Your task is to discuss a current situation in the Online Entertainment Management domain. In particular, you are required to “Explore the rise of online and mobile payment platforms and their implication for online entertainment services”.
You should write an Academic Report of 1500-2000 words, excluding references, appendices, and abstract. Your approach should be analytical and critical, contrasting different ideas, criticising others’ perspectives, and elaborating your arguments with substantial information from relevant sources.
This report is to be conducted using only secondary data. Students are supposed to use academic and industry sources, including legitimate online sources. Be careful of checking whether a source is legitimate and whether a piece of information is correct (check twice in different sources). Please note you will need to provide your sources for the analysis within this piece of work, according to Westminster Harvard referencing style.
See below some examples of online payment platforms, as well as links to news items and official advice with regard to challenges the industry and consumers are faced with:
PayPal: www.paypal.com
Worldpay: www.worldpay.com
Apple Pay: www.apple.com/uk/apple-pay/
Android Pay: www.android.com/intl/en_uk/pay/
NB: The list of online payment platforms is not exhaustive and you may use other examples.
Get Safe Online: https://goo.gl/r5ar9M
Citizens Advice Bureau: https://goo.gl/L3zrm1
The Guardian (article): https://goo.gl/r8uI9a
Banking Technology (article): https://goo.gl/xce95c
Confederation of British Industry (white paper): https://goo.gl/Prnyya
The lectures and seminars will also cover many aspects that you need to be able to relate to your work.
