Tutorial 3

Task 1

Our first task this week was to familiarise ourselves with the data bases available through Griffith University's databases and find the answers to the questions below.

• What was Stephen Stockwell's first article in an academic journal? What year? Provide a full citation. What database did you use?

Stephen Stockwell's first article was 'Kuranda police shooting' published in the Legal Service Bulletin, 1981.

Stockwell, S 1981, 'Kuranda Police Shooting,' Legal Service Bulletin, vol. 6, pp. 48, viewed 11 August 2011, via Griffith University Library Search.

• In which comic did Governor Slugwell appear? Which Issues? Give their full citation for the earliest. Where did you find this information? What database did you use? (Check the trial databases)

Governor Slugwell appears in the 'Flaming Carrot' Comics in issues.

Burden, B 1985, 'When the Shoes Aren't Worth the Shine,' Flaming Carrot Comics, Renegade Press, vol. 7, pp. 3-31, viewed 11 August 2011, via Trial Database Underground and Independent Comics.

I used a trial database called 'Underground & Independent Comics'

• What is the latest medical thinking on the dangers of mobile phones? Provide a full citation.

Drake, F 2011, 'Protesting Mobile Phone Masts: Risk, Neoliberalism, and Governmentality,' Science, Technology, & Human Values, SAGE Premier 2011, vol. 36, Issue 4, pp. 522-548, viewed 11 August 2011, via Griffith University SAGE Journals Online.

• In Bladerunner, what is Leon's reaction when Holden asks him about his mother? Quote the 1982 draft script and provide a full reference. (Check the trial databases)

"Leon looks shocked, surprised. But the needles in the computer barely move. Holden goes for the inside of his coat. But big Leon is faster. His laser burns a hole the size of a nickel through Holden's stomach. Unlike a bullet, a laser causes no impact. It goes through Holden's shoulder and comes out of his back, clean as a whistle. Like a rag doll he falls back into the seat. Big slow Leon is already walking away, but he stops, turns, and with a little smile of satisfaction fires through the back of the seat."

Fancher, H, Peoples, D, Webb, D, Kibbee, R 1982, 'Blade Runner' (1982). Draft Script, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Alexander Street Press, viewed 11 August 2011, via Trial Database and American Film Scripts Online.

• What does Paul Soukup say Walter Ong saw as the main paradox in 20th century communication? Cite your source.

"The 20th century introduced a paradox: "that a society given so much to the use of diagrams and to the maneuvering of objects in space...should at the same time develop means of communication which specialize not is sight but in sound."

Soukup, P 2004, 'Walter J. Ong, S.J. A Retrospective,' Communication Research Trends: Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture, vol. 23, pp. 23, viewed 11 August 2011, via Trial Database.