Social Implications

Full notes coming soon — here's what the syllabus covers for now:

• Social issues applicable to term 1 content such as licence agreements (including creative commons), piracy, copyright, copyleft
• What are social, ethical and legal issues pertaining to ICT s?
• Economic reasons for using computers: saving paper, labour, communication costs, efficiency, accuracy and reliability
• Digital divide
• What is the digital divide?
• What are digitally enabled citizens?
• Reasons for the digital divide
• Social issues applicable to term 2 content such as ergonomics, green computing issues, health issues
• Global e-communication, i.e. accuracy, time, distance, communication costs, speed
• Social issues applicable to term 3 content such as:
• E-mail threats and issues: viruses, hoaxes, spam, phising, e-mail spoofing and pharming
• Safe email and Internet use: dangers and tips to ensure safe use