Wk 7 Media article

The media liftout from the Australian
Date
September 9, 2008, 2.18 am

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"Victorians see thier own gangland drama Underbelly at last", by Milanda Rout and Amanda Meade

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This article is about the Australian television program, "Underbelly" which was banned from being screened in Victoria due to speculation that the program may cause prejudice againt "the trail of a man accused of murdering gangland figure Lewis Moran". However, the ban was actually lifted in May 2008, following the jury verdict of Evangelos Goussis being found guilty of murdering Moran in March 2004. It can be seen that individuals take what they see on television very seriously, for such a drastic measuring to be taken for this incident. The article also states that "what is seen on television enters directly into the mind of the audience with little opportunity for analysis", (Rout.M and Meade. A, 2008). In conclusion, the firts five episodes which were specially edited for the case were allowed to run on channel Nine and audience rating appearded extremely high Australian wide.

Concepts from my course work that inform my perspective on this item
The idea that people are easily influenced by television programs relates to how narrow minded some people can be, however, it can also be identified that when designing and producing a television serioes the enccessary legal procautions nedd to be taken into account, just like when designing documents, the relevant professional design theories need to be seriously considered.

Showing off my expertise/wider reading/ability to match up issues, theories and concepts with a longer comment, hyperlinks and references
This article can be viewed on the following link for further reading-
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24316279-30540,00.html

Genre change assignment audio source hyperlink: http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2006/s2335194.htm

Wk 6 Media article

ABC media report
Date
September 4th 2008, 8.30 am, presented by Antony Funnell

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"The Blogging Revolution", ABC Radio National

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The topic of discussion is blogging as a form of mass communication, in particular its beneficial use for China. Antony Loewenstein highlights that it promotes democracy as people are able to publish posts which articulate their opinion and are allowed to discuss issues without being judged as they would in society. The report also mentions other additional countries that use the internet such as Cuba, however, as their internet is less develped and it is also a one party-state, freedom of speech and democracy is very hard to achieve.

Concepts from my course work that inform my perspective on this item
This media report emphasises how the internet is an important part of communication and it's enableing people to form their own personal opinion in a democratic and non- deomocratic society.
Also the authors are targeting people who are not so fond of the internet today and emphasising a more positive element to it.

Showing off my expertise/wider reading/ability to match up issues, theories and concepts with a longer comment, hyperlinks and references
The full transcript can be accessed on the following link-
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2351985.htm