend on the opinions and advice of professionals. But with the introduction of Medicine 2.0 (Figure 1.2), Web 2.0 users can research and connect with others via the Internet to discuss their health with professionals or other sufferers so they can get the full scope of their health concerns.
Figure 1.2: Medicine 2.0 Map (with some current exemplary applications and services)
As shown in Figure 1.2 people can now access a whole new arena of information and knowledge base. Not only can people learn about certain health issues, they can also connect with other “patients” and discuss experiences and learn more about themselves, in terms of their health. Not only is Medicine 2.0 helpful for patients, professionals can now easily access information from medical research and make a more definitive path of treatment for their patients.
How has the Internet overturn the traditional structures of power and control? Firstly, looking at the theme of online gaming, an important social element of online gaming is the creation of online communities. (Jones, Johnson, Clarke, Gonzales and Lengauer 2003). In the offline world a persons status, for example, maybe that of a loner, not many friends and not considered “popular” in their school community. But in their online gaming world, they might be considered “popular”. Just like it is mentioned in the lecture from Mike Kent (2010) “No body knows you’re a dog”. Under the security of an avatar, one can be who ever they desire to be. One can escape the oppressions from the schoolyard with their online community, overturning power and control in their world.
In the past, the media was controlled much easier and so government had a greater say in what did and didn’t make the news. But now with the introduction of the Internet, the government has little control about what people can post online, or research. Wikileaks is a website that provides an innovative, secure and anonymous way for sources to leak information to journalists. (Wikileaks, 2010) How it works is that people can submit anonymous “leaks”, and the origin of the information is protected. Wikileaks is fearless in (their) efforts to get the unvarnished truth out to the public. (Wikileaks, 2010)
A recent incident between Wikileaks and the Department of Defence back in October 2010 shows how Wikileaks has changed the traditional power and control of Government information. This unauthorized leak of military documents about the war in Afghanistan has been under investigation by the Australian Defense Force to determine the potential impact on Australian interests and personnel, including the protection and operations of forces deployed in Afghanistan. (Department of Defence, 2010) From this event the Defence force is now undertaking an extensive investigation of Wikileaks website articles relating to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Furthermore on the Australian Government and the Internet is its proposed censorship. The Government has stated that the proposed censorship laws are there to make the Internet safer for children. But so far this legislation has failed to convince the Australian public that this is not an act to silence our freedom of speech. On 16 March 2009, the Australian Communications and Media Authority added WikiLeaks to their proposed blacklist of sites that will be blocked for all Australians if the mandatory Internet filtering censorship scheme is implemented as planned. (Moses, 2009) Are these Blacklists really going to protect us? Or is the Government just trying to cover up tracks so that the public will never really know what the truth is? It’s a battle for power and control. The Government knows they have no control or power over what is available on the Internet, nor can they stop people publishing damaging articles, pictures and videos. But they are going to try to censor Australia from them. There are already some forms of censorship on Australian Internet. A resource for this can be found at http://www.efa.org.au/censorship/.
"Whatever its starting point and expressed intention, the end of the censor's road is repression of dangerous' ideas - not only about sex but about morals, politics, art and life. Opposition to censorship must inevitably involve us in defending things and people whom we may dislike and disapprove of (sometimes passionately). Voltaire's well known saying that 'I detest what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it' may seem trite to us but is as apposite as it ever was." - Antony Grey, 1995
In the area of health, the Internet has brought about many changes in the way people treat, diagnosis and research health issues. Medicine 2.0 applications, services and tools are Web-based services for health care consumers, caregivers, patients, health professionals, and biomedical researchers, that use Web 2.0 technologies and/or semantic web and virtual-reality tools, to enable and facilitate specifically social networking, participation, apomediation, collaboration, and openness within and between these user groups. (Eysenbach, 2008) These online services allow patients to share their experiences of a health issue with other patients diagnosed with a similar condition. The web has always allowed us to research facts, but with the introduction of Web 2.0 and social networking, people can now talk directly with professionals and other patients about their issues and what course of treatment they have tried and their experiences. The health professional is an expert in identifying disease, while the patient is an expert in experiencing it. (Eysenbach, 2008) The Internet has given power and control back to patients who now have the choice to learn more about health related issues outside a doctor’s consultation room.
