​​​ ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS For this assessment, you must write a 1,500 word essay addressing one of the questions below, which pertain to the subject matter from Week 4 to 12 (excluding the Week 5 Public Holidays and the Week 8 Research Week). Your essay should have your name and student number as a header, reproduce the essay question at the top of the first page, and have an Introduction, Main Argument, Conclusion and References. You must include a minimum of six academic references – these MUST be cited in the text using the Harvard Style of referencing (NO FOOTNOTES). 'Academic' references include peer-reviewed journal articles, books, or book chapters. You may count a maximum of one non-academic report (government, NGO, private sector) towards your six references, but news articles, general websites, and Wikipedia do NOT count as academic references. ESSAY QUESTIONS: Please answer ONE of the following questions: 1. Can interactions on social media sites such as Facebook substitute for time spent with friends, family, workplace and other social networks in real life? 2. Do global forces or urban residents shape cities? Which residents? 3. Is crime really getting worse in Australia, or is it a figment of excessive surveillance, moral panic, and the media? 4. How much do changes in the structure of families in Australia reflect changing attitudes to gender roles and sexuality? 5. Will increasing migration change the ethnic and cultural mix in Australia for better or worse? Discuss. 6. Is society dividing into classes of rich and poor? Discuss with regard to global development and inequality, or with regard to the role of consumption in this change 7. What are the consequences of population ageing for the a