ICT in a Global Society Gaming Social Networking Cloud Computing AI and robotics Ecommerce ICT Ethical Dilemmas

ICT is good, but... There are a lot of issues that arise with the most popular uses for ICT today. ICT is used mostly for:  Gaming  Social networking  Cloud computing  Robotics  Ecommerce

Think about Social issues Impacts on our daily lives Ethical Issues Impact is responsible for ‘harm’ on another stakeholder (eg privacy of data) Legal Issues Conflicts with law (eg copyright) Environmental Issues Conflict between environment we live in and natural environment....that arise from these 5 areas

Computer Gaming Index

Gaming Addiction Crave computer time

Gaming Addiction Overjoyed only when at the computer

Gaming Addiction Unable to stop a computer activity

Gaming Addiction Irritable when not at the computer Everything else is annoying and boring...

Gaming Addiction Neglect family and friends

Gaming Addiction Problems at school …. Or work!

Unsuitable Games What’s an unsuitable game? Games that are of concern. Generally have either one or a combination of excessive: Violence Racism Sexism Unacceptable acts that would be wrong in real life.

Unsuitable to Impressionable People Impressionable people are generally young people. There is also a minority of adults and teens. Shooters MMORPGs – Massively multiplayer online role-playing game “What? You mean you have RL friends?.... Nice.”

Discussion - Responsibility Designers should build appropriate games Marketers should monitor the distribution of games to appropriate audiences Parents should monitor what’s played Children should be educated about gaming Authorities need to take action over moral and ethical issues associated with gaming Gamers need to know themselves

Social Networking Index

Web 2.0 Tech Applications that allow for collaborative interactions between users: it focuses on the ‘social approaches to generating and distributing Web content’

Social Networking Technology Wikis – a site that allows easy creation and editing of interlinking pages. Blogs – part of a website, written by the person who runs the blog. Generally a commentary or diary. Mashup – a web app or page that is a combination of separate parts. Info is supplied by an external site. Folksonomies – allow users to interact with others by tagging and categorising content, especially photos

Benefits of social networking ???

Social Networking Issues Addiction

Social Networking Issues Predators

Social Networking Issues Privacy

Social Networking Issues Cyber Bullying

Social Networking Issues © Copyright Issues

Social Networking Issues Security of information

How to avoid problems with social networking 1.Be sceptical about people 2.Be careful of the info you give out 3.Report suspicious behaviour 4.Inform people who are vulnerable 5.Watch your privacy settings 6.Be aware of copyright infringements 7.Use an Alias that only some know about

Cloud Computing Index

What’s the cloud? The Internet A cloud is used to represent the internet in network diagrams.

Cloud Computing Services 3 basic types Virtual IT Using a cloud company’s servers as virtual storage Software Development Use of software development tools, facilities and services to create custom apps that will then run on the cloud company’s servers Software use Sell licenses for their software to be used remotely

Examples of Cloud computing Google Docs – create, edit docs online Skype – phone calls QuickBooks online – store & edit financial info Online Web based games - Runescape Online Backup – online storage Salesforce – Online financial storage

Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Index

Artificial Intelligence Is the branch of IT that designs robots and computer programs to perform “intelligent” actions similar to those performed by human intelligence.

Applications for AI Expert systems - to give medical advice Neural networks - to discover patterns in business and scientific data Computer games – chess, bots, simulations Speech recognition – to control computers or phone answering systems Handwriting & character recognition – in scanners and PDAs

2 lines of research 1 st Line: Trying to produce results that are similar those produced by humans. Brute force calculations. 2 nd Line: Trying to produce ‘Strong’ AI which is similar to the way humans think. Eventually resulting is self awareness?

Issues with Robots & AI The main issue with AI is Trust in their results Funny enough, the same problem we have with human intelligence...

Could Robots Ever Harm Humans?

Ecommerce Index

Electronic Commerce 3 types of commerce B2B B2C C2C

Ecommerce Business to Business E.g. A manufacturer selling online to a wholesaler.

Ecommerce Business to Customer E.g. Businesses that sells online to customers

Ecommerce Customer to Customer E.g. Customers using the internet to sell to each other.

Advantages Open 24/7 It’s a fast way of getting info Fast way of contacting suppliers/customers Easy to show large amounts of data on the Internet Can reach a large international audience Relatively low cost.

Buying & Payment issues Privacy – you give them your info... Reliability of supplier Authenticity of goods Safe Delivery of goods Value/quality of goods Extra costs – transportation Handling complaints. Refunds, returns, ect

Spam Junk mail related to advertising The consequence of the growth of online shopping 60% of is bulk, advertising junk! The main problem with spam is...

Computer Gaming What’s your take on it? Discuss : the social, ethical, legal and environmental issues. the ICT technology connected with the issues the individuals, organisations and governments involved and their responsibilities. strategies for dealing with the issues. The website “Ethics in Computing’ has a h has a comprehensive set of resources for many issues to do with the use of ICT.

Social Networking (including Web 2.0) What’s your take on it? Discuss : the social, ethical, legal and environmental issues. the ICT technology connected with the issues the individuals, organisations and governments involved and their responsibilities. strategies for dealing with the issues. The website “Ethics in Computing’ has a h has a comprehensive set of resources for many issues to do with the use of ICT.

Cloud Computing What’s your take on it? Discuss : the social, ethical, legal and environmental issues. the ICT technology connected with the issues the individuals, organisations and governments involved and their responsibilities. strategies for dealing with the issues. The website “Ethics in Computing’ has a h has a comprehensive set of resources for many issues to do with the use of ICT.

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence What’s your take on it? Discuss : the social, ethical, legal and environmental issues. the ICT technology connected with the issues the individuals, organisations and governments involved and their responsibilities. strategies for dealing with the issues. The website “Ethics in Computing’ has a h has a comprehensive set of resources for many issues to do with the use of ICT.

E-commerce What’s your take on it? Discuss : the social, ethical, legal and environmental issues. the ICT technology connected with the issues the individuals, organisations and governments involved and their responsibilities. strategies for dealing with the issues. The website “Ethics in Computing’ has a h has a comprehensive set of resources for many issues to do with the use of ICT.

What you Need to do 3-5 Minute Presentation discussing: – the social, ethical, legal and environmental issues. – the ICT technology connected with the issues – the individuals, organisations and governments involved and their responsibilities. – strategies for dealing with the issues. Include a single A4 revision sheet to go with your presentation (NOT just a print out of the slides) Chapter 3 (pgs will help start your research)