A great example of where patients have the power to conduct their own treatments via the Internet is OnTrack (https://www.ontrack.org.au). There are many reasons why people can’t access health services ranging from distance to cost. The Internet has been able to bring these services to these people who would otherwise not be able to receive help. OnTrack services are available online, meaning that more people will be able to get help for their mental and physical health concerns, and best of all it’s free. (OnTrack, 2010) They offer fact sheets, online programs, quizzes and professional advice for mental health concerns from depression to alcoholism. This service is relatively new and was launched in 2009.
Online gaming can bring people together who would otherwise never meet, sharing similar interests, even if it is behind the security of an avatar. Internet and politics clash in the area of power and control. The Internet is a tool used to express people’s freedom of speech, and the Government wants to censor it and control what the Australian public can see. What their true prerogative with Internet censorship in Australia is yet to be seen. The Internet has had positive effects in the area of health. Patients no longer require to solely rely on professional advice when it comes to health concerns. Even for professionals, they now have easier access to recent research and new treatments and medication that are available, and can pass on this information to their patients. The Internet has given power and control back to patients where they can now make more informed decisions in their course of treatment.
The Internet gives peoples the choice to escape their lives oppressions, by offering a space where they are in control of their own world, online. No matter how their lives are evolving offline, people have the chance to reinvent themselves, creating an environment where they feel safe and secure, have a sense of belonging, can create a positive self image, and also further their knowledge in any area they wish, giving people the power and control of their own destiny.
REFERENCES
Huitt, W. (2007). Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved 18th November 2010 from, http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/regsys/maslow.html
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Jones, Steve., Johnson, Camille., Clarke, Lisa., Gonzales, Margaret. and Lengauer, Guenther. (May 2003) "College Students, Gaming and the Internet" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA. p 5. Retrieved 18th November 2010 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p112027_index.html
Kent, Mike. (2010) Community and Identity, Week 8 Lecture for NET102, Curtin University, Western Australia, p 3
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Department of Defence (26th October, 2010) Outcomes of WikiLeaks investigation. Retreived 18th November 2010 from, http://www.defence.gov.au/media/departmentaltpl.cfm?CurrentId=10997
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NET102 ASSIGNMENT 3 - REFLECTION
After completing the last 4 weeks of study, it’s important to note how all subjects intertwine together. Economy, Power, Community, Identity, Society, Technology, Time and Space have all got their place in the world wide web, and one can not exist without the other.
Let’s take a look at Economy and Power to begin with. In this weeks study, Mike Kent explored how economy is changing from the analogue to the digital. The Internet has made reproduction and distribution, and access to good and services, easier. Now no matter where I am, I can buy and sell things to anyone. There are no barriers to (enter) or exit and there is equal access to production technology for everyone. (Kent 2010). The Internet also blurs the lines of copyright. Who the originator is and who has the ownership of an idea, product or service?
The Internet changes the meaning of power and control. Do we have control and ownership of what we put up on the Internet? I own and run a website called www.inparenting.com.au and here there are online discussion boards, the ability for users to comment on articles, and the ability to share articles on other networks such as facebook. The challenge I faced was the ability to control who and what is put up on this website. Comments need to be approved by the administrator before they are published. I have encrypted our sign up module so spam bots can’t randomly sign up users to the website, which stops the flooding of non-existent users.
Identity and Community go hand in hand. “In many ways the internet connects people that would not be able to be connected to in conventional ways.” (Comyns, 2010). I join communities because other users within that community have similar interests as me and it gives me a sense of belonging. It’s human nature to want to be connected and be apart of a community. The Internet brings a new dimension to those who would otherwise be bound by space. It doesn’t matter where I am in the world, I can be apart of a community, and weather or not I show my true identity or weather I hide behind an avatar is my prerogative. Communities exist for the same purpose, both in my online or offline space, to give that sense of belonging.
