Comm707 Media Communication Iii Assessment Answer

1. The dominance of social media platform companies such as Google and Facebook has harmed traditional media companies. Do you agree with this statement? Illustrate your answer with supporting evidence and case studies.

2. What explains Google’s extraordinary social influence and economic power? In this regard, what criticisms have been made of Google? Are these criticisms justified?

3. What explains Facebook’s extraordinary social influence and economic power? In this regard, what criticisms have been made of Facebook? Will these criticisms affect the future of Facebook?

4. What claims about technology and the future do you find within advertising for ICT devices and products? Why are these claims being made? Provide one or more case studies involving an actual ICT/social media corporation to illustrate your answer.

5. Critically evaluate Alvin Toffler’s Third Wave argument. Is his general argument still relevant in the early 21^st century?

6. Critically evaluate Daniel Bell’s Postindustrial Society argument? Is his general argument still relevant in the early 21^st century?

7. Explain, with reference to Marxism and Taylorism, how the use of new workplace technologies enables worker exploitation. Illustrate your answer with relevant case studies.

8. Uber exemplifies a new model of profit generation and worker exploitation. Uber drivers belong to a new precariat class. Do you agree, partly agree or disagree with these statements? Your answer should discuss recent controversies concerning Uber’s business and employment practices.