Ammars MEST3 Exam

Tasks:  1) Read the first two articles. Write one paragraph on each summing up the key aspects. 2) Now read the A2 A* essay. Why do you think it was so successful? 3) Finally, answer this question in a well developed paragraph on your blog: How has digital media changed your life in the last 5 years (for positive or negative)? 1) a) This article speaks about how school life and home life are different when it comes to technology and digital world. The researches wanted to find out wether the digital media has changed the way the youth are growing up and learning in school in comparison to the past where this technology did not exist. The key problem was privacy and the legal issues coming to researching young people because it obviously must be done under the parents consent and also the kids might change their normal behaviour and therefore not give accurate results. However they found out that although parents and older members of society think that the youth and the...

How much you have spent on books this year - £80 How many books you have read this year - 15 How many web pages you have read this year - 1000 How many Facebook profiles you have read this year - 10 How much TV you watch each day - 1 hour How long you're online for each day - 16 hours How many hours of music you listen to each day - 4 hours How long you're on your mobile phone everyday - 4 hours 

1) Security, privacy and surveillance is clearly outlined in the article 'Somebody's watching you'. It claims that complete strangers might be invading your privacy and signalling their intent in hacking and getting information from you. The famous hacker, Edward Snowden showed how the United States and the United Kingdom have clear intentions of total surveillance over the Internet, in some way it makes sense because it is invading individuals privacy but these organisations are only doing it for these individual's safety and security and you shouldn't be too worried about someone invading your privacy if you have nothing to hide.  2) I don't really mind if I am being tracked and put under surveillance because as me personally, I don't have anything to hide and it is only done for my own benefit, these organisations are only invading people's emails and accounts because they can find certain clues and ultimately catch criminals and terrorists who ...

Rank in terms of their likely accuracy and justify your answer for each example.  A report on BBC News Online - It is a world wide news reporting programme and it has achieved this by publishing accurate news.  An online study published by OFCOM - This is a communications regulator in the UK and is reliable because of it's high status.  An article on Wikipedia - It is monitored by high qualified people.  An academic paper avaliable at a US University website - This paper could be a matter of opinion but also backed by research.  A film review in the comments section on IMDB - This is an opinion so it might be a reliable source but its merely an opinion. 

1. The internet gives us a false impression of what human interaction actually is because we have learnt to form relationships online rather than in person and therefore that eliminates  crucial elements of human interaction and ever since toddlers started using iPads and phones, they have also lost a sense of that human interaction too.  2. Websites such as Twitter helps users post their thoughts and opinions across the whole site. This can be seen as a criticism as it deceives us into thinking our opinions actually matter or even mean something.   3. Another criticism would be that sitting around on social medias such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and just browsing is actually doing something. It had convinced us that doing nothing is an actual activity.  

—Arrange these in order of significance: Where have traditional ideas been changed most? Examples? 1) Privacy - it has become a lot more significant in the past few years because it's very easy to get information from people and this information is very valuable for certain organisations. 2) Business - the high street market has declined massively because of online shopping and that is the Internet's fault. 3) Nature of Information - this has a huge role in the past few years because certain news channels and papers would alter the news in order to get a view their way. 4) Online Safety - links back to privacy, people have become more reliant on becoming safer because they don't want business and organisations getting information about them and using it against them. 5) Culture - this has changed massively as more people are getting together across social media and supporting each other. 6) Communication - it has become a lot more significant because communication ch...

1) Illustrate this revolution with THREE examples of how society and its beliefs changed in the 15th/16th centuries? In the 15th century, Leonardo Da Vinci was drawing designs of parachutes but never actually made one and was considered something that will never actually work, however today parachutes are available everywhere and anyone can get hold of one and throw themselves from 20,000 feet high and open one.  In 1439, the Strasbourg Cathedral reaching 147 meters high however in 2010, Burj Khalifa was completed reaching 830 meters high, people and society around the world, majority the western world doubted the Burj Khalifa would be completed because it's very extraordinary in height and obviously very expensive however for the people in UAE, they are very proud and it is now a touristic attraction rather than a religious monument like the Strasbourg Cathedral in France in 1439. People in the 15th and 16th century were a lot more religious compared to now which i...

1) a) —Do you agree with Briggs and Burke? Yes, I agree with Briggs and Burke's statement that the Internet is the most important medium of the twentieth century because almost everything is done over the Internet and it is a necessity instead of a luxury these days having the Internet on your laptop, smartphones, consoles even some cars require Internet connection these days. The internet without a doubt is the greatest evolution in human history.  1) b) What does Castells mean by the ‘Information Age’? The information age is also known as the Digital Age or the New Media Age is the period in  human history where it transitioned from traditional industry to a more industrialised industry and age. The 'Information Age' was formed by the increasing advances on the computing and digital evolution. These advances had a big effect on everyday lifestyle, education and business and has allowed rapid global communication growth and networking to shape modern society.

Text documents : Google Docs, Evernote and WriteURL Photographs: Instagram, Tumblr and Shutterstock Video: Youtube, Vimeo and Dailymotion Movies: Netflix, Amazon prime and LoveFilm Videogames: Steam, OnePlay and Origin Audio recordings: Audacity, nTrack and REAPER. Computer programs: Skype, Chrome and Mail.

Music Industry: New technology has destroyed the music industry because CD/records sales was what was making them the money. With the emergence of new technologies, streaming is the new thing and people have preferred that to CDs because it saves storage space and is usually much cheaper. iTunes was the beginning of this as Apple introduced a new way of listening to music and that saw a dramatic decrease in sales of CDs and records. Companies like Blockbuster have been declared bankrupt and bust because of this as they relied on CDs and DVDs and as there's been a decrease in interest in both subjects, they lost a lot of money.  Another impact of New/digital media on the music industry which is again a negative one is piracy. Copies of an album or a soundtrack would surface on the world wide web and people have access to it almost for free. This is highly illegal as it is basically stealing and costs the production, distribution companies and the artist themselves a who...