1. Lesson Objectives Aims You should be able to:
Investigate and discuss the cultural impact of technology on society
Investigate and discuss the impact technology has had on privacy

2. Cultural impact
1940’s – best tech – the radio. Families spending time together, socialising in person

3. 1960’s – Bit of TV, not on all the time, still socialising in person…

4. 1980’s – computers. Amazing, magical things
1980’s – computers! Amazing, magical things. People continue to socialise in person, kids get a bit more anti social if they’re rich and can afford a walkman

5. 1990’s – Gaming!! Terrible jumpers, but kids are still in the same room, still being sociable!

6. Now – Ignore each other!! Message the person next to you on social media!

7. Ok, so it’s a flippant example, but technology has changed us culturally in huge ways
Sometimes for good, sometimes for bad

8. Cultural impact Some good… Internet allows us to share things…
keep in touch
see things we may never have seen before
learn things in incredible ways
share knowledge
access the greatest source of information in history
doesn’t discriminate between class/race/socio economic groups

9. Some bad We can now be lazier than ever before
People are moving around much less
Machines do manual labour (meaning we’re less fit)
No need to even visit a shop!
Less social/more anti social behaviour

10. Privacy
This move towards technology being embedded in our day to day lives has eroded our privacy
More than ever companies have access to our lifestyles, information and personal data

11. Examples Tesco Club Card
Tailored advertisements (Sky TV, Amazon, Facebook)
GPS tracking on phones (Google keeps a history of where you go if you allow it)
Signing up to websites – sharing personal data with far more companies than ever before

12. Every time you sign up you agree to relinquish your privacy for:
Free access to things?
Targeted promotions
Special offers
But your data is worth more than this to a company… that’s why they can afford to give you free stuff – nothing is really free!

13. As before, there’s no escaping research in this unit.
Task
As before, there’s no escaping research in this unit.
Pick either cultural impacts or privacy and:
Find at least 5 articles on the subject
Summarise the key points of each and reference your sources
Be prepared to share this with the class
Try to find as interesting information as possible!