Part 1.
Digital Media and Society
You must answer 4 of the 8 essay questions.
Length Requirement: Each essay response is required to be at least 250 words in length.
Bibliographical Requirement. Include at least ONE in-essay citation in EACH essay and a reference list at the END of each essay.
ESSAY QUESTIONS.
Length Requirement: Each essay response is required to be at least 250 words in length
1. How has the Internet altered the way in which newspapers present news? How are print newspapers responding to the decline of subscribers and the rise of online readers? Support your discussion with reliable sources.
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2. How has Digital Media influenced (or changed) the field of education? Include a historical (before and after the digital media) and global perspective (include discussion of the US and at least two additional countries). Include whether the change has been positive, negative, or both. Support your discussion with reliable data.
3. How has “fake news” come to exist and spread so rapidly? Why do you think this happens? How is “fake news” harmful? What are the long- and short-term effects and consequences of being a consumer of “fake news”? How does it affect each of us? How can we, as consumers and sharers of news, learn to identify potential “fake news” stories? Support your discussion with reliable sources.
4. Define the digital divide, discuss how pervasive it is (include reliable statistics), and list three examples of how it negatively impacts society. Provide two examples of how the digital divide can be closed. Support your discussion with reliable sources.
5. How has Digital Media influenced (or changed) children of this generation? How are their lives different than ours? Include a historical (before and after the digital media) and global perspective (include discussion of the US and at least two additional countries). Include whether the change has been positive, negative, or both. Support your discussion with reliable sources.
6. How has Digital Media influenced (or changed) the field of e-commerce? Include a historical (before and after the digital media) and global perspective (include discussion of the US and at least two additional countries). Support your discussion with reliable sources.
7. How has Digital Media influenced (or changed) the culture? Include a historical (before and after the digital media) and global perspective (include discussion of the US and at least two additional countries). Include whether the change has been positive, negative, or both. Support your discussion with reliable data. Support your discussion with reliable sources.
8. Discuss how social media is used in Presidential Elections in terms of communicating with voters, fundraising, and campaign organizing. Discuss how databases of political information can be used to help voters make decisions on candidates and issues. Support your discussion with reliable sources.
Part 2.
Current Trends and Projects in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity.
• The authors of the National Security Strategy (NSS) https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/dam/course-content/tus/cmit/cmit-495/document/NationalSecurityStrategy-2017.pdf?ou=625403. xare looking to address particular technologies that have the opportunity to revolutionize cybersecurity. They believe that blockchain technology is a revolutionary technology that has the ability to significantly improve cybersecurity.
o What would be your recommendation for how the NSS should incorporate this technology to the public?
o Propose exactly what you believe should be written in the NSS. Specifically, explain the blockchain technology in layman’s terms to nontechnical people that may be reading the NSS, give examples of how it could be used to provide revolutionary cybersecurity, include examples of how it is being used to provide cybersecurity solutions, and discuss what, if any policies or laws should be established to mandate its use in specific industries.
• Ethical issues are at the core of what we do as cybersecurity professionals. Think of the example of a cyber defender working in a hospital. They are charged with securing the network, medical devices, and protecting sensitive personal health information from unauthorized disclosure. They are not only protecting patient privacy but their health and perhaps even their lives. Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability – the C-I-A triad – and many other cybersecurity practices are increasingly at play in protecting citizens in all walks of life and in all sectors. Thus, acting in an ethical manner, is one of the hallmarks of a cybersecurity professional.
o What are the ethically significant harms that may result from mass surveillance (including by government and corporations)?
o What are the ethically significant harms that may result from emerging technologies such as blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
