2.8 factors affecting the use of ict
- 1. 2.8 Factors affecting the use of ICT
- 3. Cultural Economic Environmental Ethical Legal Social Go to this Linoit page and add issues related to the appropriate factors ◦ goo.gl/YYL8L
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. Impacts most organisations Requires procedures to be followed Will have a financial impact on organisations ◦ Security ◦ Managing ◦ Failure to manage ◦ Training
- 9. 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