Ethical impacts

Privacy of information

With so much personal information kept on computers, personal privacy has become an issue. Almost every aspect of your life is recorded on a computer, including your medical records, what you buy at the supermarket, who you call on your mobile and what you search for on search engines such as Google.

Cyber Bulling

 Is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.

It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying.

 

Due to Cyberbulling children have killed each other and committed suicide.

Cyberbullying is usually not a one time communication, unless it involves a death threat or a credible threat of serious bodily harm. Kids usually know it when they see it, while parents may be more worried about the lewd language used by the kids than the hurtful effect of rude and embarrassing posts.

Legal impacts

Ownership, copyright and plagiarism

Copyright law protects people who produce their own original work

(such as books, songs and films). With music and films available to be downloaded over the Internet, it has become very easy to steal material in copyright. Many file sharing web services have been set up which allow users to share copyrighted material, particularly films, making it freely available.

Effects of local communities

With so much information and goods and services available online,

some traditional facilities, such as village shops, have experienced a

reduction in customers to the extent that their continued presence

in the community is no longer necessary or economically viable. This can have a negative effect on local communities, in that there is a less diverse range of shops for local people to enjoy.

The different ways you can communicate:

·         Chatting Websites- You can now chat to other people on, Social Networking Sites, for example, Facebook, Google Mail etc. people would do this method so they can talk to relatives overseas or maybe to find their true love on dating websites. They would also chat to their mates, if they’re on holidays or away for many months.

·         You can also have one-to-one communicating (face to face)-  This method would be the easiest way of commutating, so the person can see the person, also they can judge whether they’re following what you’re saying.

·           Talking in front of an audience- This is when you’re giving a presentation or training session to a group of people, you have to consider the needs of many people. .e.g. somebody may be following on what you say but they mightn’t understand what you’re saying.

·         On the telephone- this method would be the most difficult because you don’t know who you’re speaking too. Also you don’t have visual cuses which can tell you whether the person you’re talking to understands what you’re saying.