Assessment task 2: In-Class Discussion and Report

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.