ISYS100 – Final Research Paper Weighting: 33% Due Date: THURSDAY 9TH JUNE 2016 (Hard Copy due in the submission boxes on the ground floor of e6a building) Submission must be made before 8.00pm for no late penalty Questions: Questions: Your job is to complete one of the following research questions: (Please remember that you are to only answer one question) 1) The digital divide is a gap many influential bodies are trying to close. How many so called solutions have actually worked and have successfully made permanent positive change in a region. Use supportive evidence in your argument. 2) Now that you have a deeper understanding of society's relationship with IT from ISYS100 what do you think is the biggest issue we need to address when it comes to information technology? Discuss solutions to this issue with supported evidence. 3) The information revolution of the last decade has meant that there are so many more powered devices in our homes and lives. At what cost is this increase to our environment? Furthermore, are there any companies or organisations trying to offset this somehow? 4) Social Networking has been around long enough to consider the positives and negatives that it provides to society. Use recent events to discuss cases from the last 2 years. 5) Google is always trying to "push the envelope" when it comes to gathering information about you and me, explain how this can have a positive and negative effect on society. 6) There have been many instances of internet censorship failing to work. Discuss some of these and the reasons for the failure. 7) We live in a world where the internet plays a pinnacle role in our day to day lives. Discuss how the internet has impacted information privacy. Submission Details: You will need to submit your paper to turnitin before submitting it in the submission boxes in e6a. (NB. It takes 24 hrs in most cases to receive a response from turnitin) Remember your research paper must be your own work. Therefore, your research paper must be submitted to Turnitinvia our ilearn page first then a hard copy. Please note that when submitting your research paper in hard copy you must include the following:  Turnitin% (you can print screen this)  MQ cover sheet with student ID number, tutorial/class etc.  Link available on ilearn to generate the coversheet Any submission not containing a cover sheet and turn it in % will not be considered for marking. You are responsible for assessing its level of plagiarism. Although you can submit the report to Turnitin as many times as you like before the due date, only the final submission will count to Turnitin. Any Turnitin Report with 15%+ plagiarism will be carefully reviewed and marks deducted equivalent to the percentage. Research Guidelines: - Word Length: Approximately 2400 words - 1 ½ spacing. (Paragraphs) - 12 pt font - Single Sided Paper - Verdana - Referencing Style: Harvard or APA is satisfactory. - Please remember that you will need to have at least Four (4) varying references. For example: Journals, WebPages, Newspaper articles and Text books - You will need to include: Reference List and an Appendix. - You must include a coversheet that is available on ilearn No exceptions will be granted. Any late research paper will receive a 10% penalty per business day. Anything later than 4 business days will not be marked.