M2 (pt.2) Flashcards
ICTs are doubly articulated into everyday life as machines and media of information pleasure, communication.
ICT SEEN AS BOTH OBJECTS AND MEDIA
ICTs are bought and used not just for what they can do but for what they stand for, aesthetically, in claiming social status, or in claiming membership of a group or subculture.
ICT AS MATERIALS AND SYMBOLIC OBJECTS
The consumption and use of ICTs influence, and is influenced by, location in time and space.
ICT EMBEDDED IN TIME AND SPACE
Globally, they connect and disconnect.
ICT
Locally, they can raise flexibility and control.
ICT
Users can increasingly interact with ICTs, but even the passive use involves choices and discrimination.
ICT INVOLVE USERS BOTH ACTIVELY AND PASSIVELY
ICTs provide new opportunities for citizenship and for surveillance, new opportunities for networking but also increased solutions.
SHIFT BOUNDARIES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES
ICT has the power to transform ___
SOCIETY
It also enables financial inclusion through
mobile-commerce (m-commerce) and allows people to connect with millions instantaneously.
ICT
Advances in technology have always been used by for-profits to ___
increase revenue.
ICT is playing a central role in the ___ of social businesses.
emergence and development
has made social impact affordable, scalable and enables new ways to connect to and engage with local communities.
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
The Government is actively encouraging ___ practices.
e-governance
ICT is also providing a platform for a conversation
between the public and the government through
various social networking services.
THREE MAIN WAYS OF SOCIAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- AFFORDABILITY
- SCALABILITY
- COMMUNITY
