5.2.3
Cultural Issues
Positive Cultural Impacts
Positive Cultural Impacts
Technology has positively impacted several areas of society. For example:
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Health
Health
- Technology can improve health through:
- Computerised imaging.
- Modelling diseases.
- Artificial intelligence.
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Education
Education
- Online learning platforms provide access to courses at some of the world's best universities for free.
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Welfare
Welfare
- Applying for benefits and other government services online saves time.
- This also saves the government money that can be spent on improving other services.
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Work-life-balance
Work-life-balance
- Mobile devices give employees the freedom to work from anywhere, at any time.
Negative Cultural Impacts
Negative Cultural Impacts
Technology has negatively impacted several areas of society. For example:
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Health
Health
- Overuse of technology can lead to issues such as:
- Repetitive strain injury (RSI).
- Eye strain.
- Neck and back problems.
- Lack of exercise.
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Education
Education
- Technology is expensive, and poorer schools (especially abroad) cannot afford devices.
- This contributes to the digital divide.
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Work-life-balance
Work-life-balance
- Feeling like work never finishes can result in an intrusion on family time, resulting in poorer relationships and less rest.
- A poor work-life-balance can have a significant impact on the wellbeing of employees and their families.
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Fake news
Fake news
- The main news source for young adults is social media.
- Fake news stories can spread very quickly on these websites.
1Components of a Computer
1.1Structure & Function of the Processor
1.2Types of Processors
2Software & Software Development
2.1Systems Software
2.2Applications Generation
2.3Software Development
3Exchanging Data
3.1Compression, Encryption & Hashing
3.3Networks
4Data Types, Data Structures & Algorithms
4.1Data Types
5Legal, Moral, Cultural & Ethical Issues
5.1Computing Related Legislation
6Elements of Computational Thinking
6.1Thinking Abstractly
6.2Thinking Procedurally
6.3Thinking Logically
7Problem Solving & Programming
7.1Programming Techniques
7.2Programming Construction
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1Components of a Computer
1.1Structure & Function of the Processor
1.2Types of Processors
2Software & Software Development
2.1Systems Software
2.2Applications Generation
2.3Software Development
3Exchanging Data
3.1Compression, Encryption & Hashing
3.3Networks
4Data Types, Data Structures & Algorithms
4.1Data Types
5Legal, Moral, Cultural & Ethical Issues
5.1Computing Related Legislation
6Elements of Computational Thinking
6.1Thinking Abstractly
6.2Thinking Procedurally
6.3Thinking Logically
7Problem Solving & Programming
7.1Programming Techniques
7.2Programming Construction
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