Assessment task 2: In-Class Discussion and Report

Order Description

Assessment task 2: In-Class Discussion and Report
Objective(s): b, c and f
Weight: 40%
Task: Discussion and Report on Current Debates in Communication Regulation
Length: 1,500 words
Due: Week 9
Submitted to Turnitin by 9am 7 October, and hard copy at the tutorial on that day.
Criteria: Coordination of a shared perspective for the debate
Clarity and substantiation of perspective
Analytical and evaluative capacity in the Report
Understanding of the issues at stake
Further
information:
In Week 6 students discuss two recent inquiries into communication regulation in
Australia: the Finkelstein Inquiry and the Convergence Review. Following an in-class
discussion students write a report investigating the debates, focusing on one of the
inquiries. The Report should analyse the inquiry, its findings and the wider public debate
that it generated, drawing on at least two submissions submitted by organisations.
Materials from the two inquries are loaded onto UTSOnline. Full documentation,
including submissions, are archived online at:
https://web.archive.org/ web/ 20120504001219/ http://www.dbcde.gov.au/
digital_economy/ convergence_review
Please note this takes you to an archive of the original site for the ‘Convergence
Review’. The materials for the Finkelstein Inquiry are listed under the ‘Independent
Media Inquiry’ entry that appears to the left of the home page.

Assessment task 2: In-Class Discussion and Report

Order Description

Assessment task 2: In-Class Discussion and Report
Objective(s): b, c and f
Weight: 40%
Task: Discussion and Report on Current Debates in Communication Regulation
Length: 1,500 words
Due: Week 9
Submitted to Turnitin by 9am 7 October, and hard copy at the tutorial on that day.
Criteria: Coordination of a shared perspective for the debate
Clarity and substantiation of perspective
Analytical and evaluative capacity in the Report
Understanding of the issues at stake
Further
information:
In Week 6 students discuss two recent inquiries into communication regulation in
Australia: the Finkelstein Inquiry and the Convergence Review. Following an in-class
discussion students write a report investigating the debates, focusing on one of the
inquiries. The Report should analyse the inquiry, its findings and the wider public debate
that it generated, drawing on at least two submissions submitted by organisations.
Materials from the two inquries are loaded onto UTSOnline. Full documentation,
including submissions, are archived online at:
https://web.archive.org/ web/ 20120504001219/ http://www.dbcde.gov.au/
digital_economy/ convergence_review
Please note this takes you to an archive of the original site for the ‘Convergence
Review’. The materials for the Finkelstein Inquiry are listed under the ‘Independent
Media Inquiry’ entry that appears to the left of the home page.