Week 9 - Tutorial Task

What opportunities can you find for political participation via the internet?

1) Sign an e-petition

I signed an e-petition on ' Support campaign to end the suffering of Gilad Shalit and his family':

On 25 June 2011, 24-year-old Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will have spent five years in captivity in an unknown location somewhere in the Gaza Strip. The Shalit family have heard nothing of him for nearly two years but despite this, they continue to hope for – at the very least – a letter from Gilad.

Thank you, Grethe
Your action was 3237

Reference: Amnesty International website 2011, viewed 28 September 2011 at http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/end-suffering-gilad-shalit-family

2) Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site.

I responded to a blogg at one of Norways biggest newspapers called VG.

3) What is Barack Obama up today?
According to a website called 'Today with President Barack Obama', this is his schedule for thursday 29 September 2011:

10:00 AM	The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing Oval Office Closed Press
11:00 AM	The President delivers remarks at the "Change of Office" Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ceremony at Fort Myer. the Vice President also attends Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia
1:40 PM	The President will be interviewed live by Michael Smerconish Oval Office Closed Press
8:05 PM	The President delivers remarks at a campaign event Private Residence

(Source: http://ochairball.blogspot.com/)

Reference: 'Today with President Barack Obama - Postind daily on Obama since 2008', viewed 30 September 2011 at http://ochairball.blogspot.com/

4) What are the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the socalled "Clean Feed")?

The Australian Government plan to censor the internet so they can filter out a prescribed list of websites deemed prohibited by the Australian Communications and Media Authority The goal is to ensure children are ‘protected from harmful and inappropriate online material.'
 

Reference:

Karina Travaglione, 2009. Mannkal Essay Competition, "Internet Censorship in Australia - A ‘clean-feed’?", 25 Sept 2011. Located at: http://www.mannkal.org/downloads/scholars/internet-censorship-in-australia.pdf.


5) When will the NBN get to your place? What are the benefits?
The National Broadband Network (NBN) will come to Brisbane on the second release.
 

NBN, 2011, "Our Network". Viewed 25 Sept 2011, located at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/our-network/maps/qld.html.

The benefits with NBN is that it provides better business solutions, better education, helps the medical community and provides entertainment.

Chesher, C., 2010, " Benefits of the NBN go beyond the individual". Viewed 26 Sept 2011, located at http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/benefits-of-the-nbn-go-beyond-the-individual-20100812-120zv.html.

6) Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.

The local representative for Surfers Paradise in the Queensland Parliament is John-Paul Langbroek. The last time he spoke in the parliament was Thursday, 8 September 2011.
 

(Source: Brisbane Times website: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/langbroek-to-lead-lnp-20090402-9kkf.htm)

Reference:

Parlament QLD, "Explore your parlament" viewed 21 Sept 2011, located at http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/en/explore.

Week 9 - Response to Content

For my essay I have chosen topic 2: "Does the extensive use of computer/video games have an adverse impact on the health of young people. What are the most recent papers? Clarify what both sides of the argument claim and only then offer your reasoned opinion based on facts." Currently, without viewing any sources of information, my position in the case is that I think computer/video games affect the health of young people. The reason for this is that gamers tend to sit still for a long amount of time and therefore they are not doing that much physical activity. This might cause overweight and other sicknesses. They also tend to stay up all night gaming which affects the amount of time used to sleep, and in the end their health. In my research for this essay I hope to find evidence to prove the guilt of gaming and the bad effects of it. I think there is a lot of information out there that I can use to strengthen my position. I hope I will find some research from credible sources, like doctors, to support my opinion since this kind of information is likely to obtain more support form the audience. In the end I hope the conclusion I reach is similar to my currently opinion.

Week 8 - Tutorial Task

We finished the editing of our film this week, but do to the law of copyright we could not post it. If we had posted it on YouTube or on the blog this could caused lawsuits and other problems with the government since the film was highly illegal. As a private person you might take the risk to post it and get away with it, but since we are doing this as a assignment at Griffith University it was not an option to post it. What we did wrong was that we used pictures of two cartoon characters, Betty Boop and Jessica Rabbit, which we need permission from the owners, Warner Brothers, to use. To avoid this illegal action we could have asked them for permission or used pictures of ourselves or volunteers. We also used facebook's name and logo without permission. Rather than doing this we could have invented a name and/or blurred the facebook name.


