task guidance slides

1. Research & presentation task
Media in the Online Age

2. Research & presentation task
• In small groups you will carry out research and create a
presentation to show your findings to the rest of the
class.
• Each group will be looking into a different media
company or web service, e.g.:
– Google (other than YouTube)
– YouTube
– Facebook
– Twitter
– Wikipedia

3. Research & presentation task
• The aim is to have an overview of developments in the
history of that company/web service.
• Make sure you include examples from over the years – e.g:
– what did the website look like and what did it enable you to do
at various points in it’s history?
– What have been the key changes/developments? Also include
other companies they have taken over as part of this.
– How many users did they have/do they have now?
– How much is it worth?
• You may find https://web.archive.org useful.