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.

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.