BSC203 Introduction to ICT Research Methods

Format guidelines • Give your literature review a title that clearly reflects the content of your review. • Include an Introduction section that states the purpose of the review and a Conclusion section. Include other sub-sections to help structure your work. • Use a professional looking font and a font size of 11 or 12 point. • Your review should be approximately . • Include appropriate citations throughout the review and a list of references at the end. Referencing should be in either APA or IEEE style  • Your review should include a minimum of 10 sources of information. To do To successfully complete the assignment, you must begin searching for relevant literature immediately. The skills you obtained in your Transition or Foundation unit and have practised in tutorials for BSC203 will be invaluable. Find at least 10 articles related to your chosen topic. To qualify as a source of information that you can use for the assignment, these main articles must report results of research studies (i.e. not just authors’ opinions). Each article must also: • Have been published in a refereed journal or conference proceedings (though you may obtain the article through an online source) • Have an extensive references section. In addition you may choose to supplement these articles with a few articles from other sources or that do not present the authors’ own results. After reading each article, you should think about how they all fit together. Your review should be organised by concepts, such as findings, rather than by sources of information. Do not proceed through the articles one-by-one. Your literature review should include an introduction, a main body that reviews the literature (and which you should subdivide further), and a conclusion. The Topic 3 lecture slides and Chapter 6 of the textbook will be useful to you in writing the literature review. You might also find the following resource from RMIT useful:  A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic (in journal articles, conference proceedings, books and other relevant sources) by recognised researchers. Understanding the prior research on a particular topic is the basis of most new research. Researchers must know what has been studied, discussed and recommended by others in related areas. In this assignment you will review the published literature on one of the following topics and write a literature review that synthesizes what you have found into a summary of what is, and is not, known on the topic. You should use the topic as a starting point and choose a focussed subset of the topic. For example, if you choose user security behaviour as your broad area, you could focus on a particular type of threat such as phishing, or you could focus on organisational security behaviour. • Internet of Things (IoT) privacy and security issues – The IoT allows devices with unique addressing schemes to share data with one another and has applications in a wide range of areas including transport, healthcare, manufacturing and home automation. Many of these devices are used for consumer applications (e.g., domestic appliances, smartphones, and fitness devices), and despite the proposed benefits, privacy and security issues have been raised as they collect information constantly. Marking Rubics Structure • Does the introduction describe the purpose of the literature review? • Does the body present information in an organised and logical manner? • Is there an effective conclusion that summarises the main points discussed? Content and Research: • Does the title reflect the contents of the literature review? • Is there evidence of adequate understanding of the literature included? • Is the organisation/grouping of the literature effective with the main points clearly related to the purpose of the review? • Are the main points supported by evidence (are not just your opinions)? • Is the material well synthesised? Use of Sources • Are at least 10 references cited? • Are mainly academic sources (e.g. journal articles and conference papers) used? • Is it correctly referenced in APA or IEEE style (‘in-text’ referencing and reference list)? • Is it in your own words? Presentation • Fluent (correct grammar, spell-checked and correctly punctuated)? • Correctly structured (paragraphing, topic sentences and flow of ideas)? • Have section headings been used to help structure the main text?