Social+and+Ethical+Issues

__**ITGS Template for Analyzing News Events, Situations and Scenarios**__

Questions for Analyzing Social Issues:
 * 1) What are the social issues associated with a particular IT development?
 * 2) How did the IT development emerge?
 * 3) Who are the stakeholders- indiviuals, institutions, societies who initiate and control the IT developments and are affectes by them?
 * 4) What are the advantages and disadvantages for the stakeholders?
 * 5) What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems?
 * 6) What is the social impact of the IT development on human life? This may include some or all of the following areas: economic, political, cultural, legal, environmental, ergonomic, health, and psychological.
 * 7) What are the social impacts on local and global communities?

Questions for Analyzing Ethical Issues:
 * 1) What are the ethical issues associated with a particular IT development?
 * 2) Who is responsible?
 * 3) Who is accounntable?
 * 4) What policies, rules or laws apply to this situation?
 * 5) What are the alternative ethical decisions?
 * 6) What are the consequences of these decisions?

With the amount of technology in the world growing more and more each day the number of problems both social and ethical continue to grow. Some Examples of issues: > > Article on Security from CNN > Article on Privacy from Scientificamerican > > > > [|Article on the Assassination Poll on Facebook] However the issues rrelated to technology are not always negative, infact technology has helped advance our society a lot. WIth the developement of cell phones, ipods, and the increase use of computers; information is very accessible and prompt. Education can reach many areas that it was not able to before allowing new opportunies for many more people. Technology makes communication much easier and it is also helping many people, especially those with disablilties, through online reserch, medical help, and shopping without leaving the house. This article shines a new and informative light on technology.
 * Privacy, using the site for its designated purpose and how offices, school, and the government are dealing with the boom of technology are all examples of social issues. Almost every occupation or recreation uses some type of technology there are many issuses that come up. One of the main issues of today is privacy, with social networking biger then ever and people continuing to make the which to online banking and buying privacy is at the center of attention. Below is a link to articles about privacy.
 * Along with privacy sites deal with users incorrectly using the website. Many social networking sites have had to deal with inaporpriate content being posted on the site or tasteless activity going on, without the site knowing or be able to stop it. In the late 1990s and early 2000s many problems were ocurring in online chat rooms however with the expanison of social networking sites more proplems are happening there. Social networking sites effect the way the humans interact and communicate without as many face to face conversations. Also social sites have a powerful influence on the younger generation because the site controlls what addvertisments and applications can be added to a site.

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