paper 1 - section 3

what would be considered right and wrong by society

what’s actually right and wrong in the eyes of the law

how groups of people with particular beliefs, practices or languages may be affected, e.g. ethnic groups, religions, countries

how we impact the natural world

individuals or groups of people who have an interest in or are affected by a particular scenario (e.g. the actions of a company or the development of a new technology)

a company’s owners, its employees, the shop that sells the company’s product, customers, the company’s hardware suppliers and the local community

companies may make your personal information, photos, etc. available to other website users or organisations (who might use it to send you targeted adverts or spam emails). Companies can do lots with your information as long as they stay within the bounds of the privacy agreement

when someone tries to control what other people can access on the internet. some countries’ governments use censorship to restrict access to certain information

one of the strictest countries for censorship is China, where they restrict access to websites which are critical of the government. China also censors many major foreign websites, including facebook, twitter and youtube. in cuba, citizens can only access the internet from government-controlled access points

they restrict access to pornography, gambling and other inappropriate websites in order to protect children

when someone monitors what other people are accessing on the internet

yes

they may use packet sniffers and other software to monitor internet traffic, looking out for certain key words or phrases that may alert them to illegal activities, terrorism, etc.

Internet service providers keep records of all websites visited by all its customers for a certain amount of time

censorship and surveillance

to protect children or stop terrorism

employees may be expected to carry a smartphone all the time, so that they can always be contact - the smartphone may beep each time that they get a work e-mail. This can be stressful for employees who feel they can never really switch off from work

children feel pressure to own the latest device for fear of being bullied by their peers. Parents feel pressured into buying them

• increased peer pressure • makes it easier for work to intrude into other areas of life • face-to-face social interaction can be neglected

when somebody uses social media to deliberately harm someone else. this includes trying to intimidate or insult someone, or trying to humiliate or defame them (damage their reputation)

when somebody tries to cause public arguments with others online. For example, the troll may take part in a political discussion online, but only to make comments which would frustrate the other members of the discussion

for their own amusement or to gain attention

cyberbullying and trolling - they say things online that they wouldn’t say face-to-face

the person receiving the images might not be trustworthy - social media allows them to forward someone else’s images to anyone they want. there are now laws that prevent this.