Information-communication Technologies
Information-communication Technologies
Heterogeneous Engineering
Regulation of technologies
Legal uses
Privacy
Intellectual Property
Content sharing
Corporate interests
Lack of user control
Conclusion
http://skewsme.com/tinfoilhat/chapter/information-control/#axzz30E2NmQfo
Heterogeneous Engineering:
who is really in control
How this affects the end users and consumers
This give us a sense of who is in control
Shows how little influence users have when it comes to issues relating to the infrastructure of the technology
Technological Momentum
Cooperative use of technologies
Availability of info (about the technology)
Alt/hidden uses of technology
Solution
http://www.orientg.com/#!services/ch6q
The solution to this issue will most likely result from a larger restructuring within the corporate and political spheres and may even include efforts to radically restructure the way in which the technology is and will be deployed.
SCOT
What is ICT?
Freedom of technology
Availability and Integration
Deregulation
Technology
Tech-infrastructure
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/12/modernizing-information-and-communication-technology-policy/
virtually any technology which allows users to gain access to, transmit, and manipulate information and data.
The Internet and the World Wide Web, cable and television providers, public radio, music and music streaming or downloading, cell phone and telephone communications,etc.
Why is this Important?
Increasingly expanding field
Digitalization
Globalization
Opportunities (employment or other)