1. Social Environmental Political Trends

2.  Technology draws people indoors and away from the personal relationships people gain from interaction with one another.  U.S. sociologist Robert Putnam defines television as the single most reason for the decline in the civic and personal interactions in the United States

3.  Impacts on the human health and safety  Communicable disease, injury, exposure  Impacts on the local environment  Habitat loss or land clearance  Physical disruption  Chemical contamination, landfill overfilling  Global environment  Enhance global warming  Deplete ozone

4.  More face and name recognition  Political messages now felt not just read  Americans want to be entertained so technology has played a role in the entertainment factors of politics

5.  Socioeconomic  Political  Geographic

6.  Access affected by the social market of technology  Is technology use the same for  Young and old  Poor and wealthy  Men and women  Well educated and non educated  Employed and unemployed

7.  1. Work  2. Education  3. Entertainment  4. Information search  5. Email  6. Home finances  7. Online purchase  8. Community  networking  Personal profiles  1. Location  2. Gender  3. Age  4. Education levels  5. Martial status  6. Child at home  7. Dwelling ownership  8. Combined family income  9. Employment status

8.  The closer you are to a political center the better chance you will have good internet access  Digital Divide - social/political issue referring to the socio-economic gap between communities that have access to computers and the Internet and those who do not.  Researchers report that disadvantage can take such forms as lower-performance computer, lower-quality or high price connection (i.e. narrowband or dialup connection), difficulty of obtaining technical assistance, and fewer access to subscription-based contents.narrowbanddialup

9.  Urban areas  Rural areas  Political centers  Mountainous regions  Bad weather  Slower Wi-Fi capability

10. Impact of Technology

11.  Personal Capabilities  Social Capabilities  Lifelong Learning Curve  Career Needs