Filed under: HDG400 | Tags: art, design, false truths, media, politics, research, society, survey, truth
As part of our research we are conducting a survey on truth in society. We invite you to fill out this survey on your personal experiences. It will only take 5 minutes, and your input would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB227Q8BWYMSS
By filling out this survey you are allowing us to use the information provided in our research. We do not take any personal details, so your identity will remain anonymous.
Also, please visit our blog.
Thank you,
Alex Turnbull & Nadia Hisheh.
Filed under: HDG400, HDG401, HDG402 | Tags: awareness, beliefs, censorship, individuals, knowledge, language, manipulation, society, spin, trust, truth, values
Following the hand-in and presentation of our literature review, Alex and I have chosen our direction. We still have much to settle, but here is where we are going with it:
The central theme of our research will be truth in relation to language. It will encompass the sub-themes of spin, public knowledge and awareness, manipulation, what society and individuals will believe, social values, public trust and censorship of truth. We are beginning to put together ideas for outcomes that will achieve our goals (as outlined in the image above), but we will keep plugging away at the research for the moment (next couple of days) so that we have a fuller understanding of our topic.
Filed under: HDG400 | Tags: ABC, artchive, experts, information, Radio National, research, transcript
I have another research suggestion: try searching the ABC radio national transcript archives (http://www.abc.net.au/rn). There is a lot of useful information and it will give you the names of leading experts in the fields you are looking at.
Filed under: HDG400 | Tags: Australia, papers, parliament, research, Swinburne
Hello all,
Thought you might be interested in this site: http://www.aph.gov.au/LIBRARY/pubs/searchpubs.asp?
It allows you to search the Australian Parliamentary Library for the following:
- Bills Digests
- Research Papers
- Background Notes – formerly E-Briefs and Chronologies
- Monthly statistical bulletin
- Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Monographs – (Australian Parliamentary Fellow, fmly Political Studies Fellow)
- Parliamentary Library Briefing Book: Key Issues for the 42nd Parliament
- Vision in Hindsight – a collection of essays that tells the story of how Parliament has fashioned and reworked the intentions of those who crafted the Constitution.
- Parliamentary Papers index, 1992-
- Explanatory Memoranda index, 1901-1982
- Royal Commissions, 1902-2006
- E-Briefs – now produced as Background Notes
- Chronologies – now produced as Background Notes
- Background Notes – Senators and Members only
- Research Briefs
- Research Notes
- Current Issues Brief
- Background Paper
(all of the above dot points were taken from the website)
Also, http://www.apo.org.au/
Australian Policy Online is a great website. It has so many useful research papers and it’s affiliated with Swinburne. It’s definitely worth a look.
Filed under: HDG400, HDG402 | Tags: art, Australia, communication, comprehend, design, discern, information, language, literacy, literature, prose, statistics, understand
The topic our group was assigned is Language. We are currently keeping it broad, with each of us looking at a different aspect of the topic, and then collaborating on the literature review.
We are, at the moment, looking at the following areas:
- Mark – images & icons in modern languages
- Michael – evolution of languages
- Andrew – the function of language, how it is used & how we communicate
- Alex – how technology affects language & whether people understand the language used to describe sustainability (eg: ‘global warming’, etc.)
I am looking at literacy.
I have found some astounding statistics. The Australian Bureau of Statistics completed a survey called the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey in 2006. This survey ranked Australians between levels one and five, with one being lowest and five being highest (and three being the “minimum required for individuals to meet the complex demands of everyday life and work in the emerging knowledge-based economy”.
Below is an excerpt taken directly from the report:
Approximately 7 million (46%) Australians aged 15 to 74 years had scores at Level 1 or 2 on the prose scale, a further 5.6 million (37%) at Level 3 and 2.5 million (16%) at Level 4/5. Results for document literacy were similar to prose. There were 7 million (47%) Australians at Level 1 or 2 on the document scale, 5.4 million (36%) at Level 3 and 2.7 million (18%) at Level 4/5. On the numeracy scale, approximately 7.9 million (53%) Australians were assessed at Level 1 or 2, 4.7 million (31%) at Level 3 and 2.4 million (16%) at Level 4/5. On the problem solving scale, approximately 10.6 million (70%) Australians were assessed at Level 1 or 2, 3.7 million (25%) at Level 3 and 800,000 (5%) at Level 4 (table 1).
I am also currently reading ‘Death Sentence’ by Don Watson on the decay of public language. I have several other books on hold and many more downloaded reports to read.
Literacy is such an important issue. A lack of literacy affects people’s ability to understand, comprehend and discern information. It denies them an avenue with which to express their feelings, tell their stories or just generally communicate. It can affect further education and job prospects. There are a multitude of issues within this, I have only skimmed the surface here. Literacy affects the everyday lives of so many people.
We are doing quite well on the poster, with a concept in place and most of our images sourced. All we really need to do is execution.
Bibliography:
‘Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey’ 2006, Summary Results, Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics, viewed 29 February 2008, http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&42280_2006%20(reissue).pdf&4228.0&Publication&B22A471C221C7BADCA2573CA00207F10&0&2006%20(Reissue)&09.01.2008&Latest
