COM3704 Assignment 1 (QUALITY ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024.

This document contains workings, explanations and solutions to the COM3704 Assignment 1 (QUALITY ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024. For assistance whats-app us on 0.6.8..8.1.2..0.9.3.4... Knowledge is like light. Weightless and intangible, it can travel the world, enlightening the lives of people everywhere. Yet billions of people still live in the darkness of poverty – unnecessarily (World Development Report, 1999, p.1). QUESTION 1: NEW MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT ESSAY [45] Read the following prescribed readings and Study Unit 8: New Media and Development • Mdlongwa, F. 2009. Doing Digital Media in Africa: Prospects, Promises and Problems. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Johannesburg. • Mohammad Abbaszadeh, Mohammad Bagher Alizadeh Aghdam, Reza Pourhosein, Leila Nasrolahi Vosta, (2019). Technological media and development: A systematic mapping study and research agenda. Information Technology & People, 32 (3), 478-515. • White, A. (2014). Digital Media Use in the Developing World. In: Digital Media and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. • Bourdeau de Fontenay, A & Beltran, F. 2008. Inequality and economic growth: Should we be concerned by the digital divide? Paper delivered at the 17th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Montreal, 24–27 June. • Chibber, NK. 2002. Overcoming rural-urban digital divide in South Asian developing countries. Paper delivered at the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Seoul, 18–21 August. • Coward, C. 2008. Why do telecentres deserve ongoing attention? Telecentre Magazine. • Lesame, NC. 2009. The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in development: A case study of the role of telecentres in the education of users. Pretoria: University of South Africa. • Nandi, B. 2002. Role of telecommunications in developing countries in the 21st century. Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Seoul, 18–21 August. • Shiu, A & Lam, P-L. 2008. Causal relationship between telecommunications and economic growth: A study of 105 countries. Paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Montreal, 24–27 June. • Xia, J & Lu, TJ. 2008. Bridging the digital divide for rural communities: The case of China. Telecommunications Policy, 32:686–696. Page 9 of 13 After you have completed the readings, write an essay in which you critically discuss the topics below: Using critical development theory as a framework, analyse the complex dynamics of technology in the development of the countries in the Global South and evaluate its impact on socioeconomic, political, and cultural domains within any given country in the Global South context. [30 Marks] What do you think about the current state of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and telecommunications in your country? Do you believe they are well-developed and advanced? Why or why not? After you have completed the readings, write an essay in which you critically discuss the topic of new media and individual. Your essay should cover the following topics: • What is the difference between online and offline journalism? Explain the challenges online journalists face in comparison to offline journalists. [10] • Discuss the importance of advertising in maintaining a newspaper or a magazine.[10] • What would be the main reason to influence newspapers and magazines to move to an online version? [10] • In what way is online advertising a threat to traditional advertising? Discuss by using examples. [10] • What form of journalism does the term “shovelware” explain, and what is the difference between online and offline journalism? [5]