ENG3702
Assignment 3 2025
Unique #:
Due Date: 20 August 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
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, SECTION 1
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, POLITICS AND DISCOURSE.
1. Core Concept
o Intersection of AI technologies, political processes, and communication
o Examined through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to uncover
hidden power relations and ideologies
2. Artificial Intelligence
o Technological Forms: machine learning, natural language
processing, generative AI
o Applications in Politics: data analytics, campaign targeting,
automated content generation
o Risks: algorithmic bias, surveillance, manipulation of public opinion
3. Politics
o Policy-Making: AI regulation, ethical guidelines, transparency
o Power Structures: how AI reinforces or challenges existing
hierarchies
o Global Governance: geopolitics of AI development and control
4. Discourse
o Political Messaging: framing of AI in public debates, speeches, media
narratives
o Media Representation: portrayal of AI in news, policy documents, and
social platforms
o Public Perception: influence of language on trust or fear of AI
5. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Lens
o Power and Ideology: who controls AI narratives and for whose benefit
o Framing and Agenda Setting: how discourse shapes AI policy
priorities
o Inclusion vs. Exclusion: whose voices are amplified or silenced in AI
debates
6. Key Themes
o Bias and Fairness: uncovering discriminatory outcomes in AI tools
used in political contexts
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, o Manipulation and Misinformation: deepfakes, automated
propaganda, echo chambers
o Ethics and Accountability: discourse around moral responsibility for
AI’s societal impacts
7. Outcomes of CDA Approach
o Reveals hidden assumptions in political AI discourse
o Helps design fairer, more transparent AI policies
o Informs the public on critical evaluation of AI narratives
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE AFRICAN CONTEXT.
1. Core Concept: AI in Africa
o Definition of AI in technological and socio-political terms
o AI as both technological advancement and discourse shaped by global
power dynamics
2. Historical and Socio-Political Context
o Legacy of colonialism and technological dependency
o Global North–South technology gap
o Role of postcolonial narratives in shaping African AI adoption
Varsity Cube 2025 +27 81 278 3372
Assignment 3 2025
Unique #:
Due Date: 20 August 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
+27 81 278 3372
, SECTION 1
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, POLITICS AND DISCOURSE.
1. Core Concept
o Intersection of AI technologies, political processes, and communication
o Examined through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to uncover
hidden power relations and ideologies
2. Artificial Intelligence
o Technological Forms: machine learning, natural language
processing, generative AI
o Applications in Politics: data analytics, campaign targeting,
automated content generation
o Risks: algorithmic bias, surveillance, manipulation of public opinion
3. Politics
o Policy-Making: AI regulation, ethical guidelines, transparency
o Power Structures: how AI reinforces or challenges existing
hierarchies
o Global Governance: geopolitics of AI development and control
4. Discourse
o Political Messaging: framing of AI in public debates, speeches, media
narratives
o Media Representation: portrayal of AI in news, policy documents, and
social platforms
o Public Perception: influence of language on trust or fear of AI
5. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Lens
o Power and Ideology: who controls AI narratives and for whose benefit
o Framing and Agenda Setting: how discourse shapes AI policy
priorities
o Inclusion vs. Exclusion: whose voices are amplified or silenced in AI
debates
6. Key Themes
o Bias and Fairness: uncovering discriminatory outcomes in AI tools
used in political contexts
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, o Manipulation and Misinformation: deepfakes, automated
propaganda, echo chambers
o Ethics and Accountability: discourse around moral responsibility for
AI’s societal impacts
7. Outcomes of CDA Approach
o Reveals hidden assumptions in political AI discourse
o Helps design fairer, more transparent AI policies
o Informs the public on critical evaluation of AI narratives
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE AFRICAN CONTEXT.
1. Core Concept: AI in Africa
o Definition of AI in technological and socio-political terms
o AI as both technological advancement and discourse shaped by global
power dynamics
2. Historical and Socio-Political Context
o Legacy of colonialism and technological dependency
o Global North–South technology gap
o Role of postcolonial narratives in shaping African AI adoption
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