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COM3704 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2024
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and explanations.
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.
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