Lecture Week 12 + Tutorial Activity

Social and Ethical Issues on the Internet


Risks of identity theft

-People who put their personal details on the internet are at serious risks

Characteristics of the internet-

-open protocols

-no enforceable standards

Characteristics of Internet Information

-anyone can publish

-no control over bias or unethical information

Characteristics of internet users

-lots of smart people

-lots of dumb people

What are the problems?

-copyright

-intellectual property

-plagiarism

-security

-privacy

-freedom of speech

How can you protect yourself?

-Install a firewall

-Install the latest virus software

-educate yourself, know the 'latest' virus

-antivirus tools

-learn about unsafe attatchments

-consider not using outlook or outlook express

-be aware of spyware

-dont give out your personal details

-dont reply to spam (this confirms your email does exist)

-turn off auto reply

-set online programs to maximum security

-update your antivirus software

-always scan files for viruses before opening


Tutorial Activity (www.copyright.org.au/)


Assigning Licencing Rights-

• copyright owners can choose to assign or licence their rights in copyright material


• assignment and exclusive licences of copyright must be in writing and signed by copyright owner to be legally effective.


• It is also a good idea to put the grant of a non-exclusive licence in writing.


• The owner has the right to reproduce and make copies


• copyrights can be assigned, sold, or licenced.


• when it is assigned or licenced, it can be divided up in parts, eg. territory, time and type of use.
  

Copyright collecting societies-

• copyright collecting societies are non for profit organisations which licence or administer copyright information for their owners


• the licence fees collected are distributed and collected by the members


• statutory licences are set up within the copyright act
  

Creative commons-

• creative commons aka 'cc commons'


• were devised by an american organisation called Creative Commons


• CC Licenses are a standardised set of licences which are promoted as being a way to allow people to use their material for free.

Fair Dealing-

• The copyright act allows "fair dealing" with copyright material for certain purposes


• There is a new exception allowing fair dealing for parody or satire


• You can use copyright even when you are unaware eg.-


• translating messages


• emails


• copying


• faxes


• watching dvds


• playing games


• scanning


• downloading

Fees and Royalties

• You can charge people for the use of your direct copyright


• If your copyright has been infringed, then you can claim compensation for 'damages'


• You can authorise the collecting societies to collect money for you
  
  

http://www.apra.com.au/music-users/online_mobile/online_mobile.asp

APRA SITE

What you need to know about music and the web:

In the online world there’s been a misconception that music downloaded over the Internet is somehow ‘free’. The problem however is that ‘free’ music means songwriters and artists don’t get paid.
New technologies such as the internet and mobile phone applications are opening up new distribution avenues for songwriters. These new avenues include: digital downloads as full length songs; mobile phone ringtones; webcasting (i.e. online radio stations); and on-demand streaming (i.e. services which permit users to access and experience music over the net at a time and place convenient to the user).
There is little doubt the creative work of composers and songwriters adds value to online businesses and services. There are a number of different ways in which this can be achieved. For example, the playing of music as a background music loop has the potential to enhance the appeal of a site, and in turn attract more traffic and keep users browsing for longer periods.
Any use of copyright music requires the appropriate clearances to be obtained. Copyright owners in music have a number of rights in their work, including the right to reproduce their music and the right to communicate their work to the public. The term communication covers broadcasting and making music available online. APRA, by licensing the use of music online is able to ensure that composers, songwriters and music publishers are properly reimbursed for the exercise of their rights.

How can i protect myself from

http://netsecurity.about.com/

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus6.htm

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2100282,00.asp

-Install a firewall
-Install the latest virus software
-educate yourself, know the 'latest' virus
-antivirus tools
-learn about unsafe attatchments
-consider not using outlook or outlook express
-be aware of spyware
-dont give out your personal details
-dont reply to spam (this confirms your email does exist)
-turn off auto reply
-set online programs to maximum security
-update your antivirus software
-always scan files for viruses before opening

Lecture Week 11 + Tutorial Activity

Today in the lecture Helen had some technical difficulties.....

she then put us into groups to evaluate things that we had previously learnt in this unit

We basically just revised everything:

relationships-

data-

atoms-

evaluating websites-

effective research-

Activity

Lecture + Tutorial Activity Week 10

Lecture

Atom Based Information- Hard Copy (Books, Reports etc.)

Pros: We can see it.

