Assignment
Questions
Option
1
In
light
of
the
growing
online
political
activism,
discuss
how
the
Internet
can
or
can
not
provide
a
technological
fix
to
the
crisis
of
democracy.
Option
2
“There
has
been
so
much
enthusiasm
about
the
freedom
brought
by
the
Internet
that
we
have
forgotten
the
persistence
of
authoritarian,
surveillance
practices
in
the
environment
that
remains
the
most
important
in
our
lives:
the
workplace”
Manuel
Castells,
(2001),
p.173
Illustrate
how
the
issue
of
privacy
can
be
protected
given
the
technological
penetration
within
your
country
or
region.
Option
3
“Twenty
years
ago,
most
people
thought
that
digitalisation
would
lead
to
a
gigantic
consolidation
and
merger
of
all
media
infrastructures
into
one
vertically
integrated
monopoly.
The
‘electronic
nightmare’
scenario
projected
that
media
would
converge
into
a
horrifying
combination
of
the
post
office,
Microsoft,
broadcast
networks,
and
the
telephone
company”
Discuss
the
above
statement
in
terms
of
tri‐
and
quad‐play
convergence
in
your
region.
IMPORTANT
INFO
Length:
1000
words
Format:
APA
Deadline:
tba.
Delivery:
One
copy
in
bits,
emailed
to
[email protected],
and
another
in
atoms,
printed
&
stapled
(No
plastic
covers!)
and
handed
in
at
CCT
Office.