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Navigating the Information Age: Benefits and Drawbacks in Various Sectors

Explore the impact of technology on employment, communication, education, entertainment, banking, shopping, crime prevention, and civil rights. Discover the advantages like efficiency and convenience along with challenges like security risks and privacy concerns.

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Navigating the Information Age: Benefits and Drawbacks in Various Sectors

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  1. 1.2 Life in the Information Age Advantage and Disadvantages

  2. 1. employment Automation, Globalisation, Flexibility Eg. Teleworking, Call centres, office work, sales, shops, media Quicker, more efficient Less security, less structure, less benefits

  3. 2. Communication • Mobile, SMS, smartphones, video, apps • eMail • Personal vs. business

  4. 3. education • Lifelong • eLearning, video • Internet, VLE • Quality, teachers needed?, cost

  5. 4. Entertainment and Leisure • Production and distribution • Music, video, sound, radio magazines, books, art, film, gaming • Too much choice affects quality? • Personalising, advertising, piracy

  6. 5. Banking • 24/7 from home, • Convenient, saves time, more control • Privacy, more info • Fraud, phishing, personal service

  7. 6. Shopping • Lower prices, Convenience, Choice • Delivery issues, returns, security, hidden costs

  8. 7. Crime and Prevention • Safe cracking vs. internet cracking • viruses, hacking and fraud • CCTV, national databases, surveillance • “bobby on the beat”

  9. 8. Civil Rights and ICT laws • Right to privacy vs. too much power • Biometric and electronic surveillance

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