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CS5038 The Electronic SocietyLecture 0: Introduction to CS5038Course Organiser: Frank Guerin
E-mail: [email protected]
Course Website: www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~fguerin/teaching/CS5038
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Outline of Course Topics1. e-Business Models, impact on organisations, digital economy
2. Retailing; Serving the Customer: consumer behaviour, personalisation, market research
3. Online Advertising; B2B models and services: marketplaces, exchanges
4. Online Auctions, e-Business strategy
5. Legal and Ethical issues, Intellectual Property
6. e-Health, e-Science, e-learning, Other services
7. Security, Crime
8. Communities, Online Gaming
9. Further Legal Issues; Computer misuse, Liability for Software Failure
10. e-Government, e-Voting
11. Impacts of the Internet on Society, Globalisation, Digital Divide
12. Mobile and Ubiquitous computing, future trends
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Text Books
http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~fguerin/teaching/CS5038/information/
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Course Components
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Exam in January – 75% of mark*closed book*
Teaching
Assessment
Lectures
MCQs & TF
Practicals / Tutorials
Seminars
Literature Survey - due 14th December 4pm
Work as groups (2-3-4)
One overview article + oral presentation (groupwork) -> 10%
Two individual articles (approx 2000 words each) -> 15%
Total: 25% of mark
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Introduction: What is eSociety About?
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Introduction: What is eSociety About?
Electronic
TechnologyHuman
Society
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Some definitions…
• Technology: the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
• Technology: a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment
• Society: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
• Society: a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by common interests and may have distinctive culture and institutions.
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Development of farming
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Settlement
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Settlement
They interact and feed each other – technological and social development
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Development of money
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Specialisation
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Specialisation
Some unexpected, like traders
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Development
of Writing
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Technological and social developments through the ages…
Specialist knowledge
Mathematics
Scribes
Education
Classes
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So technology is the motor for major social changes
Now technological change is so fast and profound interesting times for society
We are only at the beginning of this social change
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phone
screens
fast data transmission and processing
large databases
search
Encryption
Specific technologies were necessary for specific sectors
Sometimes one is driving the other
Much has been discovered very recently
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Freedom of information
Censorship
Freedom of speech
Blogging
Technology provides a new opportunity + society makes use of it (in unforeseen ways)
=Society changes
Society has a new need
Technology fills the gap
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Music
Movies
TV
Web 2.0
Again…
Technology provides a new opportunity + society makes use of it (in unforeseen ways)
=Society changes
Society has a new need
Technology fills the gap
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Why study eSociety?
Learn about effects on societyLearn about new/old needs of societyLearn about non technical challenges
Looking at the big picture maybe you can see the patternhelps you predict
how technology will changehow society will change
business opportunity (Google, eBay, Amazon, Youtube)social engineering opportunity