INFO 22.8 Factors affecting the use of ICT

Specification

Cultural Economic Environmental Ethical Legal Social

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Factors

ICT influences the way we interact

Some jobs now lack personal contact that employment used to offer (e.g. ATM’s, Teleworking)

On the other online communities have allowed for new friendships to develop

Cultural material has changed◦ Music, artwork, pictures, video are now available on mass (youtube, myspace)◦ Worldwide audience now for atists to express and promote themselves◦ Celebrities and political figures can now express themselves directly to the

public (no middle media) through blogging (wordpress), micro-blogging (Twitter) and social networks (Facebook)

Social networking, blogging and micro-blogging has had a huge impact on

Cultural topics to discuss

How do companies benefit (financially) from the use of ICT?◦ Increased productivity◦ Global market (on-line presence)◦ Reduced costs

ICT can provide competitive advantage to companies but also hinder those less fortunate…..discuss.

Digital Divide, those that can afford ICT and those that can’t

Economic topics to discuss

Green computing what’s it all about?◦ Designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of hardware

effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment.◦ Designing and using software also (http://www.blackle.com/)

Effects of Teleworking◦ http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home

The 3 R’s◦ Reduce (paper, ink and other consumables)◦ Reuse (donate hardware rather than dispose)◦ Recycle

Environmental topics to discuss

Ethics in business◦ Wasting of company time◦ Auditing of staff internet usage

Ethics in Education◦ Teachers adding students or parents as friends on social network

sites◦ Computer access for those that can afford (digital divide) does this

give those students an advantage over others

Ethics in Society◦ ‘internet is unregulated’ good or bad?

Should sites be policed? If so by whom? Who should have the power of censorship?

◦ Laws are different in different countries

Ethical topics to discuss

Impacts most organisations

Requires procedures to be followed

Will have a financial impact on organisations◦ Security◦ Managing◦ Failure to manage◦ Training

Legal topics to discuss

Teleworking◦ Family workers◦ Isolation◦ http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home

Employment◦ Potentially less jobs available◦ Shift in skills required in the work place

Leisure◦ New online leisure activities e.g. gaming

Communication◦ New means◦ Smaller world◦ Improved speed of◦ Collaboration

Consequences◦ Recluse◦ Interpersonal skills◦ Over dependence◦ Addiction◦ Overload of information

Reliability

Social

Past Paper Questions

Past Paper Questions

Past Paper Questions

Past Paper Questions

Past Paper Questions (unit 2.8 & 2.9)