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1. Watch the following clip:

Describe what is a person’s ‘conscience’.

A person’s conscience is like a spirit within your head that tells you what to do or basically makes your decisions. There is two parts two your conscience, one is the good side that tells the right things to do in life but the other part is the bad one which tells you to go ahead and do the wrong thing.

2. Watch the following clip:

Describe how a persons conscience works in making moral decisions. Explain the relationship between religion and conscience.

A person’s conscience works in making moral decisions because your conscience is like a guide the tells you what to do in life. The relationship between religion and conscience is that in religion you learn about the ‘Moral Development Theory’, which teaches you the stages of growth in making moral decisions. The level that you are at affects how you make decisions using you conscience.

1. Define the term “Moral Maturity”

Moral Maturity is  how you have developed as a person through your whole life. This is in connection with the moral development theory. There are 3 levels and  2 stages within each level, in which you develop through. Moral maturity is also a term that means to know which is right from wrong and good from bad.

2. Read the following article:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/knife-arrest-cop-pelted/2008/03/24/1206206967590.html

Discuss the reasons why the 25 year old man mentioned in the article would be regarded as having a lack of ‘moral maturity’.

The 25 year old man would be regarded as having a lack of ‘moral maturity’ because he  made various wrong decisions and offences that effected the law. He has damaged property, assaulted police and resisted arrest, which shows the lack of maturity this 25 year old man has.

3. Identify the differences between ‘morality’ and ‘immorality’.

Morality means to have a concern/sense about doing good things and tasks and immorality is really the complete opposite, which is to do the wrong thing on purpose.

4. Watch the following clip and describe the reasons why Governor Spitzer’s actions would be regarded as ‘immoral’.

Link to clip – http://au.video.yahoo.com/video/play?ei=UTF-8&vid=2183884

Governor Spizer actions is regard as ‘immoral because of hiring a prostitute and cheating on his wife which affected the public, his job, his reputation and especially his family. This is immoral due to him going off doing the wrong thing.

Whats been affected;

• Public – He had promise to rule out bad behavior and fix corruption. Lost trust within the public.

• Job – It has hurt his job as a politician.

• Reputation – Time Magazine voted him crusader of the year.

• Family – Lost trust and hurt his wife and 3 daughters.

1. Which countries have banned the Internet?

There is currently 15 countries the have banned the Internet completely, known as ‘Enemies of the Internet’.

• Belarus

• Burma

• China

• Cuba

• Iran

• Lybia

• The Maldives

• Nepal

• North Korea

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

• Tunisia

• Turkmenistan

• Uzbekistan

• Vietnam

2. Describe what the following image is about? (Provide TWO websites to support your findings)

  The above image portrays that China has banned various websites like ‘Youtube’ due to videos being posted about protests in Tibet.

Links for more backgorund information -

• http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080316/ap_on_hi_te/china_youtube_blocked

• http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9895277-7.html

 3. Provide evidence of at least FIVE sources (Websites, newspapers, blogs, videos ect) that discuss the reasons why these countries have taken such a drastic approach.

• http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0318/p06s02-woap.html

• http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3568040.ece

• http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_YOUTUBE_BLOCKED?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-03-16-10-08-59

• http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/662779/china_blocking_youtube_cnn_bbc_and.html

• http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/because-of-tibet-china-blocks-youtube/index.html?hp

4. Discuss how you would feel if the Australian government banned the Internet. What privileges would you lose? (2 Paragraphs)

If the Australian government banned the Internet it would make it very difficult for me to do my very day activities, such as homework, keep in touch with friends and even just entertainment.

Almost everyone uses the internet everyday. Basiclly our society is based around the Internet and it is at everyones fingertips. This would make it very difficult for anyone to cope if the Internet was banned.

I would personal feel upset due to not having this resource at my fingertips everyday. It would also bring up stress levels because I would have to go to the libary more often for research and recent information.

1. Using the Internet research and find descriptions for the roles of the following newspaper personnel:

- Editor - The editor is usually the person that runs the newspaper.

- Reporter - A reporter or freelancer is a person that researches, interviews and writes stories for newspapers.

- Journalist - A journalist also known as a newspaperman, is someone that gathers information about current events, issuses and people.

- Designer - The designers job is to orgainise the lay-out of information and images on the pages of a newspaper.

You are required to create a job advertisement which articulates the role and responsibilities of an editor. The job advertisement should address the following minimum criteria:1. Role Description
2. Essential Criteria
3. Desirable Criteria  

The Sun-Herald are seeking applicants form enthusiastic and experienced people to perform the critical role of Senior Editor – weekly newspaper for the Sydney region.

This full-time position provides an opportunity to work with a group of creative and highly motivated  people. As the Senior Editor you will be responsible for reviewing news articles and stories for accuracy, content, grammar and style. You are also given the role of organising a team of assistant editors. In addition, are able to carry out reliable research for writers and verify certain facts.

Candidates are required to have a collage degree preferably in Journalism or English. Have experience in writing and revision text and are able to work with a group of people (above or below them).

The position desires experience in organising and managing a team of staff.

Interested in joining our team of friendly and motivated people? Please forward your resume to Trish Smith, Human Resources Manager, 62 Ash Street, Enfield, Sydney 2863 or email to editorap@sunherald.com by Thursday 27 March 2008.

Note – This is not a real job advertisement

“I will be a living presance of God by doing random acts of kindness”.

  I can and will acheive this goal by careing for everyone and listen for what they have to say (respect) and also just by being myself and even saying hello to people I see each day.

1. Explain the difference between ’secular’ and ‘non-secular’.

The difference between ’secular’ and ‘non-secular’ is that ’secular’ is the act to do things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred (not having a connection with religion) and ‘non-secular’ is to be a religious person and follow the footsteps of God and the Catholic Church.

