Sea otters apparently hold hands while they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other. Happy Monday.
Monthly Archives: August 2014
If you’re offended raise your hand
One point that stood out to me in this week’s symposium in relation to defamation is when posting content on the internet (specifically your blog) was that your intention is NOT a defence. If someone thinks what you have posted is offensive it is. I can definitely see the point here and my immediate thought was that can we bring this rule into our relationships- especially with family? I know in most cases the offender doesn’t realise what they have said and simply responds to the offendee (cannot guarantee this is an actual word) “well you just took it the wrong way”… and so it goes round and round in circles. Ultimately if you are the creator of a site or owner of a blog YOU are responsible for its content- even if other people have posted comments that are inappropriate, it will always come back to you.
Tute week three
Great in class discussions this week which I thought was a very good use of class time. Being able to ask questions and have open conversations about network media and blogging without being pressed for time. One benefit to being at uni is to make use of the lecturer’s and tutor’s knowledge and in most cases there is never any class time to do that.
Networking
There is that old saying it’s not what you know it’s WHO you know. How do you get to know more people? Network. The definition of networking is ‘a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest’. Of course this is key in the media industry (although what you know is important too) the more contacts you have the more doors become open (or slightly ajar) for you. Blogging is a tool we as students can use to engage and explore this world of networking- online. In the reading Network Literacy: The New Path to Knowledge, Adrian describes network literacy is as much contributing to sharing the knowledge as it is to consume it. Network Literacy is about DOING, so as I didn’t have a Flickr account I decided I would get one and work out how to connect it to my blog like Adrian does. While having a look around the site I saw that Flickr Commons has two main objectives, one of which is:
‘To provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge. (Then watch what happens when they do!)’
This ties in nicely with what Adrian was talking about.
Stay tuned for my Flickr debut.
Beginning, middle, end
Thinking back to last week and the very thought provoking lecture from Adrian. I’ll admit I never thought we would be discussing where books came from in network media but I can see how this example of print literacy leads into understanding network literacy. Reading a book, we expect a beginning middle and an end, it should also include page numbers right? Has it occurred to anyone that the internet doesn’t have a beginning, middle or an end, or page numbers? Well it hadn’t to me until last week. Aristotle was even mentioned in the lecture…deep. Adrian suggested our life isn’t a story, it doesn’t have a beginning middle or an end but made up of a series of events. However if those events are retold you then have a story. Although the whole idea of the beginning middle and end came from Aristotle do you think that being a realist he would have thought that this theory doesn’t apply to our lives?
Exercise…either love it or hate it.
Well I’m on team hate. I never exercise and any opportunity I get I’ll make an excuse why I can’t do it. Except today. Not sure why but I felt I had it in me to go for a run, well more of a light jog really. What an awesome day for getting out and about around Albert Park. Great views of the city while spending your time with some friendly ducks along the way and I definitely feel much better for it.