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Watch the following clips on the Dalia Lama:

1.) Give a brief description of who the Dalai Lama is? (Include resources to support)

The Dalia Lama is a spiritual teacher of the Buddhist religion. Some of his main teachings include; promoting human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance and self-discipline. Another of his teachings is to promote religious harmony with all traditions of the world.

Click the following link for more information:

http://www.dalailama.com/page.2.htm

 2.) Evaluate how the actions of the Dalai Lama in regard to the riots in Tibet would be regarded as exemplary moral integrity.

The actions of the Dalia Lama would be regarded as exemplary moral integrity because he would be willing to make a large sacrifice for the safeness of the Tibetans. For those who are unsure of what he is willing to sacrifice it is his role as the Dalia Lama for the sake of keeping the Tibetans away from harm caused by their violent actions.

Watch the following clip on Maximillian Kolbe:

1.) Define the term ‘moral integrity’

Moral Integrity refers to a persons decisions made while in certain situations. The decisions and actions made are determined by what they believe is right and avoiding what is wrong, and also having good intentions when making decisions.

2.) Describe why Maximillian Kolbe is regarded as a Christian of exemplary moral integrity.

Maxamillian Kolbe is regarded as a Christian of exemplary moral integrity because of the many ethical actions he committed while in the concentration camp. Maxamillian committed many actions seen as forbidden within the concentration camp but he committed these acts because he had a strong belief that these things were serving justice to the people.

3.) Outline Maximillians ethical actions/principles that he demonstrated in Auschwitz.

Maxamillian displayed many ethical actions during his time in Auschwitz, he showed great compassion for all people around him. He did this by committing acts that showed that really cared for everyone around him. Some of the things he did while in Auschwitz included sneaking bread and wine in to conduct little masses for the fellow people, comforted those who were about to die, and the main and most known act he committed was sacrificing his life for a man he was not even related to. The man was sentenced to be killed but Maxamillian begged for his life to be taken instead of the man, Maxamillian believed that the mans life was more significant than his.

4.) Evaluate whether you think he made the right decision and provide research to support your answer. i.e. Catholic teachings.

I do believe that Maxamillian did make the right decision by sacrificing his life for the sake of another because by doing this he gave faith to all the other prisoners and let them all believe that all the suffering will end and to believe in Jesus and the Cross. This act is very similar to of what Jesus Christ did for all humanity.

1. Watch the following video:

1.) Describe the term ‘interactive TV’.

http://www.tvb.org/multiplatform/Multiplatform_Glossary.asp define Interactive tv as

A TV broadcast that allows a user to do something other than watch the program, from getting more information, submitting an email, or making a purchase.
2.) Explain the reasons why interactive TV is now called TV 2.0.

Interactive TV may be referred to as TV 2.0 because it is seen as a ‘next level’ of normal TV. Just think of a normal TV being seen as ‘TV 1.0″

3.) Outline the positives and negatives of implementing interactive TV.

Some of the positives of implementing interactive TV may include ; being able to view desired programs at any time, it is a new and exciting way to view television, and it is always available. Some of the negatives may include; The viewers internet usage and speed may be a problem, may not be user friendly, unknown costs may be issued .

4.) Apple released recently Apple TV – Take 2. Describe the reasons why it needed to be changed.

Apple TV.1 needed to be changed because the content was mainly based on movies rather than actual TV programs.

1. Watch the following video:

1.) Explain the purpose of using ‘youtube’ as a source of digital media advertising?

One of the main reasons why youtube is used frequently as a source of digital media advertising is because youtube is a frequently viewed site by the public. This being said youtube would probably be one of the most smartest places to post your advertisements because from the hundreds of thousands of people that view youtube daily it is almost guaranteed that their advertisement would be notice almost immediately and also not having to pay high amounts of money to show an ad on other places such as tv or radio plays a huge part on why youtube is used for showcasing advertisements.

2.) Discuss how collaborative media sites such as youtube, myspace and bebo have changed the current boundaries of media such as news, advertising ect.

Collaborative media sites have changed the boundaries of media though their use and sometimes overuse of advertisements on every page which make the extremely hard not to notice because they are basically everywhere you look.

