2.3.2b+Personal+&+Public+Communications

2.3.2 Personal and public communications Social and ethical issues Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of personal and public communications. These may include:

• the psychological consequences of people being in permanent contact

• ethical considerations of control as the result of using communications technologies Reliablity - we become overdependant on computers Accuracy Speed of system - all infomation is electronically stored,

• social impact on health of the use of mobile devices

• effect on personal productivity of personal communications devices

• effect on the environment of personal communications devices

• social effects of telecommuting

• social effects of the widespread use of teleconferencing and videoconferencing

• social and environmental impact and ethical considerations of telecommuting

• social impact and ethical considerations of: distance learning, digital entertainment, global media and public information systems.