goodbye...

After going through the adventure of doing this subject (Issues in Publication & Design), i have learn a lot of thing about the field of publication and designing. this subject is really make me feel good and this is the very interesting subject. In fact in order to accomplish this subject i have to do a lot of works but for me i don't feel all those work as a burden because it is very interesting. Doing a posting on the blog, videos editing, write an article for magazine and create a fact sheet really make me fell interesting. Besides that, i also know that images and word have to be together to make people understand the interpretation of the images.

Finally i just want to say thank you to Ms. Jenny Heng that have thought me all those thing. Last but not least, thank special thanks to all my friend that have assist me and acting in my videos. 

British internet firms ordered to block Pirate Bay...

                

                 Pirate bay is the largest website that enables people to download movies, songs and videos for free and it uses torrent as main software for people to download. The problem has arises when pirate that provide service for people to have their latest movies and songs did not acknowledge the creator. Five internet service providers in Britain will be forced to block top file-sharing website The Pirate Bay under a High Court order issued Monday over copyright infringement (Malaysianews 2012). The movie’s director of song’s composer has the right to get something in return for their effort if people have published their work for people to download it.

                  Copyright is a law that gives you ownership over the things you create and people cannot simply publish your without your permission (Bailey 2011). The London court has send order to five leading internet providers to block all the traffic to pirate bay. Nevertheless, Torrent portal The Pirate Bay has posted an angry response to news yesterday that UK ISPs have been asked to block the Swedish site, accusing the High Court of promoting internet censorship (Dutton 2012). There is also a concept of fair use in copyright law which also in other words is known as free use, fair dealing or fair practice. Some said that fair use is just to weakened the copyright law but Masnick (2011) stats that, fair use is not about weakening copyright, it's about strengthening copyright, in making it more flexible to be able to bend, rather than break, when content is used in certain socially useful ways (what copyright law is supposed to encourage). The author further stated that, anti-fair use position does significantly more harm to copyright in the long run, in that it makes it less flexible, and makes it illegal to do things that people know at a fundamental level should be legal. Therefore, website that provide a service for people to download movies or songs have to give something in return for the creator to make it win win situation.

Reference List 


Dutton, F 2012, The Pirate Bay issues angry response to UK ban, viewed 12th June 2012,
< http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-01-the-pirate-bay-issues-angry-response-to-uk-ban >


Malaysianews 2012, British Internet Firms Ordered to Block Pirate Bay, viewed 12th June 2012,
< http://www.mymalaysianews.com/technology/2693-british-internet-firms-ordered-to-block-pirate-bay >


Masnick, M 2011, Fair Use Doesn't Weaken Copyright Law, It Strengthens It, viewed 12th June 2012,
< http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110518/12090114324/fair-use-doesnt-weaken-copyright-law-it-strengthens-it.shtml >

Social Media, Facebook Help People Stand Up in Tunisia, Egypt...

            Social media is a kind of media that is highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies and it also known as social instrument of communication. The demonstration and politics have a fight in Egypt which it started in Tunisia in December 17 when the a young fruit vendor act as a protest. The main problem for this is that the official media which is newspaper, radio or television did not cover the event and this problem becomes worse when the reporter faced a problem of being harass on their way to city of sidi bouzid (Coz 2011). 

            Sidi Bouzid became a popular Twitter hashtag, and Facebook began filling with reports and information. The Internet was the place where pictures and videos of government repression were assembled for the world to see (Coz 2011). Due to the newspapers is being controlled by government in Tunisia; facebook has become one of the only medium for people where there is a freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is important in any country because people that live in the country have a right to voice out their disagreement of anything that the government has suggested. Facebook and YouTube has been blocked before to prevent people in the country share a photo and video of the repression happened in the country to people outside the country. Rumors and disinformation has been spread around the country and according to (Delaney) 2011, online social tools helped activists counter those who were trying to terrorize the population, helping to calm the entire situation down — they spread the message that people were helping to keep things in control. On the other hand, citizen journalism also helps countries to keep control of the problem that is going on under control. Citizen journalism is everyone owns a smartphone, it has become easier than ever to share events with the world as they unfold right in front of your eyes (Turnbull 2010). Social media and citizen journalism has help a lot on Tunisia revolution.

