LESSON 9

• Pointers to review


  • Global Networks and Globalization
  • Labor and Migration
  • Planetary Networks
  • Democratic Interventions
  • Information and Communications Technology
• Information and Communications Technology

  Consists of computers, communication equipment, and all the allied services and facilities associated with these. It also covered all devices for computing and networking computers.
• Digital technology


  • Media integrity: Data stored in digital format do not lose quality when reproduced
  • Media integration: Easy to combine media like photos, videos, audio
  • Flexible interaction: Enables a menu of possible interactions between users
  • Transactional: Combines personal computers with computer networks to provide basic and specialized facilities
  • Tailoring: Software and applications are tailored to emerging user needs
  • Editing: Manipulation of images, texts, audios is possible with the right software
• Uses of ICT


  • Government
  • Commerce
  • Transport
  • Defense
  • Broadcast Media
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Gaming
• Contemporary issues


  • Cybercrime and Cyberbullying
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Plagiarism
  • Internet Addiction
  • Human Trafficking
  • Distribution and access of Sexual Content
• ICT has both its benefits and disadvantages. It is important for the "peopleware" to be responsible and intelligent users.