“Social forces and the Internet mutually affect each other” (Kent 2010). In the week of Society and Technology I learnt that technology can affect how society operates. The introduction of new technologies affects daily tasks, by making it easier and quicker for me. In my online discussion on the blackboard, I focused on the developments in the banking and finance industry. I discussed the many changes from the first ATM to the online banking available today. As people responded to my post I agree with Karen Cooper’s (2010) comment “technology is redundant without society to make it useful and society also influences how technology can be used.” It is all about supply and demand, and the Internet is no different to any other form of business. If there is a need and demand for a faster anytime experience for banking, they will develop new technologies to meet these requirements. It’s the same in any industry.
We are living in the “Nowism” trend. “NOWISM represents a case of consumers jumping on something the moment they actually can. So, the need is never new, the new ways to fulfil it are… While the appeal and influence of ‘now’ has been building for years, societal attitudes, sky-high consumer expectations and new technologies are currently converging in such a powerful way that brands truly have no choice but to go ‘real-time’: in their business intelligence processes, in their customer conversations, in their innovation labs, in their distribution, sales, marketing and branding departments…” (Trendwatching 2010). This article I found on Nowism really sums up the topic of Society and Technology. Without us as consumers wanting to be the “first” at finding something “new”, new technologies would not be developed. It’s an interesting article and I highly recommend taking the time to read it.
The lecture by Matthew Allen on Time and Space completed the serious of module 2 by bringing all of the above elements together. Without these two elements the other topics would not exist. Though I do tend to use the Internet as a place to “escape” time and space, but it is essentially just another form of the two. Time still passes; it does not stand still while you enter cyberspace, which you are physically not a part of.
As mentioned above “Nowism” is about consumers wanting it “now”, and so the Internet is now a tool used by many businesses where their goods and services are available at anytime, anywhere, overcoming the physical barrier of time and space in the offline world.
Grant Beatton’s (2010) example of the “Remote Presence Robot” where surgeons can operate from a remote location has intrigued me to research more on other new technologies that are being developed to make everyday life easier and changing life for the better.
Please read further on my understandings of these topics on the blackboard (thread address’ below in the appendices.)
Identity and Community
Society and Technology
Time and Space
Let’s take a look at Economy and Power to begin with. In this weeks study, Mike Kent explored how economy is changing from the analogue to the digital. The Internet has made reproduction and distribution, and access to good and services, easier. Now no matter where I am, I can buy and sell things to anyone. There are no barriers to (enter) or exit and there is equal access to production technology for everyone. (Kent 2010). The Internet also blurs the lines of copyright. Who the originator is and who has the ownership of an idea, product or service?
The Internet changes the meaning of power and control. Do we have control and ownership of what we put up on the Internet? I own and run a website called www.inparenting.com.au and here there are online discussion boards, the ability for users to comment on articles, and the ability to share articles on other networks such as facebook. The challenge I faced was the ability to control who and what is put up on this website. Comments need to be approved by the administrator before they are published. I have encrypted our sign up module so spam bots can’t randomly sign up users to the website, which stops the flooding of non-existent users.
Identity and Community go hand in hand. “In many ways the internet connects people that would not be able to be connected to in conventional ways.” (Comyns, 2010). I join communities because other users within that community have similar interests as me and it gives me a sense of belonging. It’s human nature to want to be connected and be apart of a community. The Internet brings a new dimension to those who would otherwise be bound by space. It doesn’t matter where I am in the world, I can be apart of a community, and weather or not I show my true identity or weather I hide behind an avatar is my prerogative. Communities exist for the same purpose, both in my online or offline space, to give that sense of belonging.
“Social forces and the Internet mutually affect each other” (Kent 2010). In the week of Society and Technology I learnt that technology can affect how society operates. The introduction of new technologies affects daily tasks, by making it easier and quicker for me. In my online discussion on the blackboard, I focused on the developments in the banking and finance industry. I discussed the many changes from the first ATM to the online banking available today. As people responded to my post I agree with Karen Cooper’s (2010) comment “technology is redundant without society to make it useful and society also influences how technology can be used.” It is all about supply and demand, and the Internet is no different to any other form of business. If there is a need and demand for a faster anytime experience for banking, they will develop new technologies to meet these requirements. It’s the same in any industry.