Even though the film came out illegal I learned a lot from the experience of making it. All crew members now know for sure what to do, and not, next time they are creating a movie. I will take the experience with me and use it to do it better next time.

Week 8 - Response to Content

What is Creative Commons?

"Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active non-profit organisation that provides

free licences for creators to use when making their work available to the public. These

licences help the creator to give permission for others to use the work in advance under

certain conditions." (CCi). When someone creates something, for an expamle a journal article or a photograph, their work is automatically protected by copyright. This means that other people cannot use their work in certain ways, like copying the work or putting the work online, without their permission.

Creators who put their creations on Creative Commons use the CC licences, which allows the creator of the work to select how they want others to use the work. When a creator releases their work under a CC licence, members of the public know what they can and can’t do with the work. This means that they only need to seek the creator’s permission when they want to use the work in a way not permitted by the licence. The great thing is that all CC licences allow works to be used for educational purposes. As a result, teachers and students can freely copy, share and sometimes modify and remix a CC work without having seeking the permission of the creator (CCi).

(Source: http://www.brisbanegrammar.com/blogs/library/?tag=creative-commons)

References:
- CCi, What is Creative Commons - For teachers and students, viewed 29 September 2011 at http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/webdav/site/scwsite/shared/What_is_Creative_Commons__website_.pdf

Week 7 - Tutorial Task

This week we finished all the filming to the movie. we had some trouble with our last scene because we needed two volunteer boys to act, and we only had one. Eventually we got it all sorted out and got all the clips needed to the film. When everything was gathered we started with the cutting and editing in Sony Vegas. It took more time editing than expected so we were not able to finish the editing. The reason for the unexpected amount of time used might be that the members of the crew had none or limited experiences with the editing program. Sometimes we had to watch YouTube movies of how to use the program to find out what to do, for an example how to split the screen. We experienced some trouble when we looked for music to use as well. The songs we had thought about could not be used since it would be illegal do to the law about copyright. After searching a while we discovered a website called Creative Commons, which is a site were people put out things you can use. What is next week is to finish the editing and put the film on youtube.com

(Source: LeFemme, N 2011, Tag Archives: filming, on http://stanzavida.wordpress.com/tag/filming/

Week 7 - Response to Content

'Mankind is no island' is a film shot entirely on a cell phone, using found signage on the streets of NY and Sydney to tell a touching story from the very heart of two cities.

Week 6 - Tutorial Task

Finally time for the task about creating a short film. We started this weeks tutorial with a brainstorming to find out the theme and story for the film. It was hard to come up with something, but after a while we settled on a plan. The film will concern how programs like Facebook can be abused by creating fake profiles to deceive others.

We will primarily film all necessary material by our self with a video camera. When all the material is recorded and collected we will put it all into Sony Vegas editing program on the computer. Here we will sort and and cut all the material, then put it together to a video. When we are producing the film it is very important to respect the copyright. Elements created by others, like pictures, songs and videos, should not be used without permission from the "owner". We might have some problem here since we are going to use some pictures of some persons in our film, and because we are going to use some audios and music.

When we decided on the theme and wrote the manuscript we tried to avoid using anything that could be linked to real persons or specific situations since that could harm them and their reputation.

Week 6 - Response to Content

When was the DVD invented?

It all started in 1994 when Sony and Philips that they would cooperate in developing a new high-density medium known as Digital Video Disk (DVD). This new inventure was to be the successor to the compact disks (CD-ROM) for computers, and replace VHS tapes in the entertainment industry. In the start of year 2005 in Beverly Hills, Time Warner and Toshiba held a press conference to announce their version of the DVD. This set off the debate of the DVD and the fight of developing the best product. When comparing the two DVD versions, there were found two technical differences between the DVDs. Toshiba was double-sided with a capacity of 10 gigabytes. They also used thinner disks than Sony. This made the Toshiba disk bigger and better than Sony's DVD. During the spring of 1995, the conflict between the two developers had been fueled by Toshiba’s own development of a two-layer disc called SD (Super Density). Sony and Philips were then tightly grid locked in competition (Chapin 1999).

