Length: 1200-1500 words excluding reference list and direct quotes.

For every 100

words under or over the word limit, you will be penalised 10% of the total grade.
Type: Individual written paper
Feedback mode: Feedback will be provided through Canvas
Late work: Late submission of this assignment will not be accepted and will
receive 0% unless granted an extension. Extensions are available for unforeseen
circumstances of a short-term nature. Extensions can be approved for up to one
week (seven calendar days) after the due date for an assessment. Applications for
extensions need to be submitted to the course coordinator at least one working day
before the due date.

Assessment Details
The overall purpose of this assessment is for you to present a logical and
evidenced argument in response to a statement or question.
In order to successfully do this, you will need to use all the skills and knowledge from
the second half of the course:

 Lesson 4 – Academic Integrity /Plagiarism

 Lesson 5 - Purposeful and Active Reading
 Lesson 6 – Summary, and Paraphrasing
 Lesson 7 - The Power of Logical Arguments
 Lesson 9 – Synthesizing Materials and Sources
 Lesson 10 – Academic Writing
 Lesson 11 - Coherence and Cohesion in Academic
Writing

You are given a question/statement below and a set of various source

information such as journal articles, newspaper articles, reports, interviews, graphs
and statistics.

Your task is to:

 Evaluate and analyse the provided sources

 Develop an argument in response to the question and the source
information.
 Write an essay presenting your argument.

Question/Statement:
Do governments need to have stricter regulations of Social Media platforms to protect
the data and privacy of their citizens?

Texts and sources:

1. The ‘Personal’ in Personal Data: Who is Responsible for Our Data and How Do We Get it
Back (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
2. Location privacy and public metadata in social media platforms: attitudes, behaviors and
opinions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
3. Duplicitous social media and data surveillance: An evaluation of privacy risk (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
4. Privacy and user awareness on Facebook (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
5. The Politics and Policies of Big Data : Big Data, Big Brother? (pp.136-138, pp.142-
149) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
6. The Business of Data : Commercial Opportunities and Social Challenges in a World
Fuelled by Data (Chapter 5) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
7. “It wouldn't happen to me”: Privacy concerns and perspectives following the Cambridge
Analytica scandal (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
8. “This is capitalism. It is not illegal”: Users’ attitudes toward institutional privacy following
the Cambridge Analytica scandal (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
9. Five fears about mass predictive personalization in an age of surveillance capitalism (Links
to an external site.)Links to an external site.
10."I have nothing to hide", Data Privacy in 2020 | Nelio Leone |
TEDxAmityUniversityDubai (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

11.Data Privacy and Consent | Fred Cate | TEDxIndianaUniversity (Links to an external

site.)Links to an external site.

Note:

 You can ONLY use the provided sources as your research. You are not allowed to
use any other research in this assessment.
 You must use a minimum of 5 of the sources listed in your essay.

Recommended steps
1. Evaluate the assessment description and make sure you understand the requirements. If you
have any questions, check with your lecturer.
2. Read the provided texts using learned reading strategies considering the general topic of the
prompt.
3. Summarise and paraphrase the main / relevant points from the sources.
4. Organise your notes by topic and make sure you record the source information (see the
Synthesis lesson for more on this)
5. Analyse the arguments presented in the provided texts for meaning and strength.
6. Based on the evidence, decide on the main argument for your paper.
7. Re-evaluate your notes and the texts considering your argument.
8. Outline/map your argument.
9. What is a counter argument to your main argument? Is there a rebuttal or is it a strong
argument? Add this to your outline.
10. Draft your paper: body paragraphs first, conclusion and then introduction.
11. See a Learning Advisor for feedback on your paper.
12. Check your referencing and citations. The library can support you with this.
13. Use Turnitin to see your originality report.
14. Redraft and edit your paper.
15. Submit here on this page.
Structure guidelines:
There is no required structure for this assessment. The structure and organisation depend on
the topic, your analysis of the source material and your argument.
Below we have given some possible structural outlines for you to use. The most important
thing is that the order is logical and coherent and is suitable to the argument you are
presenting.
Possible structure 1:

 Introduction: Main argument

 Body 1: Supporting argument 1
 Body 2: Supporting argument 2
 Body 3: Supporting argument 3

 Body 4: Main counter argument + rebuttal

 Conclusion

You can find a model essay of structure one hereDownload here

Possible structure 2:
  Introduction: Main argument
 Body 1: Supporting argument 1 + counter +rebuttal
 Body 2: Supporting argument 2 + counter +rebuttal
 Body 3: Supporting argument 3 + counter +rebuttal
 Conclusion

Other important information

 Font – 11pt Times New Roman or Arial

 Line spacing – 1.5
 A4 paper size

 Profile orientation
 Pages should be numbered consecutively
 Keep a copy of the assignment that you submit.
 Follow the word limit.