Reference List 


Coz, C.L 2011, Social Media, Facebook Help People Stand Up in Tunisia, Egypt, viewed 11th June 2012, 
< http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/02/social-media-facebook-help-people-stand-up-in-tunisia-egypt034.html >


Delany, C 2011, How Social Media Accelerated Tunisia’s Revolution: An Inside View, viewed 11th June 2012.
< http://www.epolitics.com/2011/02/10/how-social-media-accelerated-tunisias-revolution-an-inside-view/ >


Turnbull, T 2010, Citizen Journalism And Social Media Are Driving the Information Revolution, 11th June 2012, 
< http://www.socialconnectblueprint.com/citizen-journalism-and-social-media-are-driving-the-information-revolution/# >

The highly sexual art of selling perfume...

             Advertisement is use to let people know the emerging of the brand in the market and it also use to reinforce people mind about the brand. People that have use the brand before might forget about the brand if there is no advertisement going on. Advertisement also can effects people’s mind by creating salience which is the propensity of consumer to think about the brand when they in the purchase occasion. Other than that, advertisement has to use attractive pictures and images to attract people’s attention to see the ads. Some advertisers uses sexy pictures that is surely to attract people attention to see the ads but it is not appropriate to use and it will touch sensitivity issues among races as well. 

            Advertisers is largely using sexy picture to advertise the perfume because they think that sexy images will attract most people attention. Sexual images in advertising and throughout the media define what is sexy and more importantly who is sexy and sex in advertising is pornographic because it dehumanizes and objectifies people, especially women, and because it fetishists products, imbues them with an erotic charge – which dooms us to disappointment since products can never fulfill our sexual desires or meet our emotional needs (Kilbourne1999). Sexy pictures is really attractive but the question is should consumer buy the product advertised? The answer is the products advertise using sexy images is not necessary good. Two thirds of women thought that advertisers had gone too far in using sex to sell product and use of sexual imagery in advertising has been criticized on various grounds and religious Conservatives often consider it obscene (Banisauskas 2010). Moeran (2011) has stated that, in selling perfume is not essential in using attractive images because people bought a perfume based on the smells and not the model they use for the advertisement. The authors further states that, the model they use foe the advertisement is not so much regarded as the essential part because if the smells is not nice that people won’t buy the perfume. All in all, the use of sexy images is not a promised that sex always the essential ways of selling products.

Reference List

Banisauskas, T 2010, 33+ Inappropriately Sexy Ads, viewed 10th June 2012,
< http://www.boredpanda.com/sexy-ads/ >

Kilbourne, J. (1999). Can’t buy my love: How advertising changes the way we think andfeel. New York: Touchstone

Moeran, B 2011, The Colours of Smell: Perfume Advertising and the Senses, viewed 10th June 2012,
< http://openarchive.cbs.dk/bitstream/handle/10398/8371/Brian_Moeran_Advertising%20The%20Colours%20of%20Smell_2011.pdf?sequence=3 >

Home Ministry reprimands The Star over supplement...

           Fasting is a matter required to be performed by Muslims every year. Fasting means to abstain "completely" from foods, drinks, intimate intercourse and smoking, before the break of the dawn till sunset, during the entire month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic year (El-Ashi n.d). Furthermore, as all people in the country regardless of their races and religious know that, Muslim is seriously preventing their communities from eating the non-halal food. Besides that, Malaysia is one of the countries known as the Islamic countries and because of that every races in this country must respect each other believe. One of many ways to respect each races is not to issue any news or stories that might offend the community (Muslim, Chinese & Indian community). 

            The Star newspaper dated 16^th August 2011 has shocked most of Muslim community with the story of non-halal restaurant together with the story about “buka puasa” in the “Dining Out” supplement and because of that Muslim communities are really angered with Star newspaper regarding the issues. On the other hand, the writer’s of the “Dining Out” supplement is to be blame for including the pork dishes in Ramadan section. Due on this matter, The Star has been summoned due to this article on “Ramadan Delight” will offended Muslim sensitivity. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has met star editor Datuk Seri Wong Chun Hai for 45 minutes to listen to the action taken by the daily to ensure that there would be no repeat of such errors (Thestar 2011). The Star chief editor should check the article before it published to make sure that the article doesn’t touch any sensitive issues on any races or religious to make sure the harmony and peace of this country. The chief editor of Star newspaper has explain about the issues and Datuk Seri Wong Chun Hai has realise that it was sensitive to the feelings of the various communities in the country and had conveyed the newspaper's apology to all Muslim readers regarding the regrettable oversight (Thestar 2011). People of various cultures should respect and accommodate each other to avoid conflict which could degenerate into genocide (Malik 2011).

