Week 9 - Tutorial Task

Final essay topic and plan:

My chosen essay topic question is:

"What is communication? Do whales communicate? Do birds? Do atoms? Does DNA communicate? What would you suggest as the limits to communication? When does a failure of human communication occur?"

My plan of attack is outlined below:

I will first give a definition of communication and give a very broad mention and discussion on a few different forms of communication e.g, technological and non-technological communication, how particular animals communicate, perhaps types of physical and non-physical (speech) communication and perhaps touch on inter-cultural communication. I would also like to perhaps briefly discuss it's close relativity to psychology.

I will come to a conclusion after I have done more extensive research.

Some research I have found on the topic which I may use is below:

1) Communication Theory

    Volume 2, Issue 3, pages 251–259, August 1992

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2885.1992.tb00042.x/abstract

2) The “Concept” of Communication

    Frank E. X. Dance, Journal of Communication

   Volume 20, Issue 2, pages 201–210, June 1970

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1970.tb00877.x/abstract

3) Deviation, rejection, and communication.   

 Schachter, Stanley

   The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Vol 46(2), Apr 1951, 190-207. doi: 10.1037/h0062326

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/abn/46/2/190/



My Political Participation on the internet:

1) Sign an e-petition.
2) Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site:
3) What is Barak Obama up to today? Can you send him a message about the importance of freedom   on the internet?
4) What are the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")?
5) When will the NBN get to your place? What are the benefits?
6) Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are. Send one a message.
7) Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.

1)

E-PETITIONS CONFIRMATION Thank you Miss Morgan    Your name has been added to the Support for whaling ban E-Petition as specified below. Please print this page if you require confirmation. Click here to return to E-Petitions  TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House that some reports indicate that approximately 1,400 whales are hunted and killed each year and at least 7 species of giant whales are endangered and the global whale population continues to decline. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to join with the Federal Government in advocating for a total global ban on whaling and for strong international action to be taken against those countries who continue to support national whaling programs. 2) comment submission completeX Thank you for submitting your comment. http://health.ninemsn.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=35690&showcomments=true It may take up to a day for your comment to be approved and published on the site. 3) President Obama's Schedule for Wednesday 21/09/11 is found here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president/2011-09-21 4) Australian Government's plans to censor the internet: "Exact plans and implementation dates for the government's so-called "clean feed" remain uncertain, but testing is due to take place with a number of ISPs. Chief amongst the arguments against the plan are the detrimental effect it will have on connection speeds (doubly ironic given the government's plans to fund a massive increase in broadband speed), and the lack of clear information on just what will be blocked." 5) There are no definite dates on when the NBN will come to the Gold Coast. The map that is on the NBN official websye (link below) only shows the first and second release sites - Brisbane city is one of the second sites.  http://nbn.gov.au/content/geographical-rollout And it states: 'There will be a rolling 12 month plan that updates every ¼ with specific details about the next locations for the next 12 months and a rolling 3 year plan. The first copy is due out 3 months after the Telstra shareholders deal.' 6) -Local for Burleigh/Miami area: Mrs Christine Ann Smith MP     -QLD list of members of parliament:  http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/members/photosheet/MembersPhotoSheet.pdf      -Australian federal representitives: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/memlist.pdf 7) MP Christine Ann Smith spoke in Parliament on 13th July 2011, this can be viewed at: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/Hansard/2011/2011_07_13_Estimates.pdf#xml=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/internetsearch/isysquery/d5fffd9d-f714-45bd-8d5c-e6e2cab65eee/2/hilite/