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
anson.d.aquilina@gmail.com,
and
another

in
atoms,
printed
&
stapled
(No
plastic
covers!)
and
handed
in
at
CCT
Office.