Assignment: Final Project: Mitigation Plan, Part 1

In 2015, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported nearly 300,000 complaints of fraud, identity theft, cyber-bullying, harassment, and extortion, among others (Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2015). This is a startling number, especially considering that the IC3 only handles incidents from digital technology. The list of potential topics for mitigation is extensive.

This week, you will develop Part 1 of your Final Project: Mitigation Plan by selecting a topic for mitigation and find at least two scholarly articles related to your topic. You will determine a developmental age group and any relevant diversity factors.

To Prepare for this Final Project Part 1 Assignment:

• Select a topic for mitigation. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):

o Cyberbullying

o Obesity

o Identify theft/Phishing

o Digital divide

o Trolling/Baiting/Flaming

o Cyber victimization

o Physical or developmental disability limitations

• Identify the developmental age group that can be affected by the topic you chose

• Identify any diversity factors (e.g., gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) relevant to the topic and developmental age you will be discussing

• Search the Internet and the Walden Library for at least two scholarly articles related to the topic you chose for mitigation

For this Final Project: Mitigation Plan, Part 1 Assignment:

Write a 1-page paper (not including references) in which you:

• Describe the topic you selected for mitigation and explain why you selected this topic

• Define the problem relative to a particular developmental age group, culture, and/or gender and explain why you selected this this group and how the digital technology you chose relates to the problem

• Explain briefly the developmental and psychological risks associated with failure to address the problem.