Sunday, November 05, 2006
Practical Worksheet 1 (Week 2)
Introduction to Internet Resources: Categories of Internet Resources
Topic: Music
Aspect: Popular music
3. Search the Internet for one example of the resources listed on your chosen aspect:
Newsgroups and discussion list:
[ http://forum.maydaymayday.net ]
Forum for mayday, a popular Chinese band
Electronic journals and magazine:
[ http://www.rollingstone.com/ ]
News on latest albums released, music reviews and the editor’s pick on the music industry
Multi-media source:
[ http://www.imayday.com
Site which contains latest news, clips, videos, wallpapers available for downloads
Blogs & Wiki:
[ http://www.wretch.cc/blog/fanwenshan ]
Blog of famous lyricist Fang Wen Shang who has penned award winning songs by Jay Chou
5. Compare your findings with your partner. Did you find the same/similar resource? If not, how different are these from yours?
My partner’s work are mostly based on websites which promote English music whereas mine is more about the Chinese music.
We found the same website for the Electronic journals and magazine.
6. How did you decide on the resources for the different types? Are your reasons similar for all? Are they the similar to your partner?
By referring to the lectures slides given in OLE, we can easily differentiate which websites to use.
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