Reference list 

El-Ashi, A n.d, Fasting in Islam, viewed 9th June 2012, 

 < http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~muslims/fasting.htm >

Malik, F 2011, Let’s Respect Each Other’s Cultures,viewed 9th June 2012, 

< http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2012/03/africa/lets-respect-each-others-cultures >

Thestaronline 2011, Home Ministry reprimands The Star over supplement, viewed 9th June 2012,

< http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/16/nation/20110816224605&sec=nation >

Screen Vs Print Media Design...

screen VS print

There are two types of media that people usually used which is print media and screen media. What are this print and screen media? Print media is the type of media such as magazine advertisement, product design and packaging and newspaper. On the other hand, screen media is the type of media such as standard website, email newsletter and banner advertising. Miller (2012) quoted that, “the basic difference of print and screen media is that when designing for print you will end up with a finished product that someone can hold in their hand, and when designing for the web you will generally work on an ever-evolving piece viewed on a computer display”. There are significant differences in the layout design for both media.

For print media:

• Spaces is measured in inches
• Dealing with anything such as billboard and banner
• The space must me consistent from start until finish and it must be the same look for everyone to see

For screen media:

• Pixels is used to measure space
• The important way to keep people always open the website is the consistent design and navigation        
• Designing your sites to look the best on all size monitors and at all monitor resolutions (Miller 2012).

In print media same text formatted using industry standard page layout software (QuarkXpress) using styles and a layout specifically designed with the content and target users and in screen media hypertext using a style sheet and layout specifically designed with the content and target users (Benetos 2005).

Reference list

Benetos, K 2005, Design Consideration when writing: Print vs Screen, Viewed on 11th April 2012,
< http://tecfa.unige.ch/staf/staf-k/benetos/staf13/per5/lire.html >

Miller, E 2012, Designing For Print vs. The Web, Viewed on 11th April 2012,
< http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/printvsweb/a/print_vs_web.htm >

New forms of media publishing...

Old school media publishing

Media publishing is where writers use to publish their works. In today's world where are the old school media publishing? people are no longer interested in using old media publishing switch their intention in using new form of media publishing. what are new media publishing and old school media publishing? According to Harris (2012), “new media publishing can simply be define as a various technologies that have emerged or seen rapid growth on a global scale during the latter part of the 20th century and into the new millennium”. Printed media such as newspaper and magazine also radio and television is old media and people rarely use that kind of media nowadays.

New Media Publishing

In 20th century social networking site and video sharing site has become more popular among internet users. “Most people who have an Internet connection are already aware of some of the major types of new media, which includes social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as blogs and video sharing sites such as YouTube” (Harris 2012). What is new media ecosystem? New media ecosystem is a replacement for press releases, brochures, bulletin boards/email list, public websites or intranet (Hobson 2005). As people now tend to use internet as a medium for information searching, it's best for writing or company to use new media publication to publish their job and products. Blogs is considered as the latest form of media that are being used by majority of internet users to publish a story or share something with others (Harris 2012).

As the conclusion, YouTube and blog has been the most popular place for internet users because there is no restriction. For instance, if using a website there may have a government restriction.       

Reference list

Harris, B 2012, What Are The Different types of New Media, Viewed 28 March 2012,
<http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-new-media.htm>

Hobson, N 2005, The New Media Ecosystem: Conversation, Influence and you, Viewed 28 march 2012,
<http://www.nevillehobson.com/pubfiles/downloads/051020_NewMedia_FEIEA.pdf>

Blogging Communities...

Blogging communities describe the community of people who using blog as a medium of communication. Blog communities can best be define as blog communities aggregate the individual and independent blogs of a number of people with a share interest (Britta 2007). White (2006) has her own definition regarding the blogging community, “Blogging community is a community who interact online within some bounded set of technologies”. The example of blog communities is Xanga which is used by group of people as a medium of interaction in the same blog rather than having individual blog. According to white (2006) state, there are 3 different types of blog based community.

First blog community is single blog / blogger centric community. This blog works as community arises around the primary blogger. This form of blog based community is readers communicate with other bloggers. They get to know all the blogger and the commentator besides just commenting on the blog.

 

The second type of blogging community is Central connecting topic community. This form of blogging communities is a network formation. This community arises from group of people who shared the same interest and topic of discussion. “This form is exemplified by groups such as food blogger, mummy blogger, travel blogger and political blogger with a particular party or issue identification” (White 2006).

