For your term project, you will conduct an intervention on a mobile platform of your choosing. This is a little different than your typical research paper, because the goal of this project is to directly engage with public discourse concerned with a specific issue on a particular mobile platform.
You have a lot of freedom in terms of being creative in the design of your intervention. What your intervention looks like is up to you, but it should in some way destabilize, challenge, or engage with your chosen platform in some way. This is the hands-on component of your project, which you will then reflect on in your final paper.
Consider: What issues can you identify within this platform? What would you do to improve this platform?
Your term project should be related to at least one of the themes explored in the course. When deciding on a project, things to consider include the design of mobile platforms, trending audio/behaviours, privacy and surveillance, algorithmic bias, and mobile activism.
Platforms you may choose to engage with include:
TikTok
Clubhouse
Instagram
WhatsApp
Facebook
Twitter
For your project proposal, please answer the following questions:
What is the mobile platform you have chosen and why?
What issue(s) do you plan to intervene with?
What is your hypothesis? (I.e. How do you anticipate that your project will impact this issue? What behaviours or changes could your intervention inspire?)
What theoretical frameworks and concepts from the course do you intend to use to guide your engagement?
List at least three peer-reviewed academic sources; you will need five for your final paper. A limit of 2 sources from the course can be used as part of this requirement.
How do you plan to document your intervention? (For example, will you take a screen recording or screen shots? Will you aggregate your content under a specific hashtag?)
Are there any other ethical concerns you need to consider before conducting your intervention? (
Do you have any questions or concerns before you conduct your intervention that you would like to identify at this stage?
please include atleast 2 of the sources i have attached