Week 4 & 5 Stuff

What are the keywords that you would use?
Keywords:
music, trends, industry, teenagers

List the variations to your keywords.
Keyword: music
Keyword variation: song

Keyword: trends
Keyword variation: pattern/development

Keyword: industry
Keyword variation: business

Keyword: teenagers
Keyword variation: youths

Write down the search phrases that include the keyword and variations as identified above.
1. latest song development on the music industry on youths
2. trends of the song industry on teenagers
3. latest trends on the song business on youths

Search engine: http://www.google.com/
Keywords used: latest song development music industry youths
URL: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/node/44
Hits: 350,000

Meta search engine: http://www.mamma.com/
Keywords used: trends song industry teenagers
URL: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/25/1069522572623.html
Hits: 40

Subject directory: http://www.lii.org
Keywords use: music teenagers
URL: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Home
Hits: 4

Comparison and Evaluation on search effectiveness
Compare the search results. Identify 2 characteristics that make all 3 search facilities similar or different from one another.
- Database
- Speed

Do you find any strength/weakness of each of them, in terms of search capability?
The amount of searches from the subject directories and meta search engine differs from search engines as they have lesser results. With less results specific sites can be found from the keywords however subject directories may not give the information you need. Search engines tend to search faster as they have a big database so speed is crucial.

Overall, which search facility best meet your searching needs? Why?
Meta search engines because they give specific results with variations of a reasonable amount.

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Had fun in Week 4!

Week 3 Stuff

Listed below are the purposes of resources:
· Information
· Advocacy
· News
· Personal

In order of the list:
Resource 1
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=162

Purpose of resource: Information

Reasons:
This is a organisational website which provides accurate information about the music industry with support from statistics and results from surveys.


Resource 2
http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/2008/05/09/Trends-in-Music-Distribution

Purpose of resource: Advocacy

Reasons:
This is a view which shows the trend on the music industry which shows the hard facts and introduce a proposal in changing the use of recordings in another business way because of piracy.

Resource 3
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article4144585.ece
Purpose of resource: News

Reasons:
This is a online news website where media editors take news from newpapers and add them to this website. This article shows how much illegal tracks a average youth has in a typical iPod.

Resource 4
http://gregrollett.blogspot.com/2008/04/effects-of-youth-and-gen-y.html

Purpose of resource: Personal

Reasons:
This is a weblog created by an individual. He gives personal views in regards of the music industry and attempts to connect Gen-Y, brands and fans and it is casual while having the readers to think while reading.


Blog Activities

If I have $500 ...

I would like to get these items from my E-Shopping Spree. Using marketing websites such as Ebay i managed to scoop up some stuff at shocking prices:

1. Razer Lachesis 4000dpi PC Gaming Mouse [ Phantom White ]


This is the ultimate gaming mouse that I would want to own to have complete control in the games I play. It is sold for $150.68 on E-bay.

2. Razer Lycosa Programmable Backlit Gaming Keyboard


This is the programmable keyboard meant for gamers that has many key functions. It has backlight to play in the darkness. With such class and design, who wouldn't want this keyboard? Priced at $122.89 on E-Bay.

3. PNY - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card

This is a very useful graphic card which supports the latest 3d graphics and makes your computer out of the lagness in most games. A must buy for gamers. E-Bay price: $218.48.

Total:
$150.68
+$122.89
+$218.48
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$492.05 (Under budget by $7.95 - a meal at Macdonalds')

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That's all for Week 3!

Week 2 Stuff

Activity 1

Personal Website
http://gregrollett.blogspot.com/2008/04/effects-of-youth-and-gen-y.html

The personal website talks about enetertainment spending which includes Generation Y gadgets such is iPods and music. It discusses on the effects on use and the amount of budget they have to whether they would spend in on music or something else.

Organisational Website
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=162

This organisational website shows that only 1 our of 4 teenagers believe that piracy in music industry is morally wrong. The websites shows the reactions how the effect of music piracy can lead to bigger problems in moral issues.


Activity 2

1. Which search facility/ies did you use?
Search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

2. Write down all the keywords you had used for searching the resources. Identify those keywords that yield relevant or better search results.

Keywords: latest, trends, music industry, teenagers, views, effects, piracy.

3.What are the major differences between the two types of websites?

Personal websites shows a perspective of the author on the particular issue, it shows specific deatils and logical or non-logical thoughts that people may share the same view while Organisational websites give an overview and statistics to the particular issue.

Cite and compile a bibliography of all the resources you have individually retrieved during Practicals 1 & 2. Use the APA citation style as explained in Lecture 2 (slides 35-43).

Citation for Practical 2:

Rollett Greg. (April 23, 2008). Effects of youth and Gen-Y entertainment spending. http://gregrollett.blogspot.com/2008/04/effects-of-youth-and-gen-y.html last retrieved 14/05/2008.

The Barna Group, Ltd. (April 26, 2004). Fewer than 1 in 10 teenagers believe that music piracy is morally wrong. http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=162last retrieved 14/05/2008.

Citation for Practical 1:

Digital Trends. (May 29, 2006). The latest trends in the music industry for teenagers. Retrieved May 7, 2008 from World Wide Web: http://forums.digitaltrends.com/showthread.php?t=10623

Maney Kevin. (May 9, 2008). Free for all. Retrieved May 11, 2008 from World Wide Web: http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/2008/05/09/Trends-in-Music-Distribution

Burke, John. (November 4, 2005). Teenage trends even scarier for newspapers' future. Retrieved May 7, 2008 from World Wide Web: http://www.editorsweblog.org//analysis/2005/11/teenage_trends_even_scarier_fo.php

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Found many useful information in the trends in this week!

Week 1 Stuff

The researches from the internet are done from various sources of the following:
- Discussion Forums
- Electronic Journals and Magazine
- WWW site

Discussion Forum
http://forums.digitaltrends.com/showthread.php?t=10623

The forum discusses about the ideas of the latest trends such as the issure of downloadable music.

I shall elaborate on that...

The trend of the rising number in teenagers downloading music rather than buying them. However these trends bring about the payable downloadable music, meaning you can download the particular track at a reasonable price rather than having to buy the whole album. I would understand that many people buy a complete album for the best selling song.

Electronic Journals and Magazine
http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/2008/05/09/Trends-in-Music-Distribution

This journal focuses on the music trends for teenagers that the music industry should provide free music to everyone because either way people are still downloading music, on this idea, he introduce to build a brand on those recordings and make money from items rather than music.

WWW site
http://www.editorsweblog.org//analysis/2005/11/teenage_trends_even_scarier_fo.php

This site is a weblog that shows the effect on the music industry due to the habits of teenagers. An example would be that teenagers continue to look for music in many sources to download, teenagers who downloads believe that it is unrealistic to expect people to self- regulate and avoid free downloads and file sharing which is very common these days.

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Some insights on the music industry found in Week 1!