2. Provide FIVE links to media organisations who provide media to the public.

• SBS – http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbs_front/index.html

• ABC – http://www.abc.net.au/tv/

• Channel 7 – http://au.tv.yahoo.com/tv/seven/

• Channel 9 – http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/

• Channel 10 – http://ten.com.au/

3. Select ONE event current in the news media and provide a summary.

HMAS Sydney mystery ‘must be revealed’ – http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=73056

The wreck of HMAS Sydney will become a war grave to protect the remains of the 645 Australian sailors killed during a bloody battle at sea in World War II.

  But searchers hope footage of the wreckage, to be obtained as early as next week, will help solve Australia’s greatest naval mystery.

  The wreckage found may explain how a powerful warship, the pride of Australia’s navy, could be sunk with no survivors in 1941 by an armed merchant ship, the German raider Kormoran.

  The 66-year search for the Sydney ended when a deep water survey vessel found the warship 12 nautical miles from the wreck of the Kormoran, which itself was located just last week.

  Chairman of the Finding Sydney Foundation, Ted Graham, said there were no plans to raise the ships. Both, the HMS Sydney and the Kormoran will be classed as war graves, while the government is also considering a commonwealth heritage listing.

Channel Nine news video link – http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?from=articleinline&fg=news^national^73056&mkt=en-au&brand=ninemsn&showPlaylist=true&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:26b5515c-970a-44c3-93c0-298b842c0759

1. Describe the Australian Governments NetAlert program?

NetAlert is the Australian Government’s Internet safety initiative which consists of a wide range of activities. Together, these activities provide a comprehensive response to the needs of the Australian community in protecting their families online.

2. Discuss the reasons why they have implemented such a program;

The Australian Government have implemented this program, to help protect and provide a safe online environment for children and families. Some of the main things they are checking and monitoring include;

• Inappropriate websites

• Abusive sites

• Signs of cyber-bullying

 The meaning of the book;

The meaning of the book is to use rabbits as a symbol of the invasion of Australia, which caused wide spread grief to the Australian natives (Aboriginals).

List of visual techniques used;

• Colour/texture

• Exagguration of pictures

• toning/shading (light and dark)

• Use of shapes

Representation of colours;

The light and bright colours give a mix message because they both represent the happiness and great times of the natives (Aboriginals) but it also represents the power and glory of the rabbits (White Man). The darker colours represents death and loss which occurs in the story.

DPS – 12

Text on DPS:

Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits.

Millions and millions of rabbits.

Everywhere we look there are rabbits.

1. Representational Meanings

Vectors/Reading Paths

When looking at the page, straight away you notice something, in dps 11 you see a dominating rabbit to represent the domination of the land. There are many vectors in the page, the one that stands out is a giant power poll with wire power lines streaming out of it in many directions, this makes you look around the page and notice everything that is happening.

Symbols/Motifs

One of the first things you notice on the DPS is the giant statue of a rabbit which represents total power and control in which the rabbits (white men) posses. Other smaller symbols that enhance the statue are the tall buildings in the background and the number of rabbits which means that the rabbits have established a permanent place for their colony to live. The colours in which are used in this image are shades of black and white. Also there is a part of the picture were there is a light shade of blue. The blue is being sucked out of the air by giant tubes, meaning that the happiness and peace is being taken away from the natives. Seeing that the rest of the picture is black and white, it emphasizes the mood and feeling of the whole setting.

2. Interactive Meanings

Demands/Offers

 The DPS demands us to look at the large statue of a rabbit, which represents power, victory and greatness. In represents power through the power pole the the statue is holding in its hand, which gives power to the city and in the statue other hand he holds a orb containing arrows pointing outwards, which represents world domination. This page is offering us that the rabbits have taken control of almost everything and have established a civilised lifestyle.

Social Distance/Angle

-There is a Power poll in the middle of the page, it has many power-lines running off in many angles, it looks like the power-lines are running over the page, and this represents the power-lines going beyond the city to more rabbit civilisation.

-The frontal view of the city shows the civilisation of the rabbits and all of the pollution and mess that has been created. This shows that the rabbits only care about themselves and not about the natives.

 Modality

The modality of this DPS is mainly dark and dull. This is done on purposely, to illuminate the sense of sadness that the rabbits have put off all over the land and the world. There is only a little bit of bright colour left, including one yellow flower in the middle of the busy city. This suggests the lack of recognition to the natives and their land. The background of this DPS really shows the nature of the rabbit civilisation.

3.  Compositional Meanings

 Informational Value

Due to the rabbits conquering power, the goodness of the land is being sucked out and stored for the own use of the rabbits as a ‘natural power source’.

Salience/Framing

The salience of the image, are the use of many rabbits and the large statue of a rabbit. They use this because of the text. The text state the the rabbits are ruling most of the land and everywhere you look there are rabbits.

Note – (Done by Alvin Villaflor and Peter Diana)

1. Define the term ‘wired generation’.

The ‘wired generation’ is the group of young people or new generation, which has been bombarded with the influence of using the Internet. This has cause the use of online chat and any normal day activities (homework, news).

2. Provide examples of FIVE different social community sites. (Create hyperlinks).

Bebo – http://www.bebo.com/

Myspace – http://www.myspace.com/

MSN Web Messenger – http://webmessenger.msn.com/

Yahoo Messenger – http://messenger.yahoo.com/

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/

3. Choose ONE of the list above a describe why it is used and how it could be misused.

Bebo – Bebo is used for the purpose of chatting and making new friends online. You can add and share photos and music. This site could be misused by using it to bully people online (cyber bulling) through the chat line. Also someone might create a false account being someone their not.