Assignment: Final Project: Mitigation Plan, Part 1
In 2015, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported nearly 300,000 complaints of fraud, identity theft, cyber-bullying, harassment, and extortion, among others (Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2015). This is a startling number, especially considering that the IC3 only handles incidents from digital technology. The list of potential topics for mitigation is extensive.
This week, you will develop Part 1 of your Final Project: Mitigation Plan by selecting a topic for mitigation and find at least two scholarly articles related to your topic. You will determine a developmental age group and any relevant diversity factors.
To Prepare for this Final Project Part 1 Assignment:
• Select a topic for mitigation. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
o Cyberbullying
o Obesity
o Identify theft/Phishing
o Digital divide
o Trolling/Baiting/Flaming
o Cyber victimization
o Physical or developmental disability limitations
• Identify the developmental age group that can be affected by the topic you chose
• Identify any diversity factors (e.g., gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) relevant to the topic and developmental age you will be discussing
• Search the Internet and the Walden Library for at least two scholarly articles related to the topic you chose for mitigation
For this Final Project: Mitigation Plan, Part 1 Assignment:
Write a 1-page paper (not including references) in which you:
• Describe the topic you selected for mitigation and explain why you selected this topic
• Define the problem relative to a particular developmental age group, culture, and/or gender and explain why you selected this this group and how the digital technology you chose relates to the problem
• Explain briefly the developmental and psychological risks associated with failure to address the problem.