This assignment requires the student to write an argumentative essay related to specific social, ethical or political impacts of digitisation. Students select an essay topic related to the issues covered in class or agreed with the subject’s instructors. The student will need to identify, read and synthesise academic literature to establish a position on their selected topic.
Students first define a broad topic or area of interest and start by exploring the academic literature to see what researchers are writing about. Next, students identify a tightly focused subtopic and an interesting essay question. Topics must be substantially different from those completed for the Seminar Leadership and Current Issues assignments.
By 20th September 2018, at least give me the draft and abstract or short outline.
The essay should present an overarching claim responding to the chosen essay question. The argument should be developed by reading and synthesising carefully selected academic literature. Essays must be well referenced, to persuade the reader that the topic is well understood and the argument is well founded.
We generally expect to see a minimum of ten references from reputable (academic) sources for this assignment – but selecting, understanding and using literature properly is more important than the number of references.
The Abstract is optional. All work must be fully referenced (i.e. it must include in-text citations and a list of references). If included, an abstract should be no more than 100 words and does not contribute to the word count.
Since I chose Access & Privacy, the remaining topic are the following:
1. Wellbeing: Mental health and wellbeing; Cyberbullying; Online disinhibition; Technology and healthcare.
2. Government: Political discussion, participation and democracy online. Politics in digital media, news and news and information. eGovernment.
3. Automation: Ethical, moral and social issues associated with automation, robotics and artificial intelligence
4. Community: Online and offline communities, social ties and social networks, collaboration and coordination
5. Domesticity: Work-life balance, family & home life, domestic economy, moral economy of the household, moral panics.
6. Sustainability: Environmental implications of computing. E-waste. Repairability. ICT consumption of resources and energy. Technology supported ethical supply chains.
7. Property: Types of property, changes, copyright, licensing and ownership paradigms, the sharing economy.
8. Crime: Digital forensics, hacking and computer crime, computers and evidence collection.
9. Values: Ethical frameworks, moral judgments, professional responsibility, ICT professions and professional ethics.