Cultural issues 1

Question 1

stakeholders

Answer 1

a person or group of people who have an interest in a business or are affected by business activity

e. g. stakeholders in a school:
- students
- teachers and employees
- parents
- local community
- local authority

Question 2

What are we all stakeholders in?

Answer 2

the society in which we live

in computer science technologies

Question 3

responsibility of stakeholders and technology

Answer 3

all stakeholders have responsibility to:

• user computer equipment ethically and not use it to harm others
• protect the environment and dispose of old equipment in the correct way

Question 4

the digital divide

Answer 4

the gap between people who use technology and those who don’t

this could be caused by:

• lack of access to broadband
• being unable to afford to access it
• low IT literacy

Question 5

problems with the digital divide

Answer 5

many employers require good computer skills

jobseekers who lack these skills many find it difficult to gain employment

Question 6

employment and technology (3)

Answer 6

many companies now allow employees to work from home using cloud based software

many technology jobs have moved abroad, where costs are cheaper

less jobs require manual, low skilled work, and more require high-skilled work - such as the maintenance of automated systems

Question 7

How has mobile technology affected communication?

Answer 7

allows wider communication as it is not restricted to expensive infrastructure (telephone lines)

mobile communications include:

• voice, text and media messages
• video conferencing
• emails
• social networking