3.) Provide a link to an advertising commercial on youtube.

This is an advertisement for the new Macbook Air by Apple.

With reference to the image below and answer the following questions:

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1.) Define the term ‘digital media’.

Refers to any type of information in digital format including computer-generated text, graphics and animations, as well as photographs, animation …

This definition was collected from  www.conferzone.com/resource/glossarycd.html

2.) How has digital media evolved over the last 5-10 years?

Digital media has evolved in many ways in the past 5-10 years because the popularity of things like computers have grown dramatically, and since more people are beginning to own computers more people are gaining access to the internet which can easily be seen as the main source of digital media. Digital media is spread all over the internet so access to it is very easy.

3.) Discuss the reasons why digital newspapers are extremely popular?

The reason why digital newspapers are extremely popular is very simple,  other than them being free the main reasons are based on the convenience of being able to retrieve a newspaper within seconds while at a computer .

1.) Watch the following clip:

 
Scenario 1: You are on a train coming home from a day at the beach. The train stops at a station and a group a youths get on the train and start bashing an elderly ethnic man. You notice people getting off the train.

Discuss what you would do in this situation.

I would alert the guards as quick as possible  and let them take care of the situation rather than me doing something ignorant like confronting the  youths and getting myself bashed.

Scenario 2: You get a message from a girl that you are interested asking you to come over her house. When you get there a number of her friends are present and they say they are bored. One of them promotes the idea of going for a walk and causing a riot. At first you tell them “No way”. However, the girl you like states that “she will like you more if you go”.Discuss what you would do in this situation.

I would try my best to stop them from causing a riot by warning her friends about the consequences of  starting a riot like being arrested or injured. If they still choose to continue with the riot then i would just let them be.

1.) Watch the following clip:

Describe what is a person’s ‘conscience’.

A persons conscience is what makes a persons decisions based on moral principals .

2.) Watch the following clip:

A persons conscience controls you to make moral decisions because the majority of the time your conscience helps you make the correct decisions. The relations between religion and conscience is very strong because like your conscience the decisions you make are mostly the right ones which are the decisions that are right in their religion.

Journal 6

1.) Define the term “Moral Maturity”

Moral maturity is the level of an individuals maturity in making the most appropriate decisions in life. Moral maturity is linked to the  Moral Development Theory which consist of 3 levels each containing 2 stages of Moral development.

2.) Read the following article:

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 did not show any morals within all the acts that he committed.  One of the main reasons why he would be regarded as having a lack of moral maturity is because he had the choice not to commit the offenses that he did   but he still chose to.

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

Morality is being able know when a choice being made is either good or evil, right or wrong. While immorality is the complete opposite which is to make decision’s knowing that they are wrong 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://us.i1.yimg.com/cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/player/media/swf/FLVVideoSolo.swf

Governor Spitzer’s actions are regarded as immoral because he committed acts  that were obviously evil and immoral and he obviously knew what he was doing when he was doing it and he didn’t care about the consequences involved.

1.) Which countries have banned 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)

Click the follwing link for the image. http://pmonline.parramarist.nsw.edu.au/file.php/3/banned.gif

The image is referring to how china has banned all internet users from being able to visit video upload sites such as Youtube.

Visit the following sites for more information on the subject.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/YouTube-Banned-In-China-Other-Services-Available-Again-68750.shtml

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

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

The following artice contains information about the banning of youtube in China:

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

Footage of why China took such drastic measures:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TqBvA1jIhcg

Some more information about the banning of youtube:

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

The following video contains a Youtube user by the name of Poptalk just spreading some information about the countries that have put a ban on the video upload site Youtube.

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9KKcsFqvo

The following article contains information about internet Censorship:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship

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

If Australia were to ban the internet i would feel very mad and as if the country were losing a very important part of every day life.  I spent a lot of time on the internet and without it i would lose many privileges and advantages not only with school matters but just with every day life.

The internet is used for many things and has nearly become a essential part of most business’s, schools, etc.  Without the internet it make it very difficult to complete activities that people endure every day from communicating with friends to doing homework