COMU7000 Assessment task Essay: A Critique of Participatory Communications
Type: Essay
Learning Objectives Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4
Due Date: 20 May 24 16:00 Submit via TurnItIn through Blackboard
Weight: 45%
Word limit: 2500 words
Task Description:
Critically discuss the statement that the 'theory and practice of participatory communication has become the Dominant Paradigm'. Refer to the theory and practice undergirding participatory communications, the mainstreaming of participatory communications and its consequences, the key drivers that are needed to enable sustainable participatory communications within the larger context of globalisation and social change. Use examples of participatory communication from the contexts that you are most familiar with.
This assessment task evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students are advised that the use of AI technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
COMU7000 Marking Criteria Essay 2 - The Theory of Participatory Communications
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Clear Understanding of the Participation Paradigm, its Possibilities & Limitations (15 marks)
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What are some of the key drivers needed to sustain the practices of participatory communications (15 marks)
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What evidence is there to suggest that participatory communications has become the Dominant Paradigm (8 marks)
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Presentation of well founded, critical, personal interpretations (4 marks)
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Legibility: Clarity and Academic writing (3 marks)
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