The first DVD players and discs were available in Japan in November 1996, in the United States in 1997, 1998 in Europe and in 1999 in Australia. By 2003 DVD sales and rentals topped those of VHS (History of DVD 2010).

(Source: http://rhetoriccamel.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html)

References:
- Chapin, R 1999, History of DVD, viewed 29 September 2011 at http://www.miqrogroove.com/writing/history-of-dvd/
- History of DVD 2010, viewed 29 September 2011 at http://didyouknow.org/dvdhistory/

Week 5 - Tutorial Task

Scavenger Hunt

1.       The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC.

Found on: http://www.indiastudychannel.com/bookmarks/1365-World-First-University-was-Takshila.aspx, 24.08.11.

Search engine used: yahoo.com

2.       Stephen Stockwell play keyboard in a band called The Black Assassins.

Found on: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm, 24.08.11.

Search engine used: dogpile.com

3.       The world’s biggest machine is a digging machine weighing 45,500 tons. The cost of building it was $100 millions.

Found on: http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm, 24.08.11.

Search engine used: ask.com

4.       Justin Bieber’s lawyer is Kenneth Feinswog, and I think the best way to contact him is by calling him on: (310)-846-5800

Found on: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0006112.html, 25.08.11

http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/90230-ca-kenneth-feinswog-83900.html, 25.08.11

Search engine used: lycos.com

5.       The cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne is by air plane.

Found on: http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090608074131AAyAcWV, 24.08.11

Search engine used: bing.com, where I searched for: cheapest form of travel from Gold Coast to Melbourne

6.       Hatsune Miku is a virtual singer whose voice is created by a software engine. She belongs to Crypton Future Media. Her birthday is August 31.

Found on: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2009-08-23/hatsune-miku-virtual-idol-performs-live-before-25000

http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Hatsune_Miku

Search engine used: altavista, where I searched for: hatsune miku

7.       There is a live webcam for Belarus at Webcams Mania:

http://www.webcamsmania.com/webcam/livewebcaminbrest

In Antarctica you can stay at the Polar Star boat:

http://www.addictedtotravel.com/accommodation/polar-star_antarctica

Search engine used: yahoo.com, where I searched for: live webcam belarus

8.       Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, was number 1 at the Australian pop charts week 34 in 1991.

Found on: http://australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1991&date=19910825

Search engine used: bing.com, where I searched for: top australian pop week 34 1991

9.       ‘Google street view’ uses the Opel Astra in Australia and Europe and the Toyota Prius in United States and Japan.

Found on: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5114117_google-make-street-maps.html

Search engine used: yahoo.com

10.   Spanish:

1.       ¿Dónde estuvo la primera Universidad establecido y en que año?

2.       ¿Qué es llamada la banda de Stephen Stockwell y qué juega él? ¿Puede denominar un par de sus canciones?

3.       ¿Qué es el peso de la máquina más grande de mundo? ¿Cuánto costó construir?

4.       ¿Quién es el abogado de Justin Bieber, y qué son la mejor manera (más rápido, más seguro) contactar al abogado?

5.       ¿Qué es la forma más barata de viaje de la Costa de oro a Melbourne?

6.       ¿Quién es Hatsune Miku? ¿A qué compañía pertenece ella? ¿Qué es sus cumpleaños?

7.       Encuentre una webcam viva en Bielorrusia. Encuentre que un lugar para permanecer en Antártida.

8.       ¿Qué canción fue la cima del taponazo australiano traza esta semana en 1991?

9.       ¿Qué tipo de coche es utilizado para hacer 'Vista de Calle de Google'?