We are living in the “Nowism” trend. “NOWISM represents a case of consumers jumping on something the moment they actually can. So, the need is never new, the new ways to fulfil it are… While the appeal and influence of ‘now’ has been building for years, societal attitudes, sky-high consumer expectations and new technologies are currently converging in such a powerful way that brands truly have no choice but to go ‘real-time’: in their business intelligence processes, in their customer conversations, in their innovation labs, in their distribution, sales, marketing and branding departments…” (Trendwatching 2010). This article I found on Nowism really sums up the topic of Society and Technology. Without us as consumers wanting to be the “first” at finding something “new”, new technologies would not be developed. It’s an interesting article and I highly recommend taking the time to read it.
The lecture by Matthew Allen on Time and Space completed the serious of module 2 by bringing all of the above elements together. Without these two elements the other topics would not exist. Though I do tend to use the Internet as a place to “escape” time and space, but it is essentially just another form of the two. Time still passes; it does not stand still while you enter cyberspace, which you are physically not a part of.
As mentioned above “Nowism” is about consumers wanting it “now”, and so the Internet is now a tool used by many businesses where their goods and services are available at anytime, anywhere, overcoming the physical barrier of time and space in the offline world.
Grant Beatton’s (2010) example of the “Remote Presence Robot” where surgeons can operate from a remote location has intrigued me to research more on other new technologies that are being developed to make everyday life easier and changing life for the better.
Please read further on my understandings of these topics on the blackboard (thread address’ below in the appendices.)
Appendices
Economy and Power- NET102 INTERNET AND EVERYDAY LIFE (OUA SP3) (302044-VICE-CHANCELLO-475503275) > COMMUNICATIONS > GROUP PAGES > TIM HOLLAND’S DISCUSSION GROUP > GROUP DISCUSSION BOARD > TOPIC 2.1: POWER AND ECONOMY > ECONOMY & POWER > KATRINA COMYNS > 10/17/10 2:06 PM
Identity and Community
- NET102 INTERNET AND EVERYDAY LIFE (OUA SP3) (302044-VICE-CHANCELLO-475503275) > COMMUNICATIONS > GROUP PAGES > TIM HOLLAND’S DISCUSSION GROUP > GROUP DISCUSSION BOARD > TOPIC 2.2: COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY > COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY > KATRINA COMYNS > 10/25/10 7:30 PM
Society and Technology
- NET102 INTERNET AND EVERYDAY LIFE (OUA SP3) (302044-VICE-CHANCELLO-475503275) > COMMUNICATIONS > GROUP PAGES > TIM HOLLAND’S DISCUSSION GROUP > GROUP DISCUSSION BOARD > TOPIC 2.3: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY > Are technologies neutral? > KATRINA COMYNS > 10/29/10 7:25 PM
Time and Space
- NET102 INTERNET AND EVERYDAY LIFE (OUA SP3) (302044-VICE-CHANCELLO-475503275) > COMMUNICATIONS > GROUP PAGES > TIM HOLLAND’S DISCUSSION GROUP > GROUP DISCUSSION BOARD > TOPIC 2.4: THE SHAPING OF TIME AND SPACE > TIME > KATRINA COMYNS > 11/6/10 6:22 PM
- NET102 INTERNET AND EVERYDAY LIFE (OUA SP3) (302044-VICE-CHANCELLO-475503275) > COMMUNICATIONS > GROUP PAGES > TIM HOLLAND’S DISCUSSION GROUP > GROUP DISCUSSION BOARD > TOPIC 2.4: THE SHAPING OF TIME AND SPACE > SPACE > KATRINA COMYNS > 11/6/10 6:51 PM
Kent, M (2010). The Internet and Everyday Life: Power and Economy. Retrieved 10th October 2010 from http://dbs.ilectures.curtin.edu.au/lectopia/lectopia.lasso?ut=3152
Comyns, K (2010). Community and Identity. 17th October 2010. http://lms.curtin.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_40432_1%26url%3d
Kent, M (2010). Society and Technology (Facebook and Google). Retrieved 26th October 2010 from http://dbs.ilectures.curtin.edu.au/lectopia/lectopia.lasso?ut=3152Cooper, K (2010). Are Technologies Neutral? 1st November 2010 http://lms.curtin.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_40432_1%26url%3d
Trend Watching (2010). “Nowism” Why currency is the new currency. Retrieved 7th November 2010 from http://trendwatching.com/trends/nowism/Beatton, G (2010). Space 2nd November 2010 http://lms.curtin.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_40432_1%26url%3d
NET102 Are technologies neutral?
