Write a CRITICAL and reflective account based on issues covered in ‘Social Media, Crowdsourcing and Citizen Sensing’.
I’m interested in your critical analysis, NOT in a neutral write-up. Try to give me your argument or perspective, backed up by evidence.
Computing students are expected to show a deeper level of appreciation for the technical factors and the impacts they have. (I am a computing student, so this assignment requires me to show a deeper level of appreciation for the technical factors) Note that you must: • Include case studies and research from outside of the course material. note that you must • Include references as FOOTNOTES or ENDNOTES
Types of questions you may want to write about:
1. To what extent does social media shape an individuals mental stability? (Youtube, Instragram, Snapchat) – sociopaths
2. How depression (anxiety) has evolved due to the impact of social media and fake information being supplied from the internet and how we can use these powers for good?
3. How terrorist groups exploit social media to widen their cause?
4. How factual are documentaries? Do documentaries pose a threat to purposely influence its watches? (ok if you can demonstate the use of fake news or misinformation in documentaries)
5. How data and maps is used to maintain the idea of “fake news”?
6. How crowdsourcing is shaping the future of tech e.g. stackoverflow, reddit etc.
7. How social media has an effect on how information is portrayed of and to social media influencers and what effects they have to the general public? (conor mcgregor vs khabib nurmagomedov effect on the two fighter, their home countries and religion)
I have provided 3 examples of this written assignment on the “Additional materials” and assignment tips.
Please remember references must be in footnotes OR endnotes. Ignore the option chose for the paper format section below.