Cons: Bulky, Costly

Bit Based- Digital Reproductions, Electronic Based

Pros: Very flexible, very cheap, easy to edit, easy to mass produce and broadcast

Cons: Privacy, easy to copy and steal, Authenticy, unsolicited broadcast SPAM.

Activity

Being Digital

QUESTION 4/

what companies obtain information from their clients?

Telstra

Hair Dressers

Marketers

Television

Tutorial Week 8

Lecture + Tutorial Activity Week 9

Lecture- Communications
Communication can be between individuals,
between individuals and organisations within australia
communication takes place within


-chain network

-circle network

-wheel network

-all channel network



this is a picture i retrieved from the lecture notes to explain the four different types of communication:

ICT is used in

• mobile phones
• video /tele conferencing
• ipods
• electronic mail
• multi media connections
• msn
• discussion boards
• blogs
• podcasts

The lecturer discussed the correct way to email a teacher

BCC format allows you to send multiple emails to people without showing their emails..

Spam is a problem on the internet. 60 percent of internet sites are usually spam

Spam and the forward button on emails go hand in hand and are also a problem.

Tutorial

1. Myspace groups

I entered the word "fashion".

The groups that came up were

• alt. fashion


• alt.gossip.celebrities


• rec.arts.tv

2. This was an article i found interesting.

http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4379

Black is Finally in Fashion at Vogue Race; Posted on: 2008-04-27

Fashion is Racist http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3470
By Ian Johnston and Photini Philippidou

It's an open secret in the fashion industry: black models rarely get jobs on catwalks, in magazines and on billboards. According to executives, they do not inspire women to spend money.
Apart from Naomi Campbell in one Louis Vuitton this season, it would be difficult to find a single black model in a prominent position in a magazine. Carole White of the Premier Model Agency says she has received casting briefs requesting "no ethnics" and adds: "According to magazines, black models don't sell."
The leading British photographer Nick Knight says: "The fashion industry and the advertising industry are steeped in racism. You just have to look around at the number of black girls you see in ads – virtually nil. Among the main fashion brands, they are completely under-represented. It's shocking and atrocious."
Mr Knight blames business people at the top of the industry. A common attitude among them, he says, is that black models are "not aspirational" or "don't sell in Asia". He goes on: "I have tried to redress the balance. It is enormously important to use black models and models of different ethnic backgrounds."
Now a counterattack to the racism of the fashion industry is coming from an unlikely source: Vogue Italia. The July issue of the fearsomely cutting-edge quarterly will feature black models almost exclusively, shot by the photographer Steven Meisel.
Franca Sozzani of Vogue Italia, told The Independent on Sunday: "We are using a lot of black models, like Iman, not only the models of today – a lot of different girls." Asked why she had decided to do this, she said: "Because nobody is using black girls. I see so many beautiful girls and they were complaining that they are not used enough."
Continue http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/black-is-finally-in-fashion-at-vogue-816213.html
News Source: independent
2007-2008 European Americans United.





A Public reply to this article
> By Ian Johnston and Photini Philippidou
> It's an open secret in the fashion industry: black models rarely get jobs on > catwalks, in magazines and on billboards. According to executives, they do not > inspire women to spend money. Yeah... I guess they never heard of Tyra Banks? Stupid Fucking Racist Rightards....

3. Podcasts. Podcasts can benefit university students as they can watch podcasts instead of attending the lecture. This is good if you are sick and cant make it to uni, or if you want to revise for a test.

Lecture (Week 7)

End Note

Endnote is a referencing guide or tool. It interacts with Microsoft Word. Endnote acts as a private reference, aswell as managing all your referencing. It is a database tool that can be used as a reference manager, its sealable and searchable. It can also act as a bibliography maker.

It is a flat file system integrated into microsoft word. It can be used in 2 ways:

1. As a standalone program

2. As a reference manager for research program

Content is displayed in seperate files eg. author, year. You may choose your own referencing style.

The database is searchable by author, date and time. File in folders and sub folders.

When doing a word doc. You can concite references from the end note and create an automatic bibliography at the bottom of the page.

Governing principles:

Dont expect to get it first time!

Group Assignment due: Friday the 2nd of May.
end note

Lecture (Week 6) + Tutorial Activity

Evaulation and Authentication

Searching and Finding Quality Information on the Web

Anyone can make up a website. There is no control over who makes up a website. Not all sites are created equal.
Visual Navigation is content, feel, navigation and ease of use. You need to consider whether the information is fit-for-use.

