COM3704 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 – DUE AUGUST 2025; 100% CORRECT AND TRUSTED SOLUTIONS

, COM3704 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 – DUE
AUGUST 2025; 100% CORRECT AND TRUSTED SOLUTIONS

QUESTION 1: NEW MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT ESSAY (40 Marks)

1.1
Critically discuss the extent to which new media contribute to supporting national
development programmes such as poverty alleviation, population control, political
development, economic growth, literacy drive, and employment generation
schemes within the global South countries.
[25 Marks]

1.2
To what extent do new media platforms contribute to the development and
promotion of indigenous African epistemologies? Discuss.
[15 Marks]

NEW MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Question 1.1: The Role of New Media in National Development in the
Global South
o 2.1 Poverty Alleviation
o 2.2 Population Control and Health Awareness
o 2.3 Political Development and Participation
o 2.4 Economic Growth and Entrepreneurship
o 2.5 Literacy Drives and Educational Outreach
o 2.6 Employment Generation Schemes
3. Question 1.2: New Media and Indigenous African Epistemologies
o 3.1 Preservation and Dissemination of Oral Traditions
o 3.2 African Knowledge Systems in Digital Spaces
o 3.3 New Media as a Platform for Language Revitalisation
o 3.4 Challenges and Limitations
4. Conclusion
5. References