budwe al-chalouhi

1. What influences your values about issues relating to your life?
Some things that influence my values about issues relationg to life would be the people around me, like friends, family or loved ones. I also get influenced by the work of Jesus and how he set an example when he was here on Earth.

2. Do you ever compare images/values presented to the media of those in the bible? if so why? if not why not?
Yes, sometimes i do if it related to a parable that i know in the bible i would reflect back and think about who would be correct or who is setting a better example. Of course the bible is always right but its interesting to see how far off or how close some people can get.

3. Has this project challenged you to examine your values? why/why not?
Yes, this project has surprised me alot and i have definatly learnt to look deeper into something before i judge that scene. One example would be when we did the ‘Think fair share’ activity, we were shown a boy sitting on a couch playing a psp and every one including me asumed that the boy was rich, stubborn, lazy, etc, but the message behind turned out to be comkpletely different and it is amaizing to see how much lies a picture can tell if there is nothing to support it.

1. How do you feel the media portrays social justice issues?
I feel that the media portray social justice issues by presenting them generalized and not in much depth to what is actually hapening and focusing in on the real message of the story.

2. Has it been difficult to find articles on social justice issues why/why not?
Yes it has been hard to find articles on social justice issues because the media like to pick on the small things and focus on the main people or person in the article to show the readers what they have done and for what reasons they did it.

3. Do you think that the media operates from a moral framework? Give evidence by using your research.
The media work from a moral framework because if the reader, listeners or watchers at home hear about (which is usually a bad cause) what the person did, they compare it to what normal people would do and then are amazed at how someone could commit something, whatever the cause may be. So the media definatley operate from a moral framework. 

The ‘think fair share’ activity we did today can really help to open your eyes in how we portay a peice of artwork or what it shows you. Its scary to see how much the media can change a picture around, (but whilst still keeping it the same) to change your views on what is actually happening.

The media can make an image seem totally different to us, so that they can manipulate our minds and force us to think what they want us to think, not what we should think of and come up of our own conclusions for.

1. Describe what is a Critique.
A critique is identifying the main points of a story that you can generalize and mostly describe rather than analyse.

2. Outline the FOUR stages in a critique.
The four stages in a critique are as follows:-
. An introduction (wich usually grabs the readers attention).
. A sumary of the article.
. Your analysis or personal comments on the story.
. An evaluation or conclusion of the article written.

3. Can a critique be positive? Discuss.
Yes, a critique can be positive because it allows you to generalize the story without having to change the story line and making up a completly different and non-relevant article. This can be used against newspaper readers (if you are a journalist or news reporter).

4. Critique the accuracy of the following articles:
Arcticle 1: The article that i just watched can no way be true because there is no evidence shown, they are just talkin from what they think they want to beleive and to what they fear.

Article 2: Donkey’s in basketball is not a real sport and this news article is wrong, even though they have shown images and moving clips the audience can tell straight away that it is not factual.

Article 1

1. Name the issue
Man fights for life after brawl.

2. Describe one media account of this issue 
A man is fighting for his life after a case of mistaked identity at a greek paradise island. The incident hapened last monday. The patient is 20 ans is on life support after being struck in the head with a metal bar.

3. Where did you get this media account from?
I got this account from the sydney morning herald website.

4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
No one can be sure if this media account can be reliable because no one was actually there to see the fight and judge for them selves. We dont know, the man might even had walked away with minor injuries and the media have spiced the story up a bit by saying hes in life support.

5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue? 
You might be able to find this story on one of the news channels especially 7,9 and 10 also if you would look at the internation news in the sydney morning herald paper or internet website.

Article 2

1. Name the issue
Two women arrested over fraud racket at hospitals2. Describe one media account of this issue 
Two women aged 33 and 34 have been arested over a fraud racket involving hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen from patients in hospitals across sydney. 

3. Where did you get this media account from?
I got this account from the sydney morning herald website.

4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
This media account cannot be fully reliable because the media can easily lie about the amount of money stolen or the seriousness of the charge. Unless you were watching their every move with your own eyes no one will know the truth just by having the media do a story on it.

5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue? 
You might be able to find this story on one of the news channels especially 7,9 and 10 also if you would look it up in the sydney morning herald paper or internet website.