I believe that technology does change society. All you need to do is compare the present with the past. Lets take banking for instance.
Back in the day a customer would have to make the special trip into the bank to deposit money, withdraw money, draw cheques, transfer money and even apply for credit cards or loans. The introduction of ATMs in the 70s revolutionised the banking industry. This made it possible to do banking at anytime of the day. But you still needed to leave to house and physically go to the machine to make your transactions.
As the internet began to sprout in the late 80s, so did internet “online” banking. “Banks would actually mail us a floppy disk with software that we could install onto our PC… using a dial-up modem, we could talk to the bank’s systems. We could check balances and make transfers but we usually paid for the privilege.” (Canstar Cannex 2010)
In the 90s, banks set up websites instead of sending out software for their customers to access their bank accounts. This let customers access their bank accounts any time of the day from the comfort of their home or office. Whats the next step in banking? Well with the new “smartphones” and its “apps”, banks are developing new tools, security and gimmicks to offer their customers to improve on their banking experience, making online banking available 24/7, anywhere in the world. Banking is now on demand.
Gone are the days of long queues in banks dealing with disgruntled customer service assistants… but with all this technology is this just making the banks pockets bigger as now they need less man power to run their banks? Will banking be converted to online permanently and the days of physical banks be that of the past? Lets see where technology will take us and will change society as we know it today.
References
http://www.atm24.com/newssection/industry%20news/timeline%20-%20the%20atm%20history.aspx
http://www.canstar.com.au/history/
Back in the day a customer would have to make the special trip into the bank to deposit money, withdraw money, draw cheques, transfer money and even apply for credit cards or loans. The introduction of ATMs in the 70s revolutionised the banking industry. This made it possible to do banking at anytime of the day. But you still needed to leave to house and physically go to the machine to make your transactions.
As the internet began to sprout in the late 80s, so did internet “online” banking. “Banks would actually mail us a floppy disk with software that we could install onto our PC… using a dial-up modem, we could talk to the bank’s systems. We could check balances and make transfers but we usually paid for the privilege.” (Canstar Cannex 2010)
In the 90s, banks set up websites instead of sending out software for their customers to access their bank accounts. This let customers access their bank accounts any time of the day from the comfort of their home or office. Whats the next step in banking? Well with the new “smartphones” and its “apps”, banks are developing new tools, security and gimmicks to offer their customers to improve on their banking experience, making online banking available 24/7, anywhere in the world. Banking is now on demand.
Gone are the days of long queues in banks dealing with disgruntled customer service assistants… but with all this technology is this just making the banks pockets bigger as now they need less man power to run their banks? Will banking be converted to online permanently and the days of physical banks be that of the past? Lets see where technology will take us and will change society as we know it today.