The last group of blogging communities is boundaried community. Boundaried communities is group of blogs and blog readers on a single site or platform (White 2006). This type of blogging communities is member has to register as the first step to join the communities before they are offered to create a blog.

  

Reference:-

Britta, K 2007, Forging Connections and Promoting Growth Through Blog Communities, Viewed 25th March 2012

< http://www.21publish.com/pub/21publish/blogging-whitepaper.pdf >

White, N 2006, Blogs and Communities-Launching New Paradigm for Online Community, viewed 25th March 2012,

<http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>

Classification of blogs...

There is different classification and types of blog in the internet. This happen because different people use different types of blog for different purposes. Different people would have different interest and story to share with other internet users, so that they can express themselves in the different way. According to Laura (2012), there are 3 different types of blogs that are commonly used by bloggers which is:-

•         Professional or business blog
  ·         Profit making or news blog
  ·         Hobby or personal blog 

ABC Radio National had an interview session with media analyst Margaret Simon in discussing the different type of blogs that currently exist. According to Margaret there is 9 blogs that is currently exists. The 9 blog is:-

1. Pamphleteering blog – The purpose is to talk about politics and current events.
2. Digest blog - People use this blog to give useful fact and information that they collected from other sources.
3. Advocacy blog - Similar to pamphleteering blog. Is use to discuss people opinion on particular issues.
4. Popular mechanic blog - type of blog that created to assist people who need some advice.
5. Exhibition blog – Used by people that want to bring or show their work to public.
6. Gatewatcher blog – discuss any stories related to media.
7. Diary blog – used for people to share anything even though it’s related to their personal life.
8. Advertisement blog - Use by commercial company to advertise their products.
9. News blog - People use to share any news to others.

In my opinion on blog classification, blogs must be classified according to the type of interest for example sport blog, game blog and food blog.

Reference list :

ABC Radio National 2009, A Taxonomy of Blogs, The Media Report 2008, viewed 23rd March 2012,

<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2372882.htm#transcript)>

Laura, S 2012, 3 types of bloggers, which are you?, online, viewed 23rd March 2012,

< http://www.writingthoughts.com/?p=1671 >

 

Blogs as current phenomenon & benefits to the community

In today’s world blog has become one of the popular medium for people to share their stories with other people across the globe. “A blog also called a weblog or web log is a website consisting of entries also called posts appearing in reverse chronological order with the most recent entry appearing first similar in format to a daily journal” (Gunelius 2012). Besides that, blogosphere is world of blog as the bloggers are the people that come from different countries in different world. The blogosphere is considered a defined community within the larger scope of the internet due to the unique ways they interlink with one another and to the wider internet (Janalta interactive Inc 2010). 

 

Weblog has become a popular medium for American people to discuss about the politics issue in their country. There is also blogger in Malaysia tend to write more about the politic issue that has occurred. This is the trend of blogger nowadays using weblog to discuss political issues. Examining these effects in Malaysia allows me to simultaneously quantify blog effects and media control effects, whose interaction has practical implications for government policy and opposition strategy not just in Malaysia but also in other emerging democracies and developing nations (Gong n.d). In Australia they had their political weblog success. They are beginning to understand the benefits of using their website as a communication tool to maintain an on-going relationship with its supporters (William Pty limited 2012). Weblog in Malaysia also benefit the party because they can get the feedback from their supporters.  

Gunelius, S 2012, What is a blog?, Viewed 14th March 2012,

< http://weblogs.about.com/od/startingablog/p/WhatIsABlog.htm >

Gong, R n.d, Internet Politics and State Media Control: Candidate Weblogs in Malaysia, Stanford University

Janalta Interactive Inc 2010, Techopedia Explains Blogsphere, Viewed 14th March 2012,

< http://www.techopedia.com/definition/4862/blogosphere > 

William Pty Limited 2012, Australian Political Blogging and The Benefits, Viewed 15th March 2012,

< http://www.wiliam.com.au/wiliam-blog/australian-political-blogging-and-the-benefits >

Purpose of this blog

The actual point of creating this blog is to emphasize all stuff related to issues in publication and design. The creation of this blog allows me to interact with other peoples such as students, professional and people who already have knowledge in this field. The creation of this blog also can attract people to share their opinion and issues that they have come across. I would like to welcome people that have the same interest with me to discuss any issues and overcome the issues in this field as this blog is created for global conversation.