August 2010
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April 2010
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Psst, hey, want an iPad? Apple fans hit gray...
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/7019454/apples-ipad-hits-shelves-testing-begins/
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc’s iPad hit stores on Saturday after months of buildup, igniting excitement and kicking off a critical sales period that will determine if the sleek tablet computer becomes the next blockbuster.
With the excitement around the launch of Apple’s iPad and the growing...
Lady Gaga
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lady-gaga-cracks-1-billion-views-20100325-qza9.html
Lady Gaga is no doubt a pop icon in the music industry. She pushes boundaries with her film clips, her fashion and even her sexuality but now Lady Gaga is pushing a boundary of a different kind - online views.
Cracking 1 billion views her music videos are a top hit on the internet. Lady Gaga’s...
Raunch culture
http://www.watoday.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/the-porn-identity-20100418-smml.html
Our society is bombarded with sexually explicit images that are all over the internet. This has affected the teen culture. Girls are being heavily influenced by television, radio and internet. Celebrities like Lady Gaga are becoming icons for girls who copy her raunchy moves and dress sense.
‘I’ve...
Class divides viewing habits
This refers to children and the amount of time they spend dedicated to schoolwork and extra-curricular sport. This can actually prevent them from being addicted to things like television or the xbox. Children who spend more time playing organised sports spend less time in front of the TV.
The amount of time children stare at the screen is increasingly becoming an issue in society. With...
Anna makes a change
Anna Krjatian’s buzzing you culture had provided her winning entry in the National Youth Week Ourspace competition. Her poem revealed how young people in the area were making a chane with youth-run dance groups and environmental campaigns.
This is great for society in terms of helping the community. As said in the article a lot of young people are portrayed as being “bad” in todays...
This child bride dared to say no
An international bestseller, this is an incredible true story about a little girl who took on an oppressive regime, and won. Nujood aged 10, was forced into marrying a man three times her age by her father. She also had to move to an isolated village where she suffered physical and emotional abuse and rape on a daily basis. Ali stood up for her rights – to face her father and her husband in...
Education leaders to tackle cyberbullies
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/7037933/education-leaders-to-tackle-cyberbullies/
Cyberbullying is a serious issue within teen pop culture. It is the cause of numerous suicides and emotional damage. Cyberbullying “involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm...
Boozy culture nothing new at university colleges
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/boozy-culture-nothing-new-at-university-colleges-20091110-i5tu.html
This article talks about university life and its appeal. For people who live at uni, living in college gives you the opportunity to study in a new environment. Overall more demanding then normal school, experimentation for young people often involved drunken over-indulgence....
I want to be famous
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/17/i-want-to-be-famous
Once upon a time, children aspired to be teachers, bankers, doctors. Now they just want to be celebrities.
Children these days aren’t what they were. Due to the creation of the tween advertising market, more sharply aware of self image. Above all, they are subject to corrupting influence of celebrity culture.
Among children...
Facebook 'arrogant' for child safety stance
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/facebook-arrogant-for-child-safety-stance/story-e6frg6so-1225851988075
Facebook is a popular social networking website that is used frequently by young people as well as adults. Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by...
Booming TV formats go global in risky times
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/entertainment/7060267/booming-tv-formats-go-global-in-risky-times/
Today they can range from a game show such as “Wipeout”, to a Big Brother reality show or a focus on how to control kids — but all are likely to travel the world as countries adapt each to their own culture and taste.
I think tv shows are very influential especially on kids who...
Chief Justice warns of ethnic honour crimes
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/australian-news/7068844/chief-justice-warns-of-ethnic-honour-crimes/
Australia’s changing demographic means courts are increasingly having to deal with cultural traditions which involve violence against women, according to New South Wales Chief Justice Jim Spigelman.
Australia is a multicultural country and that comes with many cultural backgrounds and beliefs....
From thrift-shop counter to counter-culture, a mob...
http://www.smh.com.au/national/from-thriftshop-counter-to-counterculture-a-mob-of-individuals-stand-out-20100409-ryua.html
You can spot them easily. They shop at thrift stores, embrace technology, listen to alternative indie bands from New York, sport fashionable beards, watch arthouse films, write blogs, wear Buddy Holly-esque specs (non-prescription, of course) and ride fixed-gear bicycles...
Women 'unrealistic over plastic surgery'
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/women-unrealistic-over-plastic-surgery-20100406-rnam.html
Everybody’s doing it…
Plastic surgery has quickly spread among women around the world. From changes in size of their stomachs, breasts to nose jobs, cheek implants, eyelids and other body parts, women are often oblivious to the dangers involved of going under the knife. These desires in...
March 2010
2 posts
“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people”
– Mohandas Gandhi (via designsbykat) (via nicoleseabrook)
Aboriginal remains coming home to Tas
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=66204
Tasmania’s Aboriginal community is expected to turn out in large numbers to celebrate the return of its ancestors’ remains from Britain.
This day will be one of the biggest moments in the history of Aboriginal people and the community will travel from all over to witness the special moment. During the 19th century these remains were...