References
http://www.atm24.com/newssection/industry%20news/timeline%20-%20the%20atm%20history.aspx
http://www.canstar.com.au/history/
NET102 Assignment 2: Music, The Internet and Everyday Life
INTRODUCTION
The music industry is changing. Since the launch of the Internet in the 1990s, the way people share, listen and obtain music has changed. The music industry have tried to fight the internet revolution of Peer to Peer sharing (P2P), torrents, online radio streaming and MP3s. Though in recent times there are artists embracing this new media and finding new ways to create revenue, to promote themselves and distribute their music. Is this the end of the music record industry? I explore these issues of how the Internet has changed the music industry.I would like to begin with a song by MC Lars called “Download This Song”. Click here to watch the video[1] and/or click here to read the lyrics.[2]
MC Lars’ song sums up the change of the music industry and challenges the Record Labels to catch up with the times. In an article that MC Lars has written, “New Media Economics in Indie Rap – Welcome to the Future”[3], he states that “…there has been an ideological shift made very apparent by the new generation of artists and consumers; music isn’t really a physical product anymore, it’s a service that artists provide that they are then paid for (if the service they provide has cultural and/or emotional value).” (MC Lars 2010). It’s not just about record sales, it’s about promotion, merchandise sales, gigs (live performances) and touring. The business of music has changed and the way to make money out of making music isn’t about the billions of dollars they can make, but to make a comfortable living doing something that they love doing.Dave Kusek has written a book called “The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution.”[4] Many Independent artist follow his principles and have stated that his book is a must read for any artist in the music industry, as many of his predictions about the future of the music industry have come true. Much of my research on the future of the music industry has been drawn from his online blog “Future of Musicbook”.[5]
In a recent interview with Kusek (Interview with Dave Kusek from The Musicians Guide in the UK, Marcus Taylor, 13 Sep, 2010) he states, “mobile applications are likely to become extremely important for musicians, as direct-to-fan marketing becomes a more and more popular approach and smart phone ownership increases.” Direct-to-fan marketing would help artist to promote and communicate directly to their fan base, making them feel like they are apart of an elite club. With the use of official website, social networking, eNewletters and smart phone applications, musicians can reduce their costs in promotion as the web is a cost effective and easier type of media to use and they can target a more narrow target market.
Pink Floyd’s ex-manager, Peter Jenner, has commented on how in the UK they have created an act that focuses on piracy and P2P file sharing. He quotes “… people [that are] not paying for music is not a problem. But P2P is just one of many ways in which you can access music for free. People have memory sticks, blank CDs, email, instant messaging, so I think it was a very facile look at the issue which was driven by the copyright industry.”[6] There is no possible way for the P2P file sharing to be stopped; the music industry should be focusing on ways that they can capitalise on this new technology. Jenner further discusses how the traditional record company has been built around selling “bits of stuff” to people in a retail environment. They view the Internet in the wrong way and should be using it as a service, not a retail environment. They should put their focus into what services they can provide with the Internet. (Jenner, 2010).
“Many people are listening to online radio and watching online video.”[7] In the book “Futurehit.DNA”, Jay Frank discusses a to generate revenue with the use of online radio. Many services, such as Pandora and Last.fm, utilise the zero play feature, where all songs start from zero seconds, and the skip button. “This allows the user, if he is uninterested in a song, to skip ahead to the next one selected on his radio station. It operates in a very similar fashion to the functionality on the iPod.”[8]. The skip button gives users the ability to vote with their skip buttons on their online radio services. Sites monitor song play and most will only register a track as played if it reaches 60 seconds. “The best way that an artist can avoid the over-utilization of the skip button (aside from making good music in the first place) is to ensure the listener for at least sixty seconds.”[9] If a song is skipped regularly and doesn’t receive much play, the online service has will stop promoting the song. (Frank 2009) The artist needs to focus on catching the audience in those first few seconds to ensure they get airtime and then they receive performance royalties.
Social networking sites are another tool the music industry use for promoting to, and also entertaining, their fans. Myspace is being used as a viral marketing tool where unsigned and signed artists can promote their music, upcoming gigs, and also broadcasting from their homes. When Sandi Thom broadcasted from her South London basement, she created a social phenomenon in which thousands of people believed they were the first to discover a new “real” artist. In fact, EMI had sent out emails in advance linking to the webcast, alerting the potential market. (Garfield 2006). Many artists utilised viral marketing, such as Lily Allen and The Artic Monkeys, to promote new songs, live gigs, simulcasts, blogs etc to keep their fan base in the loop.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the future of the music industry will continue to change from what we have known it to be. The Record Labels role in the industry will change from simply recording and selling albums to promotion of an artist and utilising new Internet technologies. Instead of fighting the P2P file sharing and trying to stop consumers from obtaining tracks for free, the music industry will need to find new inventive ways to make revenue from their music. Direct-to-fan and viral marketing are two useful tools in promoting new artist, songs and gigs to fans. As the world moves towards online radio streaming, performance royalties, and creation of attention grabbing songs to receive these royalties, is the new form of revenue for the music industry. “Music was a product, now it is a service”[10]. I look forward into seeing what the future holds for music, Internet and everyday life.BIBLIOGRAPHY
iobuffa. ” YouTube – MC Lars – Download This Song .” YouTube – Broadcast Yourself. . N.p., n.d. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBkuiChImb8>.“lyrics Download This Song lyrics MC Lars .” Welcome | Moron.nl | Lyrics | All lyrics | New Lyrics | Community |. N.p., n.d. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.moron.nl/lyrics.php?id=86710&artist=MC%20Lars>.
