Discuss how the convergence of Fintech, social media and traditional financial markets have shifted the dynamics of retail investing, utilising – where relevant – concepts discussed in the module including (but not limited to) key objects of exchange, agents/actors, ties, and structures of relations between agents, the assembling of trades and the use of distributed cognition.

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QUESTIONS Assignment Questions
Using the above case study links above, along with what you find out from your further reading
and research on the topic, and focusing on the literature discussed in the module,
Answer BOTH questions below.

Answer each question separately as a stand-alone mini essay. use HAVARD REFRENCING STYLE

Question 1(1350 words). Discuss how the convergence of Fintech, social media and traditional financial
markets have shifted the dynamics of retail investing, utilising – where relevant
– concepts discussed in the module including (but not limited to) key objects
of exchange, agents/actors, ties, and structures of relations between agents,
the assembling of trades and the use of distributed cognition.

Important: research these key terms: key objects of exchange, agents/actors, ties, and structures of relations between agents, the assembling of trades and the use of distributed cognition.

In case you don’t know already so that what you write makes sense.

Also fintech refers to the following: Financial technology (Fintech) is used to describe new tech that seeks to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services.

At its core, fintech is utilized to help companies, business owners and consumers better manage their financial operations, processes, and lives by utilizing specialized software and algorithms that are used on computers and, increasingly, smartphones. Fintech, the word, is a combination of “financial technology”.

[50 marks]

Question 2 (1400 words). Within the first US congressional hearing relating to the GameStop