Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Week 8 Questionnaire

Your Interview Questions: (copy into your book)

Hi there, we are conducting a quick questionnaire for our digital media tutorial today, would you mind answering four quick questions for us? The results of which will not be used for any research beyond our class today.

1) Have you heard of Citizen Journalism? (if not, briefly explain)

2) Have you ever heard of a newsworthy story through a social networking site, blog or forum before you saw it on television or heard it on the radio?

3) Have you ever written a citizen journalism piece on a social networking site, forum or blog? (Eg. Helping out or posting about someone in need of help in the Brisbane floods)

4) Have you ever written a home-made movie or music review on a social networking site, forum or blog? (eg. "I thought the movie The Godfather was really good!")

5) Have you ever heard something through a social networking site etc about a newsworthy story that you later found, through television or radio, wasn't correct?

6) Has this ever happened the other way around?

Monday, February 14, 2011

Treasure Hunt Week 5

1) According to John Houghton and Peter Sheehan, what are the two defining forces that are have caused the Knowledge Economy to emerge?


2) What does digital technology have to do with the Knowledge Economy? Refer to ‘A Primer on the Knowledge Economy’ for help.


3) How has knowledge become a commodity?


4) In Our Competitive Future: Building the Knowledge Driven Economy, compiled by the Department of Trade and Industry, they state,

"It is not simply about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge; it
is also about the more effective use and exploitation of all types
of knowledge in all manner of economic activity."

In Houghton and Sheenan, paraphrasing Working for the Future: Technology and Employment in the Global Knowledge Economy, they state,

"…it is important to note that the term ‘Knowledge Economy’ refers to the overall economic structure that is emerging, not to any one, or combination of these phenomena."

What do each of these quotes mean to you, and how do they relate to each other/what are the similarities?


5)
What is the key defining feature of the Knowledge Economy, as opposed to other economies?


6) In The Economist, Takis Athanasopoulos describes the success of car manufacturer Toyota relying on their production line workers being knowledge workers. Why is it that this idea would initially be seen as a juxtaposition of conflicting ideas? And can you give some examples of what it would take to be, or what kind of ideas you would come up with, as a knowledge worker on a manufacturing production line?


7) “The majority of professionals and executives who took the survey indicated that their organizations will prepare proactively for the future by building scenarios and responses to emerging trends that could impact them. A significant number of organizations, however, are heading into the future much less prepared because they have no standard or consistent approach to detect and evaluate future impacts, or, worse, will likely wait until the trend becomes a distinct disruption and required focused recovery action.” (Holtshouse, p26). With this in mind, discuss knowledge workers in regards to the diffusion of innovation curve.


8) How many internet hosts were there in 1989, as opposed to 1999?


9) How did the KMWorld report propose to tackle the problem of retiring knowledge workers? Explain their strategy. Do you think this will work? Come up with one other potential way to solve this challenge.


10) What is the difference between a knowledge worker and a knowledge technician?






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Your Interview Questions: (copy into your book)

Hi there, we are conducting a quick questionnaire for our digital media tutorial today, would you mind answering four quick questions for us? The results of which will not be used for any research beyond our class today.

1) Do you consider yourself a Knowledge Worker?

2) Have you heard of the Knowledge Economy?
(if not, explain briefly)

3) With this in mind, do you believe your future profession will contribute to the Knowledge Economy? And why?

4) Do you think that knowledge workers are less important, equal to, or more important than physical labourers? And why?