To what extent has a lack of diversity influenced the development of the internet? How does this lack of diversity harm societies and individuals?

In this assignment, you will consider a current issue, an industry or a policy relating to the Internet, and discussed in this unit, from the perspective of the “Three I”s” of ideas, interests and institutions.

Using theoretical concepts from your readings and independent research, you will consider this issue with reference to:

Dominant ideas relating to the issue. How have they been shaped socially and historically? Are these ideas contested and/or did they differ between nations, cultures or social groups?
Dominant interests in the area. Are there major companies involved in this area? Are there issues about how they operate? Are there competing business or other interests (e.g. trade unions, environmental groups, activist groups)? Are the technologies disruptive of an existing industry?
Major governing institutions in the field. Are there government agencies with oversight in this area? Do companies have their own regulatory agencies? How accountable or transparent are the decisions that these groups make?
You will also produce an infographic (a flowchart or other diagram) that identifies and maps the relationship between ideas, interests and institutions to develop a stakeholder map around this issue, industry or policy.

You will provide a bibliography of all referenced works and should include at least 10 academic bibliographic references. You should use the APA referencing style.

Marking criteria:

This assignment should demonstrate:

a critical understanding of the history, politics, economics and cultures of the internet and internetworked technologies. 25 marks
capacity for independent academic research, analysis and critique. 25 marks
clarity and accuracy of argument. 25 marks
explanatory power of accompanying infographic. 15 marks
appropriate presentation (meets word count; accurate citation and referencing; correct spelling, punctuation and grammar). 10 marks
Submit your essay as a Word document copy via the Assessment 3 assessment link on Canvas. If any plagiarised or ghost-written material is detected you will receive no marks for this task.

To create the infographic, there are many free infographic software sites accessible online, or you may wish to get a licence to use CanvaLinks （https://www.canva.com/zh_cn/）to an external site., which is one of the most widely used program suites in industry.  Other useful programs – which have limited free versions, are VismeLinks（https://www.visme.co/） to an external site. and VenngageLinks （https://venngage.com/）to an external site.

Other points to note:

The word limit for the essay is 2000 words +/- 10%. This includes references but does not include the infographic.
The infographic should be one page.
Both the essay and the infographic should be submitted as a single PDF file. This involves saving both documents as PDFs, and combining them into a single document.
The infographic should be an Appendix to the essay, coming after the references.
This assignment is not to be submitted onto the WordPress blog. It is to be uploaded to Canvas only.
Two files of reading in the file box should be used for this essay and two screen shot are for citing two readings, in addition to these two other eight readings are required as literature
This article is best expressed in simple and understandable text to match my past assignment.