Written essay assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate the written communications skills that are expected of all VBS graduates, including the use of academic journal articles in argument development and the use of the APA bibliographic convention.
You are required to select one of the following as your essay topic (please include the topic on your Title page):
• Cyber-bullying in New Zealand - an ethical analysis of the misuse of mobile devices
• How information and communications technology mediates the global economy
The literature review is an academic device intended to identify the boundaries of contemporary knowledge based on what has been published in the available literature. It forms the basis of most assignments that you have submitted in most of the courses in your degree. Your literature review will identify what has been published, and therefore what we know about your chosen topic. You should argue what we can deduce logically from what is known. Part of the intention is for you to identify any gaps in our knowledge and ways in which one might investigate those gaps and enhance our knowledge and understanding.
Word limit:approx. 3000 words (excluding references).