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COM3704 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024 - DUE
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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
