Journal Entry 4

1.) Using the Internet research and find descriptions for the roles of the following newspaper personnel:- Editor: a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility for the editorial part of a publishing firm or of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication

- Reporter: a person employed to gather and report news, as for a newspaper, wire service, or television station.

- Journalist: a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.

- Designer: Put all the news thats fit to print into newspapers of every size and shape.

Information/ definitions from dictionary.com

Journal Entry 3

1.) Explain the difference between ’secular’ and ‘non-secular’.

Secular- A non religious society or organization such as Ninemsn.

Non Secular- A religious society or organization such as catholic weekly.

2.) Provide FIVE links to media organisaions who provide media to the public.ninemsn.com.au/

www.parra.catholic.org.au/Outlook/index.htmwww.catholicweekly.com.au/

www.smh.com.au/

 www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/3.) Select ONE event current in the news media and provide a summary.

Boy stabbing father to death and severely injuring step mother with kitchen knife in Baulkham Hills.

Journal Entry 2

1.) Describe the Australian Governments NetAlert program?

NetAlert is a new idea taken up by the Australian Government to protect Australian families online.

 2.) Discuss the reasons why they have implemented such a program?

 Reasons they have implemented such a program is because many people have lost their identity, people have been cyber-bullied and that people often get scammed.

Journal Entry 1

1.) Define the term ‘wired generation’.

this term wired generation means that the whole generation is interactive online using programs such as msn, myspace, bebo etc.

2.) Provide examples of FIVE different social community sites. (Create hyperlinks).www.bebo.comwww.hotmail.com

www.myspace.com

www.facebook.com

www.msn.com

3.) Choose ONE of the list above a describe why it is used and how it could be misused.

MSN messenger is used to create a chat network from all around the world also with voice and video features so you can video call across to theperson your talking to online. it could be misused if people use abusive language, picturres or nick names etc.