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The Impact of Communication Technology Economic Impact Businesses rely heavily technology These systems have a real effect on our economy. With global communication comes a global economy. Things that happen this morning in New York can affect business in Tokyo, thousands of miles away, a few hours later. Economic Impact Communication technologies are also moving us from a production economy to a service economy. Today, more people are performing services. Technologies make factories more efficient What else can technology do to make business easier? Economic Impact – Use of Credit Many people live on credit. Many people spend more than they earn. Do you think that high speed communications may be a reason why people seem to want everything right away? What about TV advertising? Does TV affect our spending habits? Environmental Impact Communication tends to be “clean” technology. Compared to “smokestack” industries like steel production, communication industries are easier on our environment. Environmental Impact Downside People thought that computers would allow us to have a “paperless” office of the future. Computers and photocopiers generate more paper copies than ever before. When we harvest trees and use energy to produce paper, we make an impact on the environment. Cultural Impact Many people believe TV has made us a less literate society School test scores have declined. Could that be because we read less and watch television more? What about slang? LOL, WTF, OMG? Cultural Impact – The Video Revolution Many TV shows change scenes or images every couple of seconds. We have come to expect this constant action or we are bored. Many teachers report short attention spans among today’s students. Is television to blame for this? Cultural Impact - Violence What about our attitude toward violence? Have they changed because of television? When we constantly see violent movies and violent stories on the evening news, does it desensitize us toward violence? Cultural Impacts - Advertising Shopping has become a national pastime. Instead of spending Sundays going to museums or visiting, many families wander around shopping malls. Do you think the constant advertising on television might have something to do with this? Ethical Issues Ethical concerns have to do with matters of right and wrong. Things that are unethical may not necessarily be against the law, however, most people agree that they are wrong. New developments in communication bring with them some ethical problems that did not exist before. Digital Editing Digital files can be changed very easily through digital editing It can and is also be used for questionable purposes. Digital Editing - Continued The question is, what rights do photographers have regarding their pictures? http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/flat4.asp ?id=6909 Digital sound editing enables an audio technician to alter the voices and sounds. They can make anyone sound good singing. Is this right? Data Security Programmers can alter software creates a problem known as data security. When should software be copy protected so it may not be easily duplicated? Should companies that purchase software allow employees to make a copy for home use? Computer Viruses In the late 1980’s, computer viruses became a major data security issue Now spyware is a major security issue Viruses and Spyware Cause your computers to run slow Monitor your actions on the computer Track what sites you visited Copy and destroy files Ethical Questions Viruses could bring our country to its knees if it infected key databases. What do you think? It is now easy to “fix” an election since voting results are handled by a small number of computers. Who is responsible for patrolling these problems?