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Cultural Issues

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Positive Cultural Impacts

Technology has positively impacted several areas of society. For example:

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Health

  • Technology can improve health through:
    • Computerised imaging.
    • Modelling diseases.
    • Artificial intelligence.
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Social interaction

  • Social networks allow people to connect with long lost friends or family anywhere in the world.
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Education

  • Online learning platforms provide access to courses at some of the world's best universities for free.
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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

  • Mobile devices give employees the freedom to work from anywhere, at any time.

Negative Cultural Impacts

Technology has negatively impacted several areas of society. For example:

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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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Social interaction

  • Users of social networks can receive an idealised view of others' lives, causing them to feel less satisfied with their own life.
  • Cyberbullying and trolling can be distressing and difficult to effectively police.
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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

  • 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

  • The main news source for young adults is social media.
  • Fake news stories can spread very quickly on these websites.

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1Computer Systems

1.1Systems Architecture

1.2Memory & Storage

1.3Computer Networks, Connections & Protocols

1.4Network Security

1.5Systems Software

1.6Ethical, Legal, Cultural & Environmental Concern

2Computational Thinking, Algorithms and Programming

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