1.6 Ethical legal, cultural and environmental impact

Question 1

the impact of technology on our social wellbeing

Answer 1

• The use of advertisement influence and pressure people to buying or upgrading to the latest device.
• Increases peer-pressure as children feel the need to have the latest devices
• less face-to- face social interactions as people become dependent on their phones

Question 2

The impact of technology on social media

Answer 2

• cyberbullying - can cause serious distress and even have people driven to suicide
• trolling - when someone causes public arguments for their entertainment
• inappropriate materials

Question 3

The impact of technology on your health

Answer 3

Can cause problems such as:
eye strains - due to looking at devices for too long.
repetitive strain injury - is when the body (finer or wrist) becomes damaged due to repetitive movement
back problems - due to poor posture

Question 4

How has technology shaped our culture?

Answer 4

• selfies
• Viral (social media)
• blogging/ social media

Question 5

how has technology changed businesses?

Answer 5

• streaming services that allow customers to listen and watch media for less money
• new businesses such as uber and Airbnb
• ecommerce

Question 6

unequal access to technology

Answer 6

Causes:

• people do not have the money for expensive laptops and smartphones
• urban areas are likely to have a greater network coverage then rural areas
• people do not know how to use technology

this increases the inequality between the rich and the poor. As technology creates a lot of opportunities

Question 7

environment issues of technology?

Answer 7

• Devices contain many precious metals such as gold and uses a lot of energy which creates pollution.
• to produce devices we use fossil fuels that releases pollution
• E-waste - the world creates around 20-50 million tonnes per year and end up in landfills in Africa and Asia. this can be hazardous as it releases toxic chemicals.

Question 8

What are the 3 legislation?

Answer 8

data protection act
Computer misuse
Copyright Design and patents Act

Question 9

What is Data protection act about (6 principles)?

Answer 9

• data must only be used in a fair lawful and transparent way
• data has to used for its specific purpose
• data should be adequate, relevant for use
• data must be accurate and kept up to date
• data should not be kept longer then necessary
• Data should be kept safe and secure

Question 10

What is Copyright Designs and patent Act?

Answer 10

Means that it is illegal to distribute, modify or copy: music, videos, or other formats without the permission from the author.

Question 11

What is Computer misuse Act?

Answer 11

It is illegal to make any unauthorised access to data

• with intent to commit further offences
• with the intent to modify data eg, viruses.

Question 12

What are the examples of open source and proprietary software?

Answer 12

Open source - Linux

Proprietary - windows

Question 13

What are the advantages and disadvantages of open source software?

Answer 13

advantage:
- free
- software can be adapted by users
- popular and very reliable and secure
Disadvantages :
- can be buggy
- can have security holes
- no customer support and  warranties

Question 14

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Proprietary source?

Answer 14

Advantages:
- comes with warranty and customer support
- well-tested and reliable with fixes and updates
Disadvantages:
- Can be expensive
- may not fit users needs