HBC209 Media Literacy and Cyber Wellness, Tutor-Marked Assignment 01, Singapore

Assignment Details

The need to improve media literacy and cyber wellness levels in Singapore remains a pressing priority. The following article considers the conduct of such classes in local schools:

Qing, A. (2022, January 18). Cyber wellness lessons for students to draw from real-life scenarios. The Straits Times.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/cyber-wellness-lessons-for-upper-secondary-school-students-to-weave-in-real-life-scenarios

With reference to this article and other related material, consider the following questions:

Questions

1. Discuss the concepts of media literacy and cyber wellness, and how they are interrelated. (20 marks)
2. Identify three components of media literacy and explain how an understanding of media literacy can aid audiences in critically evaluating online content. (30 marks)
3. Explain three ways in which an understanding of anti-scam measures can also aid in the fight against online fake news. For each identified way, identify as well how it reveals the tactics in fake news creation and dissemination. (50 marks)

Student’s Notes

Your TMA will be marked holistically. Note that the marks allocated for each question indicate the relative importance of each question. Please take note of the following when you work on the TMA:

• This assignment requires students to consider the related concepts of media literacy and cyber wellness, including how they overlap and interact.
• In your submission, label each question and the respective response clearly in your TMA submission.
• Apply concepts covered in the course and conduct additional literature review and research to strengthen your response.
• It is important to illustrate your points and arguments with appropriate examples and to structure your discussion and reasoning in a logical, coherent manner.
• Include in-text citations and bibliography properly in the APA format. Using information from electronic or printed materials without proper citations or references amounts to plagiarism.
• Refer to APA guidelines about how to quote or paraphrase information from electronic or printed materials properly. You should provide a response in your own words. Do not copy or paste any information from any source directly, even if citations and references are included.
• Please use proper academic language and structure in your submission.
• The word limit of this TMA is 1,600 words, including in-text citations, but excluding references and appendices. Please provide a word count at the end of your TMA.

Penalties

Please take note of the following penalties:

• Up to 5 marks may be deducted for clear grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors.
• Up to 5% of your final grade will be deducted if your submission exceeds the word limit.

Resources for Writing

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL)
• APA Guide
• Academic Integrity

Plagiarism & Generative AI

• Copying a citation description from the original author or someone else (without putting it in quotation marks, or rewriting it) is considered plagiarism. Attribute all sources properly and consistently, including any AI-generated text (see example below).

• Answers that merely regurgitate or reproduce information from any sources, including generative AI tools, will be significantly marked down. Students should refer to Section 5.2 and Section 3 of the Student Handbook. If there is ample reason to believe that the work is not entirely the student’s own, a viva voce may be held to determine authorship.