10.   Traduzca estas preguntas en español y entonces tradúzcalos atrás al inglés.

English:

1.       Where it was the first University established and in which year? 

2.       What is called the band of Stephen Stockwell and what plays he?  It can call a pair of its songs? 

3.       What is the weight of the largest machine of world?  How much it cost to build? 

4.       Who is the lawyer of Justin Bieber, and what they are the best way (faster, surer) to contact the lawyer? 

5.       What is the cheapest form of trip of the Coast of gold to Melbourne? 

6.       Who is Hatsune Miku?  Why company belongs she?  What is its birthday? 

7.       Find a webcam alive in Belarus.  Find that a place to remain in Antarctica. 

8.       What song was the top of the Australian pop outline this week in 1991? 

9.       What type of car is utilized to do 'View of Street of Google'? 

10.   Translate these questions in Spanish and then translate them behind to the English. 

Found on: http://www.freetranslation.com/

Search engine used: ask.com

Week 5 - Response to Content

”Rubber”

”Rubber” is a movie that’s based on a simple element, ’no reason’. The movie’s main character is a tire in the dessert that’s rolls around and blow up everything he meet on his way. In the start you can’t get a feeling on what the point with the tire is. But as the introduction goes by, there is an audio played in the scene. The song is a sad love song about being alone and all by yourself. It is a way of showing the tires feeling.  At this point you start to understand the tire and why the it blows things up, it’s because it’s tired of being alone. It’s so sick of not getting any attention, that it uses its inner power to destroy the once that overlook him. The movie starts calm and with simply no reason, then develops in a more violent direction. At the end of first act it reaches its first plot point when the tire blows up the bunny. The movie is now changing to a violent direction where the tire starts to kill something that’s alive. It also starts to show happiness as it kills the animals and people. The movie’s setting is moving from being emotional to having no feelings at all and is heading in an unsure direction.

Week 4 - Tutorial Task

MySpace

Like most other social networking sites, MySpace has Terms of Service you have to agree to join the site. Most people don’t bother to read the terms because there is so much text, they just press agree. Is that smart or should we take the time to read it? 

Considering the content, MySpace have no ownership rights in the content that you post through or in connection with MySpace. But, by signing the agreement, you give them a limited license to use the information you put out, through or in connection with MySpace Services to applications, widgets, websites and other services. This also includes distributing part or all of the MySpace Services and any content included therein, in any media formats and through any media channel. The only thing that will not be distributed outside the MySpace Services and Linked Services is the content marked “private”. Though, this license does not give MySpace the right to sell or otherwise distribute your content outside of the MySpace and Linked Services. If, or when, you remove your content or change the content’s privacy setting to “private”, MySpace will cease distribution as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have agreed to let them use the content in a linked service, MySpace have no obligation to get the content deleted.

Looking at the privacy, MySpace Members may choose to provide or store non-personally identifiable information (non-PII) in their profiles, including date of birth, interests, hobbies, lifestyle choices, videos and/or pictures and so on. The Profile Information in a member’s profile is provided at his or her sole discretion. MySpace members can change their registration PII and profile information at any time. Through the “Edit Profile” they can control how visitors, other members and MySpace communicate with them by controlling their account settings. 

References:

French, A 2009, Facebook terms of services compared with MySpace, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter, viewed 27 August 2011,

http://amandafrench.net/blog/2009/02/16/facebook-terms-of-service-compared/

MySpace.com Terms of Use Agreement, 2009, viewed 27 August 2011,

http://www.myspace.com/Help/Terms

Privacy Policy, 2010, viewed 27 August 2011,

http://www.myspace.com/Help/Privacy

Week 4 - Response to Content

Cybernetics

As the Second World War was reaching its end, cybernetics grew up in the environment of a group investigating problems of communication systems and anti-aircraft targeting systems. The last problem was Norbert Wiener concerns about a computing pioneer named Vannevar Bush, in 1940. Wiener was a physicist and mathematician who meant that object’s trajectory and speed must be calculated in order to target a moving object. Always attack the enemy where it will be. This theory is for example used by hunters, who have to calculate where the dove will be by the time the bullet reaches it. Another cyberneticist named John von Neuman, who was a computing machine pioneer, worked together with an economic theorist named Oscar Morgenstern. Together they developed an influential model of economic behavior known as ‘games theory’, which is today often used in strategic decisions in the daily social life. And finally, a cybernetic named Claude Shannon, who was in common with them all, worked with the theoretical design and practical installation of maximally efficient communication systems. His model has been used in the media, but more as propaganda than communication since it concerns only about the successful and one-way sort of communication. In the end it’s necessary to think of all communication as verbal and symbolic, and look at the response and reaction to understand the real message.