Lars, MC. “New Media Economics in Indie Rap – Welcome to the Future | Future Of Music.” Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads. N.p., 18 Mar, 2020. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.futureofmusicbook.com/2010/03/welcome-to-the-future-new-media-economics-in-indie-rap/>.
Kusek, Dave, and Gerd Leonhard. The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution. Boston: Berklee Press, 2005. Print.
Kusek, David. “Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads.” Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads. N.p., n.d. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.futureofmusicbook.com>.
Taylor, Marcus. “Interview with Dave Kusek from The Musicians Guide in the UK | Future Of Music.” Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads. N.p., 13 Sept. 2010. Accessed. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://www.futureofmusicbook.com/2010/09/interview-with-dave-kusek-from-the-musicians-guide-in-the-uk/>.
Vizard, Sarah. “INTERVIEW: Pink Floyd’s ex-manager on the future of music :: StrategyEye – Industry Intelligence.” StrategyEye. N.p., 6 Aug. 2010. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010.
Frank, Jay. “Chapter 1: Online Radio and Skip rates.” Futurehit.DNA : How The Digital Revolution Is Changing Top 10 Songs. Nashville: Futurehit, Inc., 2009. 48-51. Print.
Garfield, Simon . ” How to make 80 million friends and influence people | Media | The Observer .” Latest news, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk . N.p., 18 June 2006. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jun/18/digitalmedia.observerreview>.
[1] iobuffa. ” YouTube – MC Lars – Download This Song .” YouTube – Broadcast Yourself. . N.p., n.d. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBkuiChImb8>. [2] “lyrics Download This Song lyrics MC Lars .” Welcome | Moron.nl | Lyrics | All lyrics | New Lyrics | Community |. N.p., n.d. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.moron.nl/lyrics.php?id=86710&artist=MC%20Lars>.
[3] Taylor, Marcus. “Interview with Dave Kusek from The Musicians Guide in the UK | Future Of Music.” Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads. N.p., 13 Sept. 2010. Accessed. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://www.futureofmusicbook.com/2010/09/interview-with-dave-kusek-from-the-musicians-guide-in-the-uk/>.
[4] Kusek, Dave, and Gerd Leonhard. The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution. Boston: Berklee Press, 2005. Print.
[5] Kusek, David. “Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads.” Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads. N.p., n.d. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010. <http://www.futureofmusicbook.com>.
[6] Vizard, Sarah. “INTERVIEW: Pink Floyd’s ex-manager on the future of music :: StrategyEye – Industry Intelligence.” StrategyEye. N.p., 6 Aug. 2010. Accessed. 8 Oct. 2010.
[7] Frank, Jay. “Chapter 1: Online Radio and Skip rates.” Futurehit.DNA : How The Digital Revolution Is Changing Top 10 Songs. Nashville: Futurehit, Inc., 2009. 48-51. Print.
[8] Frank, Jay. “Chapter 1: Online Radio and Skip rates.” Futurehit.DNA : How The Digital Revolution Is Changing Top 10 Songs. Nashville: Futurehit, Inc., 2009. 48-51. Print.
[9] Frank, Jay. “Chapter 1: Online Radio and Skip rates.” Futurehit.DNA : How The Digital Revolution Is Changing Top 10 Songs. Nashville: Futurehit, Inc., 2009. 48-51. Print.
[10] Taylor, Marcus. “Interview with Dave Kusek from The Musicians Guide in the UK | Future Of Music.” Future of Music – music industry, music business, digital music and free music downloads. N.p., 13 Sept. 2010. Accessed. 10 Oct. 2010. <http://www.futureofmusicbook.com/2010/09/interview-with-dave-kusek-from-the-musicians-guide-in-the-uk/>.
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