Length: 3,500–4,500 words
Instructions
For your term paper, you may choose one of the suggested topics below, or you may develop your own topic in consultation with your tutor.
Academic writing is a specialized form of essay writing, and reviewing the expectations for academic writing will go a long way toward ensuring your success.
Your term paper should integrate the themes and concepts from the course. It must refer to course materials and course readings, but you are also expected to do further research. Use relevant journal articles and books in making your critical analysis. Make use of at least 3 to 4 course readings, and 2 to 3 external sources (that is, critical, peer-reviewed academic articles or books). You may also use other sources such as websites, news and current-affairs sources, blogs, and so on.
TOPIC:
Indigenous peoples have adopted social media platforms to great effect in their communities. Explore ways in which a selected community or communities have used social media and how it has been effective in a variety of ways.
What forms of older media and traditional knowledge have been remediated by social media?
