Week 3- Tutorial Task

TASK 1

• What was Stephen Stockwell's first article in an academic journal? What year? Provide a full citation. What database did you use?

Title: Kuranda police shooting
Author: Stockwell, Stephen
SO: Legal Service Bulletin, v.6, Feb 1981: 48-49
After searching at the Griffith Library Databases I used the database on the griffith library which helped me find Informit where I retrieved the information about Stephen Stockwells first article in an academic journal. http://search.informit.com.au.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/search;sort=DSORTA;action=changeSort

•  In which comic did Governor Slugwell appear? Which Issues? Give their full citation for the earliest. Where did you find this information? What database did you use? (Check the trial databases) 

Governor Slugwell first appeared in Flaming Carrots Comics, no 7, by Bob Burdon (Burbank, CA: Renegade Press, 1985, 36 page(s), with the strip entitled When the Shoes Aren't Worth the Shine. He then appeared two times later in Flaming Carrots Comics,    no 10 (To Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles)  & 11 (Epilogue). 

After using the Griffith Library Database to search up the word "comics" I found this link: http://comx.alexanderstreet.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/ which I used to retrieve all information about Govenour Slugwells comic-book appearances. 

• What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.
  

  

  That looks warm!

  ''an inter-ministerial committee stated that radiation can cause thermal effects by holding the mobile phone close to the body. The thermal effect has the ability to heat human tissue, much like how a microwave heats food. As a counter act to this heat the brains blood circulation increases local blood flow to dispose of excess heat. However, unlike the brain, the cornea of the eye is not capable of regulating its temperature and exposure to two or more hours of radiation has been reported to cause cataracts in rabbits' eyes '' (Dash, 2011)

http://global.factiva.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/ha/default.aspx using Factivia. 
Dash, M & Mehta, A 2011, 'Understanding Mobile Phone Radiation and Its Effects' Economic and political weekly, ISSN 0012-9976, using Factiva.

• In Bladerunner, what is Leon's reaction when Holden asks him about his mother? Quote the 1982 draft script and provide a full reference. (Check the trial databases)

The draft script (which is does not seem to resemble this youtube-clip) the following: "Leon looks shocked, surprised. But the needles in the computer barely move. Holden goes for the inside of his coat. But big Leon is faster. His laser burns a hole the size of a nickel through Holden's stomach. Unlike a bullet, a laser causes no impact. It goes through Holden's shoulder and comes out of his back, clean as a whistle. Like a rag doll he falls back into the seat. Big slow Leon is already walking away, but he stops, turns, and with a little smile of satisfaction fires through the back of the seat."

Peoples, D. W., Fancher, H., & Kibbee, R 2007, Blade runner 1982 draft script, Alexander Street Press, Alexandria, VA.

•  What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.

 “that society given so much to the use of diagrams and to the maneuvering of objects in space...should at the same time develop means of communication which specialise not in sight but in sound”

Soukup, P 2004, ‘Communication Research Trends’, Centre for the study of Communication and Culture, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 23, via Proquest database

Task 2

Napster

Napster was one of the worlds biggest (and the first) peer-to-peer file internet sharing programs that initiated encoding digitally audio files into MP3 format files. By doing this people all around the world could share their music with each other. It was launched in 1999 and peaked with 26,4 million users in 2001. After lawsuits from many artists (Metallica and Dr. Dre in particular) Napster was ruled to provide record companies and artist money to keep sharing their music for free. In relation to this Napster introduced money subscriptions causing them to lose a huge percentage of users, which later caused them to apply for bankruptcy in 2002. (Honigsberg, 2002) 

In later years many other programs have tried to copy Napster with some success. The main problem is the safety of the programs and thats why there has been invented other, more secure ways to listen to music online. Youtube (a video sharing site) and Spotify (free, ad-supported music streaming program) are the most frequently used. The two main reasons for this is that it's free and it's safe. You can't get a virus from either Spotify nor Youtube. Spotify have millions of songs in their library and they are mostly approved by record companies, with the exception of some big artists like for example Metallica (who are probably still bitter about Napster). (Dinsdale, 2009)  They make their money by putting in ads in between the songs. After every fourth or fifth song you'll get a short ad. You can avoid this by paying $9,99 per month which is a very low price to listen to unlimited music from all around the world. This is the future for the remainder of the music industry and record companies are starting to realize this as well.


Napster did however start the revolution of online file-sharing and they will be forever acknowledged for that. 

Peter J. Honigsberg. "The Evolution and Revolution of Napster" University of San Francisco Law Review 36 (2002): 473. 

Charles Dinsdale. "Master of Science Thesis in the Programme Software Engineering and 
Technology" University of Gothenburg, (2009): 2.