1. Describe TWO things that you have learnt during this lesson.
Two things that i have learnt this lesson is that the media can so easily manipulate our minds to think otherwise of a situation that will attract more people to read their articles or watch their news reports. Another would be that the media can change certain morals in the story to satify their own needs, to sell newspapers.

2. Identify TWO areas you want to concentrate on during this project that you think need a greater improvement from the last project.
One thing that i think i could concentrate on this project to improve on the last project would be my actual writen content. In the last project i got too carried away with the exitement of photoshop that i forgot to settledown and focus on my art captions and individual assesments. One other thing that i could concentrate is actually handing in all work that is required, i want to get the best possible marks this semester and gettin the easy marks will greatly improve my overall mark.

3. Discuss TWO ways in which your group could resolve any disputes during this process.
One way that our group can resolve any disputes would be to hand the work out evenly and fairly. Another way could be to the people who are stronger at one section could help out other people who aren’t so strong and vise versa. If the team works well and co-operatively together, we will be sure to get the highest possible mark. 

1. Has your image of Jesus changed during the project? How or Why not?
My personal image of jesus actually hasnt changed during the course of this project. I think this is because my relation ship with god is strong and one project isnt going to change my view or thoughts about him.

2. What do you feel is the best way to portray an image of Jesus and why?
I feel that the best way to portray and image of jesus would be to discover something in your life that just blows you away and makes you think about the wonderful things in life. Or it could be the other way around, something in your life could change for the worse and you might act on ear or denile or regrets.

3. What have you enjoyed about the project so far and what would you do differently?
So far this project has been enjoyable because we have had a chance to learn about these different types of art periods, it hink art is closely linked to history and how the world was like back then and so its good to know what the world was thinking 100, 300, 1000 years ago.

What i would do differently in this project would be to do my journals on time (including this one) to get the most potential marks because every little thing is important ‘its the little things that count’ said by mr hays at last weeks year meeting.

1. What form of medium (music, art or liturature) allows you to best connect with jesus and why.
The type of medium that best alows me to connect with jesus would be slow music, pictures and statues of holy figures, like saints and the holy family.

2. Why has jesus been portrayed in so many different ways throughout history?
Jesus has been portrayed in so many different ways throughout histroy because people have different ways to express them selves and the way people think the way jesus looked is not certain in history and so claim to see jesus through their own view.

3. How is jesus portrayed at Parramatta marist?
Jesus is portrayed at Parramatta marist as a loving freind, saviour and role model to many students in our school. Jesus has been portrayed like this also acompanied by a saint in wich Parramatta marist portray through St marcelin. Both of these figures are very important figures in the Marist life. We base our lifes around them and treasure them as our own.

4. What artist time period do you think represents your image of jesus and why?
The artist time period that best represents my image of jesus would be the renaisance because during the renaisance i see jesus as a beautiful image because most of the images during the renaisance time we painted beautifully because of the rebirth of Europe.

5. Identify one image of jesus that appeals to you. What do you like about the representation?
One image of jesus that apeals to me would be this one below. It portray jesus with a sense of mystery and power, i think it specificaly doesnt show jesus body, just the back.

6. What factors currently shape your image of jesus and why?
Some of the factors that are currently shaping my image of jesus would be powerful colours and mysterious pictures that dont show much to the intended audience and leave them thinking. I would also use low angles to show jesus as a much more powerfull being. 

1. What words and or images come to mind when you hear the word jesus?
When i think of the word jesus i think about sometimes seeing jesus or at least rying to figure out what he looks like, or what he could be associated with.

2. Why mght it be important for young people to identify with an image of jesus?
Its important for young people to identify with an image of jesus because i think they would like to c jesus in some way or form so it resembles something to them, incase they need to look at it to help them with something in their life.

3.Where in your life do you most assosiate with images of jesus?
In my life I mostly associate jesus when i need something or when i’m giving thanks to him in some way weather it may be praying or just saying thanks.

The Hubble telescope

The Hubble telescope is a very powerfull telescope wich helps scientists to see what is really out there in space. This telescope has witnessed, the birth and death of stars, has detected new planets, massive cosmic explostions and monster black holes.

The Hubble telescope is orbiting 600km into the earths atmosphere continuingly taking photos of the universe. Everyday the Hubble telescope generates 10 gigabytes of memory wich is the same memory as a computer. The succesor to the Hubble will launch in 2013 and is called the James Web Space Telescope.