IGNOU MJM-28 Digital Media - Latest Solved Assignment

1. Explain the following terms :

a. Virtual Communities
b. Actor-Network Theory

2. What do you understand by the terms – Disinformation, Misinformation and Mal-information? Explain these terms with suitable examples. Try to give real examples that you have seen recently.

3. Discuss some social media etiquettes that users should follow while operating on social media.

4. Select the web portals of any two universities of India of your choice. Compare the services provided by these two selected web portals. (Attach screenshots of your chosen web portals).

5. Write short notes on any two of the following:

a. Online Activism
b. Citizen Journalism
c. ICT Enabled Education
d. Models of E-Governance

1. Identify an online community (as defined in Unit 1 of MJM028) that was active for more than one year. Observe this particular community through the messages posted in it for any three consecutive months. Your observations should be based on the following parameters (attach three screenshots):
o Nature of discussion or topic
o Moderation level
o Level of engagements diverse set of numbers
o Efforts by the community members to regulate its affairs/date-to-day activities

2. Follow a recent hashtag-based conversation on Twitter / other similar platforms. Apply the ‘online Disinhibition Effect’ theory to your chosen hashtag. Interpret the communication transactions in this hashtag as per the parameters given in the ODE theory (attach two sample screenshots of chosen hashtag conversation).

3. Contact any five children or young adults of your choice and discuss with them the social skills and cultural competencies of their online behaviour prescribed by Jenkins et. al (2009). Write your observation in a report format. Include the socio-demographic details of your respondents.

4. Find two news websites – one website should be from a mainstream news portal level and the second one is from an independent media platform. Compare and contrast the news coverage done by these two different natures of websites. Give news report links from these websites in your report. Attach screenshots of your chosen two websites.

5. Select two government web portals – one is from India and another one is from any country of your choice. Compare the services provided by the e-governance-based portals of your choice. (Attach screenshots of your chosen web portals)

1. निम्नलिखित शब्दों की व्याख्या करें: (प्रत्येक 300 शब्द)

क. आभासी समुदाय
ख. एक्टर नेटवर्क सिद्धांत

2. डिसइन्फॉर्मेशन, मिसइन्फॉर्मेशन एवं माल – इन्फॉर्मेशन इन शब्दों से आप क्या समझते हैं ? इन शब्दों को उपयुक्त उदाहरणों सहित समझाइये। वास्तविक उदाहरण देने का प्रयास करें जो आपने हाल में देखा है।

3. कुछ सोशल मीडिया शिष्टाचारों पर चर्चा करें जिनका सोशल मीडिया पर संचालन करते समय पालन करना चाहिए।

4. अपनी पसंद के भारत के किन्हीं दो विश्वविद्यालयों के वेब पोर्टल का चयन करें। इन दो चयनित वेब पोर्टलों द्वारा प्रदान की गई सेवाओं की तुलना करें। (अपने चुने हुए वेब पोर्टल के स्क्रीनशॉट संलग्न करें) |

5. निम्नलिखित में से किन्हीं दो पर संक्षिप्त टिप्पणियाँ लिखें: (प्रत्येक 300 शब्द)

क. ऑनलाइन ऐक्टिविज़म
ख. नागरिक पत्रकारिता
ग. आईसीटी सक्षम शिक्षा
घ. ई-गवर्नेस के मॉडल