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
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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.