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1. What does this video mean/say to you?

Ans: When I see this viedo, I see a person dancing. I see that his spirit brings good spirit to other people who join in the dancing to create a combined effort. A combined effort brings teamwork and friendship.

2. What qusetions does this clip make you think about?

Ans: Who funded the trips to all these countries? Who is the dancing man? Why is he doing this? What does it mean?

3. Why do you think that we are showing this clip now:

Ans: I seriously have no idea. My best guess is that it is to promote a positive side of the world. In everday media accounts you could struggle to find any positive articles. I think we are being showed this clip to show that Media accounts aren’t always negative.

1. Open and read the “How to write a critique” document in the resources menu.

Describe what is a critique.

2. Outline the FOUR stages in a critique.

3. Can a critique be positive? Discuss.

4. Critique the accuracy of the following articles:

2. The four stages in a critique are

·         An introduction which directs the reader’s attention to the publication

·         A summary of the article being discussed

·         Your analysis on the original text

·         Your evaluation

3. A critique can indeed be positive. If there is a 100% correct article that has been portrayed ethically and correctly then there should not be any negativeness.

4. Beijing, Is it a trap?

This story has been held out by an American show called, “In the know”. This issue has been discussed because the upcoming Beijing olympics are a very interesting topic in the news at the moment. However my view on this story is negative.

Clearly these people are dillusional in their stupid opinions of this story. Stating that the clay warriors are going to kill us, that the Chinese are planting hundreds of trees on olympic venues which will attract all the athletes because of air pollution and then once they are there, elite ninjas will kill them all. Do these people know what they are saying or being forced to ready a completely false script. In my opinion, there are no positives in this story except that know we know Americans are complete idiots if we weren’t sure before.

To end, I would even like to see this show put off the air because of how ridiculous it is and downright crazy.

2 year old donkey called up to play pro Donkey basketball league

This issue is talking aobut a 15 month old donkey who plays in the Donkey basketball league. He has been signed for a record 50pounds of food PER DAY to play in the big league.

According to me, this competition could be a case of animal abuse. Not just talking about Scraps the donkey himself, but the whole competition. The fact that there is camera flashes, loud noises, the donkey’s play on a hard surface and the basketball going past donkey’s head in every game, could be a safety problem for the donkey and the people riding them.

At the start of this article I was trying to be positive but thenn as I started to write, I could see no positives in this Donkey basketball league. Therefore my stance on this issue is that the game be scrapped.

1. Name the issue

2. Describe one media account of this issue
their pay conditions.
3. Where did you get this media account from?
4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?

Issue #1

1.Emergency services have their own emergency

2.One media account was that the state emergency workers have gone on strike in the City to rally about their pay conditions.

3. I saw this story on Either Today Tonight or the 6:oo news on channel 7 with Ian Ross

4.This media account is correct because it has been extensively covered and it shows people rallying about their pay conditions

5.To find more information about this issue, I could search on the internet or newspapers, also the newspapers websites and perhaps different news reports on television.

Issue #2

1. Lion love

2. I saw this on Today tonight at the end of the show, it was two men who bought a lion so that it wouldn’t be stuck in its cage and killed for its fur, they always exercised the lion and grew a great bond..but the right thing was to let it back into the wild which is what they did. After a few years the men went to Africa and searched for the pride of Lions, once their Lion saw them he came over and jumped on them and started to wrestle and lick them, it had not forgotten the men and he even brought over his “wife” to meet them.

These mens morals in freeing then Lion is a great example of the good in today’s society.

3. I saw this Moral Issue at the end of the Today Tonight show just before they went off air. It was the last story they ran tonight

4. The media account has not been changed because it was a youtube video which had received millions of “hits” which is why they showed it. To give the viewer a nice warm feeling before they went off the air.

5. To find more information on this story I could look for the youtube video because during the video there were subtitles that told you what was going on but in 7’s broadcast some of the subtitles were cut off but I still got the “jist” of the story

1. Describe TWO things that you have learnt during this lesson.

During this lesson I have learnt how the Media twist the stories so that they can attract an audience. I have also learnt that anyone can do it and it might not even be intentional.

2. Identify TWO areas you want to concentrate on during this project that you think need a greater improvement from the last project.
During this project I will need to improve my ability of finding the changes and picking up what is wrong in the stories. I will also need to learn not to believe everything I see.
3. Discuss TWO ways in which your group could resolve any disputes during this process.
During this project we can give out warnings and make everyone accountable for their actions so that nothing goes wrong.

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