Social and ethical issues
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Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of the Internet. These may include:
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• reliability and authenticity of information
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• social consequences of addiction to the Internet
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• social impact of global viruses
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• social impact of dependence on the Internet
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• etiquette rules for appropriate behaviour when using the Internet
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• social impact of the domination of English as the main web language
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• social impact of theft of identity through the Internet
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• social impact of open access to unsuitable material on the Internet
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• ethical issues related to misuse of the Internet, for example, spamming
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• ethical considerations of IT-rich versus IT-poor nations as a result of differing access
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• ethical considerations relating to the use of encryption
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• ethical considerations relating to workplace monitoring.
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|| Knowledge of technology
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In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of the Internet, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:
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• means for blocking access to information
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• features of a web browser
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• comparison of Internet and Intranet
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• encryption methods
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• the limiting effect of bandwidth
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• e-mail
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• viruses
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• features of a web page
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• global databases
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• online services, e-commerce, banking, health, libraries
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• use of appropriate search engines.
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Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of the Internet. These may include:
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• reliability and authenticity of information
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• social consequences of addiction to the Internet
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• social impact of global viruses
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• social impact of dependence on the Internet
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• etiquette rules for appropriate behaviour when using the Internet
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• social impact of the domination of English as the main web language
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• social impact of theft of identity through the Internet
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• social impact of open access to unsuitable material on the Internet
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• ethical issues related to misuse of the Internet, for example, spamming
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• ethical considerations of IT-rich versus IT-poor nations as a result of differing access
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• ethical considerations relating to the use of encryption
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• ethical considerations relating to workplace monitoring.
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Knowledge of technology
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In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of the Internet, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:
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• means for blocking access to information
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||
• features of a web browser
||
||
• comparison of Internet and Intranet
||
||
• encryption methods
||
||
• the limiting effect of bandwidth
||
||
• e-mail
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||
• viruses
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• features of a web page
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• global databases
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• online services, e-commerce, banking, health, libraries
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• use of appropriate search engines.
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