Thursday, October 1, 2009

Review Questions

a) How does the type of Internet connection influence the things you can do on the internet?
--The type of Internet connect one has influences the things they can do on the Internet. If someone has slow Internet connection, that person can't get a lot done. But someone who has a high-speed Internet connection gets things done in a lot less time. It only makes sense.

b) Choose 2 areas of impact to discuss 1-2 (in total 3) social & ethical issues related to internet connections.

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--Education: Reliability.
When sutdents search thigns on the internet, it's not always reliable. Other people are able to post information at any given time and some of the time (if not most of the time) the information is either false, biased, or just not the full, complete, correct information.
--Education: Equality of Access
Not everyone can sign in on any page or site. Some times teachers are given more priveleges depending on the site. And the same goes for students. Students can get free access to something that other people often wouldn't be able to get access to and vise versa.

--Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure: Privacy and Anonimity
Now with things like Facebook, Youtube, Yahoo, and other sites for "Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure", it's quite hard to tell whether or not your information is actually private or anonymous even when you supposedly checked the box for "private". Even then, some people can still get access to your information.

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