MDIA3092 - Media in the Asia Pacific Assessment 3:

Research Paper

Weighting: 45%

Length: 2,500 words (+/-10%; excluding references)

Due Monday, November 18th 2024 by 9:00am

Submit to Turnitin via MDIA3092 Moodle

Late Penalties will apply as per the normal School

Rules (5% deduction per 24 hours late (starting from

9am on the due date); you can submit up to 5 days (24- hour periods) late

Task Description

Using the intellectual and research strategies outlined by the concept ‘Asia as method’

develop and compose a research paper to answer one of the questions listed below.

These questions were discussed in the course from weeks 3-9.

Research Questions will appear here at the start

Of Week 5, 7th October 2024 at 9am

Your research paper should be focused on a case study of media relevant to your

selected question. In answering the question, you MUST apply the concepts and

techniques of ‘Asia as method’ and Inter-Asian referencing to critically analyze and ‘de- Westernize’ our understanding of media from the Asia-Pacific region. Your research

should explore the theories and concepts discussed in the classes and readings from this

course during the week that you selected. Additionally, you must research and utilize

other relevant academic literature to critically analyze the trends and issues involved with

your topic and support your arguments. Make sure you connect to the issues we identified

as being important for this topic in this course!

Assessment Criteria:

o Demonstrate a deep understanding of the core arguments and concepts from

lectures and readings from the course

o Demonstrate an ability to apply academic theory and concepts in the critical

analysis of a specific example of media from the Asia-Pacific

o Be able to express your ideas clearly in writing in a manner that engages the

reader and presents a rigorous argument in your response to the selected

research question

o Be able to reference your ideas using the UNSW Harvard in-text referencing

style (https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/harvard-referencing)

Submission of Assessment Tasks

All written assignments need to be submitted to Turnitin on the course Moodle site.

You must submit written work in 12-point font, double spaced and paginated. Do keep

an electronic and hard copy for yourself.

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submit will be what gets marked. This means you are responsible for checking it. Prior

to the due date and time passing (even if you are not ready to submit) you should clear

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be able to change your late submission once the due time passes.

As you are submitting your assignment you should read the popup screen that

displays what you are submitting to ensure you are submitting the correct file. After the

digital receipt arrives you should open it to check what you have submitted again. If

you are rushing around and writing and submitting right up until the deadline you

should probably go back into the Moodle turnitin submission box to open your paper

and check it again for a third time (even though it is now 12am!). You are responsible

for submitting the correct file and all relevant late penalties will apply.

You should also be aware that when you submit a UNSW course assignment

online, through a facility such as Turnitin, you are automatically acknowledging

that you have understood and abided by the University requirements in respect

of student academic misconduct outlined in the Student Code Policy and Student

Misconduct Procedures, both of which are available at

https://student.unsw.edu.au/conduct

You are declaring that the assessment is your own work, except where acknowledged,

and has not been submitted for academic credit previously in whole or in part. In

addition, you are declaring that the assessor of this item may, for assessment

purposes:

• Provide a copy to another staff member of the University

• Communicate a copy of this assessment item to a plagiarism checking service (such

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the purpose of future plagiarism checking.

Please be aware that the unauthorized and unacknowledged use of artificial

intelligence is a form of academic misconduct and could lead to academic penalties

that result in a zero on this assignment and failure in the course. For this task, you

are only permitted to use AI for light editing and translation.

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