ITGS STRAND 1 TOPICS
STRAND 1: SOCIAL AND ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCES
Reliability: How well a computer-related component performs according to specs
Integrity: How correct is data?
Security: Protecting IT systems from unauthorized users
Privacy: Controlling "our" data
Anonymity: Using a fake username or identity to hide your personal information
Intellectual property: “creations of the mind”
Authenticity: User proving their identity to gain access to a computer system
1.6 DIGITAL DIVIDE & EQUALITY OF ACCESS
Digital Divide: The socioeconomic and other disparities between those people who have opportunities & skills enabling them to benefit from digital resources and those who do not have these opportunities or skills
Equality of Access: The concept that all persons should have equal rights of access to anything they desire.
Surveillance: Using IT to monitor people, with or without their permission
1.8 GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Globalization: Reduction in cultural, political, economic boundaries due to IT, mostly the internet.
Cultural Diversity: more contact/communication causing cultural homogeneity(similarity)
1.9 POLICIES
Policies: Rules designed to control how people use IT
1.10 STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS
Standards & Protocols: technical rules that designers of hardware and software should follow
1.11 PEOPLE AND MACHINES
People & Machines: The way that humans interact with IT (and its system)
1.12 DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
Digital Citizenship: “being a good citizen in a digital world”
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