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Mobile media has permeated all aspects of our lives. New media, in particular new mediums of communication and interaction always cause some form of change. This is to be expected with any form of technological development. However, mobile media has caused a significant change in our behaviour, culture and perspectives; change that has shifted our social and communicative experience entirely. It’s dominance and our reliance has perpetuated these psychological and physiological changes. This is to the extent that long-standing systems and structures have been forced to evolve alongside such changes to our everyday lives, rituals and routines. Traditional media and methods of communication, structured around socio-cultural hierarchies have been disrupted by the mass adoption of mobile media. Long-standing notions of space and place have all been replaced by new forms of spatialisation that put mobile media at its core, causing a convergence of other forms of media to accommodate. In ord...

The Unknown Citizen “reports” – Shows the surveillance of the State  “He was found by the Bureau of Statistics” – Passive voice, unimportant, surveillance “He held the proper opinions” “There was no official complaint” – he was compliant with the beliefs of the time “When there was peace, he was for peace: When there war, he went” – he did what he was told, even though he never says he was for war  “Was he free? Was he happy? This question is absurd” – Sarcastic comment on the government and how they don’t care about these questions. Rhetorical questions emphasise the unimportance. Abstract noun, non-quantifiable but important in terms of societal values  “Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard” – Criticising the people who empower the system and conform  In Memory of W.B. Yeats  “The day of his death was a dark cold day” – Impersonal Passive Voice is used reducing his importance in the sentence, which subverts the traditional ...

This will overview certain aspects of the Discovery HSC English Advanced and English Standard Module 1 Area of Study rubric. It should help with writing a better essay or cultivating a better creative piece for HSC Discovery AoS. Discovery - Area of Study (HSC) Sometimes we don’t like making discoveries or have a reluctance to accept the discovery made but in the end we still learn from it. At other times we are eager to discover and embrace the discovery.  Curiosity is the root cause for all discovery: Discovery provides a sense of wonder and amazement, either negatively or positively It’s our compulsion for knowledge and exploration Ask yourself, why are we curious? Is it our passion for learning?  Overall what we make of the things we discover is the most important and not the actual discovery itself. When you are presenting your argument on discovery you must do so conceptually – think of the iceberg analogy What is discovery? There are two main ...

Youth or juvenile crime is a controversial issue in Canadian politics. While the fact that youth crime is quite common in Canada is lamentable, there are disagreements concerning how to treat youths in the criminal system. The controversy centres on the best approach taken to address youth offenders and the severity of punishment that should be given. This article provides a historical overview of Canadian approaches to youth justice. It outlines several stages of Canadian legislation, including the 1908 Juvenile Delinquents Act , the 1982 Young Offenders Act , and the 2003 Youth Criminal Justice Act . The Juvenile Delinquents Act (1908-1984) From “little adults” to child-centred legislation Overview of the Juvenile Delinquents Act The 1908 Juvenile Delinquents Ac t (JDA) represented a major philosophical change concerning juvenile delinquent treatment. Before 1908, children in conflict with the law were treated similar to adult criminals, often receiving harsh sentences for re...