Academic Writing

select one of these: Write a 2500 word essay in response to ONE (1) of the following topics. At least twelve (12) academic sources must be used and referenced in your essay. 1. Explain and critically analyse Ritzer’s (2011: 144) observation that: “Since the mass media tend to produce and/or to disseminate hegemonic discourses, it is those on the margin who are the major source of counter-hegemonic discourse throughout the world.” 2. Critically analyse the implications of Wikileaks for the dominance of global mainstream mass media organisations. 3. ‘The revolution will not be tweeted’ is a contemporary wordplay on the 1960s protest slogan ‘the revolution will not be televised.’ The new slogan was popularised during the recent Arab Spring uprisings (Tunisian, Egyptian, Libyan and Syran ‘revolutions’) and the rise of Global Occupy movement. Is the rise of social/new media and citizen journalism a reaction to problems around transparency, equity and democracy in traditional global media and journalism? The following article may be of assistance with this question: Lotan, G, Graeff, E, Ananny, M, Gaffney, D, Pearce, I and Boyd, D (2011) The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. International Journal of Communication 5: 1375-1405