Some Questions to ask

• Is the page dated?


• Who is the page sponsored by?
  
• Is the sponsor reputable?


• Why does this information exist?


• Is there an editor who checks the address?


• Is there an author?


• Who is the author?
  
• Is there a link with information about the author?


• How current are the details?
  
  

It is important to look at the URL, is it a personal page or site?

Is the Domain appropriate?

Is it from a valuable source or agency?

READINGS

ICU Website

The author has a masters degree in library science, he has a strong expertise in being an author. The content from his website is very reputable because of his background therefore i believe this website is genuine.

icu website

Lecture (Week 5)

Todays lecture was about using search engines.
Some search engines include-
Google
Yahoo
Ask Jeeves
City Search

Some problems you could face when using search engines are:

Not finding the information relating to your topic-
Determing how deep to tunnel through lower ranked pages
Building enormous indices
Misuse of page scoring, ranking

To avoid this you could basically try and use better key words
Guess a location
Use several search tools
Read search tips
Back up, select what you want
Use advanced search function

There are 3 categories of information on the web.

The free visible web
The free invisible web
Paid Data Bases over the web


Search Tools fall into two main categories.
Search Engines
Directories

A search engine is a web based application program that crawls the internet, creating indices of websites usually from the textual information.

Directories
Human Edited
Web pages are submitted to directories and then reviewed


The most reliable search engines are:

Google
Looksmart
Yahoo
About
DMOZ

Lecture (Week 4) + Tutorial Activity

The World Wide Web

An example of a browser interaface



The 'www' is an abstract space of virtual information. It was developed by Tim Berners Lee in 1989 to facilitate the sharing of information.



Web browsers include:

Mozilla

Int. Explorer

Neoplanet



Tutorial Activity


This is the Haggis Hunt Website: The Republic of Molossia Website:

www.haggishunt.scotsman.org

This website didn't look genuine because it contained a fake animal called 'haggis' when in actual fact haggis is the lining of a sheep's stomach.
The site was full of games, videos etc. and had partnership with dating websites etc.
This showed me that the site wasn't really there for a purpose other then to make money from advertising.

The Molossia website was obviously a spoof aswell, theres no such place as Molossia so therefore its obviously not a genuine website.

Medline Plus Print Screen

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10 Useful Functions and Search Tips from ECU Library Site

- Entering a few key terms you have identified to describe your topic will enable you to quickly search many of the subject indexes and retrieve a few references

- Some indexes allow you to search on the individual terms and get a result and then combine the sets using the operators

- Some databases use truncation to pick up variations of the terms used.
An * or ? is substituted for letters to broaden the search

- When the results of your search are on the screen, the next task is to read
through them and select those which seem to most support the argument you
wish to write about in your assignment. These results can be marked up for
printing or in a lot of cases the databases accessible on the web, allow you to
email them.

- Your results will generally be in the form of a list of citations and abstracts or
just citations and in some cases, full text journal articles. If you have a list of
citations or citations and abstracts without the full text, the next step is to check
the Edith Cowan Library catalogue to see if they are held on the library
shelves.

- Useful options to look out for :

Buttons or icons to return you to the results or marked list

Arrows which direct you to the next step

An option which allows you to modify keyword searches, by combining
searches with the operators AND or OR.

The list of graphics used in a full text database to describe the various
reference types: citation, full text, full text and graphic, full text image


-Most databases are web-based and can be accessed using the terminals in the library or elsewhere on campus, however, a number of these databases are also available for you to use at home. Choose one of the access options and follow the instructions on Off-campus access. Some databases are only available in the library.

-To access databases in the library you will need a megalab (computer) login and password. These can be set up using the SIMO online enrolment system

-Journals may also be available electronically through the Web and are referred to as ejournals or electronic journals.