Readings

Lister, M 2009, New Media: a critical introduction, London: Routledge, 237-242, 281-283.

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? 

The first academic journal by Stephen Stockwell was published in 1981.
 I used this database located on the Griffith library website: Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APA-FT) (via Informit)        

Stockwell, Stephen, R 1981, 'Kuranda police shooting', Legal Service Bulletin, vol.6, pp. 48-49

• 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 appeared in the comic named Flaming Carrot Comics, in the following issues: 7, 10 and 11. The citation for the earliest number is:

Burden, B 1985, “When the Shoes Aren’t Worth the Shine” in Flaming Carrot Comics no.7, Renegade Press, pp. 3-31

I found this information in the Underground and Independent Comics database, which I found by searching for comics in the trial database.

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

Schüz, J 2011, American Journal of Epidemiology: Long-Term Mobile Phone Use and the Risk of Vestibular Schwannoma: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study, vol. 174, no. 4, pp. 416-422, viewed 26 August 2011 in the American Journal of Epidemiology database.

• 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)

Holden: Describe in single words. Only the good things that come into your mind. About your mother.

Leon: My ...

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.

As Leon walks out of the room the Voight-Kampff begins to blink, faint but steady

I used the trial database where I found a database called American Film Scripts Online. Here I searched in the scripts for Blade runner 1982.

Hampton, F, Peoples, D. W, Roland, K. 1982, Blade Runner(1982): Draft script, Electronic edition by Alexander Street Press L.L.C. in 2007

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

Soukup says that Ong saw the main paradox of the 20th century communication being that human communication works, not only in the sense of its success but in the sense of its expending energy.

Soukup, P. A 2006, Contexts of Faith: The Religious Foundation of Walter Ong's Literacy and Orality, vol. 5 no. 3, pp. 175-188

Found in the Taylor & Francis database through Griffith Library Search.

 

Task 2:

Friendster was launched in 2002 and is recognized as one of the world’s first social networks. It is a social network that is similar to MySpace and Facebook, where you can create an account, set your page up the way you want it, add widgets and add friends to your profile. When it started it was used by different kinds of people all over the world, but today it’s focused on young Asians across the world. On Friendster you could communicate with other members, share online content and media, and discover events and hobbies. Through Friendster Games and Friendster Music you could play games, join groups, discuss and share pictures and videos. It was a good source to use to stay in touch with friends or meet new people. At its peak, between September 2003 and March 2004, Friendster attracted more than 1 million unique visitors per month and had 115 million users. When Facebook and MySpace came, Friendster stated to fade away. These new competitors offered a lot more features, like instant status updates and tagging. Friendster tried to make their site better by changing it in many different ways, but their members got more and more unsatisfied and left them in advantage for Facebook. Facebook was new, interesting and had more features, and Friendster did not manage to get to the same level, so it started to fade away. In an attempt to survive they changed their concept and went from being a social communication site to an entertainment site.

Even though it could not keep up with its competitors, Friendster still made an influence on the way we use technology. They introduced the social network and got people interested, some even addicted, to it. So when Facebook came, people were already aware of what it was and how it worked. All Facebook had to do was offering the features people wanted and that the competitors didn’t have.

