L6: Digital Technology and Social Change Flashcards
(43 cards)
It is a period when the computer
and the internet were introduced.
Digital Age
It is caused by the rapid shift from traditional industry to computerization all the way to artificial intelligence which was brought by Industrial Revolution.
Digital Age
Other term for digital age
Information age
It became prevalent and widely used around the world.
Digital Technology
It have radically changed the way
people work, consume, and communicate over a short period of
time
Digital Technology
Refers to a transformation of culture and social
organizations/structures over time.
Social Change
Social Changes in ICT
Businesses, Education, Job and Earnings, and Health
ICT helps to increase productivity in business with the use of social media platforms for marketing and promotion.
Business
It assists teachers and helps explain core content concepts and addresses misconceptions. It acts as a stimulant
and fosters analytical thinking and interdisciplinary studies.
Education
The labor market effects of the digital
transformation are among the most significant for people’s well-being.
Jobs and Earnings
Digitalization can affect people’s health status through the emergence of new physical and mental health risks and its impact on the healthcare delivery system. Health risks
associated with the digital transformations include mental health problems associated with the extreme use of digital technologies,
especially among children and teenagers and the crowding out of other activities such as physical exercise.
Health
State the 3 Theories in Technology
Technological Determinism, Social Constructivism, and Technological Change
This theory strongly believes that technology shapes a society’s culture, values, and social structures.
Technological Determinism
The main reason why society progresses is because of the kind of technology the society has.
Technological Determinism
The opposite of the Technological Determinism. It believes that humans play a main role in
shaping technology rather than technology shaping society.
Social Constructivism
It believes that technology does not determine human action, but rather,
human action shapes the technology.
Social Constructivism
The technology is the most powerful means of wresting power from nature in all possible ways. It strengthens the facilities of man.
Technological Change
____________ is the most powerful means of wresting power from nature in all possible ways. It strengthens the facilities of man.
Technology
This person assumes that the “Technological change is not a mere improvement in the technical know-how.”
Prof. Frankel
It devise new goods and techniques of
production. The development of new technical knowledge can be defined as the growth of a new technique that can produce goods and services at a lesser cost of production.
Technological changes
List the process/stages of growth of technical knowledge
- Formulation of scientific principles.
- Application of these principles to give technical problems.
- Development of technical inventions to the point of commercial exploitation.
It refers to the collective network of
connected devices and technology
that facilitates communication
between devices and the cloud, as
well as between devices themselves.
Internet of things (IoT)
Embedded with sensors that see, hear, and
touch the world around them, they can
turn physical information into digital data.
Collectively, these devices and there are
billions of them around the world make this invention up.
Internet of things
What are the components of IoT?
- Sensors/Devices
- Connectivity
- Data Processing
- User Interface