-The library has a large collection of ejournals which can be accessed by doing a journal title search in the library catalogue or by searching in a full text database by keyword or journal title

Finding an Article on The Economics of Global Warming

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Lecture (Week 3)

Todays lecture was about online libraries and databases. The lecturer covered the reasons why we should use online databases, some of these reasons were:
-convenience, internet connection
-currency, journals are up to date
-electronic format, easy to make notes etc.
-anywhere/anytime access

Reasons against it are:
-Hidden content
-Most do not access database and library indexes

There are many different types of libraries:
-online text repositories
-online journals
-electronic books
-musical
-artworks


Some online resources include www.virtuallibrary.com

Limitations of Online Libraries:
- Only the catalogue is online. However you can still browse through and search through the collections.
-Many libraries are available only by subscription, therefore it may require a fee.
-Resolution may be reduced as you are seeing copies of original works eg. art, music
-They are often updated on a regularly basis and can be out of date.

pie chart

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Lecture (Week 2)

Microsoft has many programs such as
-Powerpoint
-Word
-Excel
-Outlook
-Publisher
-Office

Browsers include
-Mozilla Firefox (37.2%)
-Explorer (54.7%)
-Netscape/AOL (1..%)
-Safari (1.9%)
-Oprah (1.4%)


Recently Visited Websites-
ECU Blackboard, blogger.com, imageshack.us

Common PC Tasks
-Word
-Formatting and Styles
-Document Mapping
-Working with templates

When using VISTA, to save it on the computer make sure you save it under 2003 XP so that if you use it at home or on other computers it will format properley.

Creating Presentations
-Powerpoint
-Formatting and Styles
-KISS**** Keep it simple Stupid!



How Pc's work
*Computers have changed our way of life and will continue doing so in the future.
*A PC is a general purpose tool built around a microprocessor
*Has different parts that work together
*You can use it to type documents, send e-mail, browse the Internet and play games.
*Central processing unit (CPU) - The microprocessor "brain" of the computer system is called the central processing unit. Everything that a computer does is overseen by the CPU.
*Memory - This is very fast storage used to hold data. It has to be fast because it connects directly to the microprocessor. There are several specific types of memory in a computer:
*Random-access memory (RAM) - Used to temporarily store information that the computer is currently working with.
*Read-only memory (ROM) - A permanent type of memory storage used by the computer for important data that does not change.
*Basic input/output system (BIOS) - A type of ROM that is used by the computer to establish basic communication when the computer is first turned on. *Caching - The storing of frequently used data in extremely fast RAM that connects directly to the CPU.
*Virtual memory - Space on a hard disk used to temporarily store data and swap it in and out of RAM as needed. Motherboard - This is the main circuit board that all of the other internal components connect to.
*Power supply - An electrical transformer regulates the electricity used by the computer. *Hard disk - This is large-capacity permanent storage used to hold information such as programs and documents.
*Operating system - This is the basic software that allows the user to interface with the computer. *Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) Controller - This is the primary interface for the hard drive, CD-ROM and floppy disk drive.
*Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Bus - The most common way to connect additional components to the computer, PCI uses a series of slots on the motherboard that PCI cards plug into.
*SCSI - Pronounced "scuzzy," the small computer system interface is a method of adding additional devices, such as hard drives or scanners, to the computer.
*AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port is a very high-speed connection used by the graphics card to interface with the computer.
*Sound card - This is used by the computer to record and play audio by converting analog sound into digital information and back again.
*Graphics card - This translates image data from the computer into a format that can be displayed by the monitor.

Brief Summary- Welcome to PC Lube and Tune

"Welcome to PC Lube and Tune"
*PC Lube is a service station and convenience store in
*Been in business since Feb 1994
*Located on exit 130.132 on the National Information Highway
*Is an ordinary service station that provides road users with maps, advice, sodas, and repairs aswell as gas.
*Their objective is to use suitable introductions, tutorials, and education on technical subjects to the large audience of computer users
*They do this by supplying system independent hypertext files through the world wide web and internet

Lecture (Week 1)

Lecturers email is h.cripps@ecu.edu.au
Being the first lecture only main facts were stated about the course:
-Journal Log is worth 40% due week 13 however there will be an informal check in week 5
-The group assignment is worth 30% and will need to be finished by week 9
-The exam is worth 30% and will be occurring during the exam period

Summary of Lecture
-Do not use Wikipedia as a source
-Referencing skills are crucial
-Plagiarism is an offence and you must be careful
-Notify tutor or lecturer if something is occuring in your life which may lower the standards of your work, eg. friend is dying, dont just say at the last minute because it wont be as believable.

Print Screen Shots:

Blackboard

Student Webmail

Introduction

Hi! Welcome to my blog. This blog is a requirement to fulflill UPC0004. Each Friday i need to do the activities that have been set out, and summarise the lectures. Blog summaries allow me to recap on the things i've learnt at the lecture.

Thanks,

Danielle Djano