COM3705 Assignment 3 (Portfolio) Semester 2 MEMO | Due 30 October 2026

Description

COM3705 Assignment 3 (Portfolio) Semester 2 MEMO | Due 30 October 2026. All questions fully answered. Netflix’s own public communications frame this involvement as a story of partnership and creative opportunity: “supporting diversity in both forms and formats,” in the words of one of its own promotional statements, and “uncovering unique perspectives and diverse stories” for a global audience. Critics and industry commentators read the same evidence differently — as evidence of a platform that can extend guaranteed, dollar-denominated investment into African production one year, and withdraw it just as unilaterally the next, once its own return-on-investment calculations change.
QUESTIONS
1 Introduction (5 marks)
Write an academic introduction that contextualises Netflix’s engagement with African content within international communication scholarship, and provides a brief roadmap of the argument your answer will develop. Your introduction should also name the theoretical perspective(s) your answer will primarily draw on.