Journal 6

What CST and IST grade what you allocate yourself for this project? Justify your response. I believe due to my whole groups work ethic we definatly deserve an A
What could you do tonight that would improve your grade? I believe we have done everything possibly to get the best possbible mark.
What grade do you think [...]

Articles on Underaged Drinking

Binge drinking death of 15 year old in SA
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=40513

Binge drinking ‘killing two teens a week’
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2323024.htm?section=australia

Binge-drinking teens on track for disaster
http://www.wlwt.com/health/17171639/detail.html

Study: Teens Drinking Less Alcohol, Slightly Later
http://www.wlwt.com/health/17171639/detail.html

Reflection Journal 5

What influences your values about issues relating to your life?
The media influences my values to my life just like seeing people that are different like different race or religion and when I see them I straight away think of what the media has portrayed them as eg poor bombings, shootings etc and that’s why the [...]

Reflective Journal 4

How do you feel the media portrays social justice issues?
They portray it in a negative aspect because whenever there is a social justice issue its always bad and there is never a good social justice interview and the positive impact it has on the community.

Has it been difficult to find articles on social justice issues [...]

Journal 3

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

2. Outline the FOUR stages in a critique.
-A summary of the article 
-Your analysis or critical commentary on the original text 
-Your evaluation or conclusion

3. Can a critique be positive? Discuss.
Yes a critique can be positive because it must show both sides of an argument.

4. Critique the [...]

UNDER AGED DRIVING STATS

Fact 1
14% of all deaths due to driving accidents are a teen driver.
Fact 2
53% of automobile deaths involving teenagers occur on the weekends.
Fact 3
45% of the time, teen drivers killed in automobile accidents also had a fellow teen or youth in the vehicle.
Fact 4
Of all teens that were fatally injured in a driving accident, 1/3 [...]

NSW SMOKING BANDS

Govts urged to follow NSW smoking bans

Journal 2

Article 1
1. Name the issue Sonny Bill Williams ordered to appear in NSW Supreme Court
2. Describe one media account of this issue: bulldog star Sonny Bill Willims has been ordered to face a NSW supreme court this Tuesday, for charges of not obeying his contract, by flying to France to sign a proposed year deal [...]

Reflective Journal 1

1. Describe TWO things that you have learnt during this lesson.
-That it is easy to twist the story of news reports.
-How to tell the real with the fake (media watch: major news groups in USA and UK had news reports being posted up with out authority, these groups had been hacked which lead to incorrect news being [...]

Bulldogs duo stood down for ‘poor behaviour’ Modified

BULL(DOGS) pair Ben Roberts and Lee Te Maari have been fined and stood down from Monday night’s NRL match against St George Illawarra over their involvement in an altercation at a Cronulla nightclub on the weekend.
Each player was hit with a $25000 fine, with another $35000 suspended pending any further breaches of the club’s [...]