Research:

Friendster, viewed 26 August 2011,
http://www.molglobal.net/?page_id=1321

Hahn, J, Friendster Seeking New Friends, With Little Success, viewed 26 August 2011,
http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/category/Web/608/

Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Frindster' Civilization, Youtube.com, viewed 29 August 2011 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mFJdOsjJ0k

Pachal, P 2011, Why Friendster Died: Social Media Isn't a Game, viewed 26 August 2011,
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384588,00.asp

Presley, A 2010, What is Friendster?, viewed 26 August 2011,
http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/28522.aspx

Stern, R & Berryhill, A, Friendster Deletes All User Profiles Today, viewed 26 August 2011,
http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/2011/05/friendster-deletes-all-user-profiles-today.html

Week 3 - Response to Content

"Mind Control & the Internet"

In this text, by Sue Halpern, she writes about some researcher that worked on putting nanotubes and neural prostetics in the head of people and rats. The aim was to overcome problems like memory loss coming from diseases like Alzheimer’s, and restore the mobility to those who are paralyzed. When talking about this, she brings up a man named Michael Chorost, who has benefited from brain-computer interface after he got completely deaf in 2001. On each of his inner ears there are placed a cochlear implant to fix a deficit he got. In his ideal world we will all be connected to the internet by the help of small neural implants. Chorots is convinced that the rest of the population also should become cyborgs. He thinks that since it worked for him, why wouldn’t it work for the rest? 

A science writer named David Ritchie wrote about the same topic in his book, The Binary Brain. He talked about the “biochip” which could make people plug into computers’ memories bank. In only a couple of seconds you had information about everything, like French, history and geography. There would be no interests in going to school as you already had all the information you could possible get. According to Ritchie, this technology is right around the corner, I guess we have to wait and see what happens.

More readings: Michael Chorost's webside: 

http://www.michaelchorost.com/index.htm

Resources:

Halpern, S 2011, "Mind Control & the Internett", New York Review of Books

Week 2 - Tutorial Task

PART 1:

a) Please check the list to the right to see my blogroll.

b) Embed a video that’s related to new communication technology:



(This video need to be watched on youtube) 

I chose this video because I think it highlights some of the issues facebook has, but with a funny twist. As you read further down in Part 2 of this post you will see what I mean.

c)  Have you ever experienced the situation where you sit down to finally get some work done, but end up doing everything else? You just have to check your facebook and the new photos from the weekend, read the local, national and international news, read some gossip, and when you’re finally done there’s no time left to do the actual work. If you recognize yourself, I’ve found your solution. LeechBlock, which is an extra feature for Firefox, gives you the opportunity to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the time out of your workday. All you have to do after downloading it is go to the tool-line in Firefox and specify which sites to block. You just simply fill out the boxes as suggested below:

You can make different sets of sites to block, with different days and times to when they should be blocked. You can choose between fixed time periods, time limit or a combination of both. You simply creates the LeechBlock in the way it suits you best, and in the way you can get the most out of it.

I think this is a genius tool cause I know most people would recognize themselves in the situation. It will help people focus on their job and work effectively for a given time-period. You will absolutely hate it when you use it, but you will love it in the end.

PART 2:

I’m not on facebook... Yes, you heard right. When I say it people show me the same surprising face every time, like I’m the only person in the world that’s not on facebook. When my friends introduce me to their friends they just love to tell them about it, like it’s the most important thing about me. As most people you probably wonder why, why I’m not on facebook. If you saw the video above, although it has a funny perspective, it gives a good sense of why. I think facebook replace too much of the communication that should be done face-to-face. Some people use it to say things they don’t have enough courage to say directly to the person it concerns, both in the positive and negative way.  People also write way to much about their personal problems and what they are doing, like what they eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner and how bad they feel after their boyfriend left them. I even know about a man that published on facebook: “Tonight I will drop the bomb”, before he left his wife later in the evening. In addition to this, facebook also contains lots of fake profiles and bullying, which can get serious affects on the people it concerns. But, there are offcourse lots of good things about facebook as well, like friends, family, pictures, events and social contact. I am not going to deny that I’ve never been checking out what’s out there together with a friend on their profile, but there is an unconscious thing that’s keeping me from making a profile myself. But, now when I’m here in Australia, far away from my family and friends at home, I’m considering it.