Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Culture & Technology
- Anonymity
- allows people to point out injustice
and not be revealed as
whistleblowers
- E.g people who know
about terrorist attacks or
rape
- allows people to say socially
unacceptable that may be illegal
in their country
- e.g coming out as homosexual,
speaking out against laws
- people can pretend to be
others and gain information
from you
- e.g hackers pretending to
be automatic bank
concerns
- spammers can send emails to a
lot of people without receiving
complaints
- The government can track all
your internet usage so your
privacy is not protected
- Social Media
- can interact with people across the world
- can share information with others for work
- government can release updates on policies or
concerns to everyone
- can track missing people or criminals
- can find information about possible
students/employees/friends
- False information and news can be spread
easily
- can negatively impact by distracting
people from work or chores
- can make people isolated by spending
too much time on it
- Health
- doctors can keep up to date with medical journals
- scanning equipment and new technologies can be
produced to help remove diseases or help them
- modelling techniques and programs can predict many things
- can 're-wire' the brrain to become
addicted
- reduces attention span
- increases need for instant gratification
- increases chances of phisical ailments
- stress
- back pain
- headaches
- eye-strain
- Journalism
- anyone can speak their mind or report events via blogs
- difficult to compete with free alternative media so newspapers
have to increase the quality
- lower production costs as everything is on a screen
- higher response to current events as it is easy to learn
about what happens each day in the world
- isn't limited by the corporation, more individual opinion
- Viral Videos
- Memes
- draws attention from many people
- people can become celebrities
overnight but not for long
- issues touched upon can encourage
discussion in political spheres
- advertising companies try to
advertise products for free
- politicians' image can be
negatively or positively
changed