Social Impact of Technology
Community and Family Studies
HSC COURSE
Social Impact of Technology
Assessment Task
Annalise Wood
Due: Friday 17 August, 2012
‘Technology has positive and negative effects on the satisfaction of individual needs.’Discuss the statement using examples to illustrate your answer.
Technology is the study, development and application of devices, machines and techniques to manufacturing and productive processes. Technology is developed in response to a human want or need. The acceptance of technology is determined by how well it satisfies people’s needs and how the technology impacts on health, wellbeing and lifestyle.
Technological advancement could be: * Tools, gadgets, hardware; for example:- mobile phones, MP3 players, webcams; * Technological systems: for example:- robotics, satellites, communication; * Routines,procedures or techniques; for example:- medical, surveillance,records; * Application of technical or practical knowledge; for example:- surgery,construction.
Technology may impact directly or indirectly on an individual’s achievement and wellbeing. (Wellbeing can be defined as a measure of the state of satisfaction that an individual or group experiences when needs are met. These needs may be social, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual.) For example, having access to internet communication tools, such as Skype, and a webcam allows people to communicate with family and friends in distant places. This enhances their socioeconomic wellbeing, reinforces their social networks and promotes family connectedness and family values.
Access to technology can also impact on our ability to satisfy needs and wants, which allows us to realise goals and achievements. This in turn can play a role in determining our sense of wellbeing. However not everyone in society has equal access to technology. Individuals and groups can become wealthy through their role in the development of technology and the divide between socioeconomic levels in society becomes
HSC COURSE
Social Impact of Technology
Assessment Task
Annalise Wood
Due: Friday 17 August, 2012
‘Technology has positive and negative effects on the satisfaction of individual needs.’Discuss the statement using examples to illustrate your answer.
Technology is the study, development and application of devices, machines and techniques to manufacturing and productive processes. Technology is developed in response to a human want or need. The acceptance of technology is determined by how well it satisfies people’s needs and how the technology impacts on health, wellbeing and lifestyle.
Technological advancement could be: * Tools, gadgets, hardware; for example:- mobile phones, MP3 players, webcams; * Technological systems: for example:- robotics, satellites, communication; * Routines,procedures or techniques; for example:- medical, surveillance,records; * Application of technical or practical knowledge; for example:- surgery,construction.
Technology may impact directly or indirectly on an individual’s achievement and wellbeing. (Wellbeing can be defined as a measure of the state of satisfaction that an individual or group experiences when needs are met. These needs may be social, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual.) For example, having access to internet communication tools, such as Skype, and a webcam allows people to communicate with family and friends in distant places. This enhances their socioeconomic wellbeing, reinforces their social networks and promotes family connectedness and family values.
Access to technology can also impact on our ability to satisfy needs and wants, which allows us to realise goals and achievements. This in turn can play a role in determining our sense of wellbeing. However not everyone in society has equal access to technology. Individuals and groups can become wealthy through their role in the development of technology and the divide between socioeconomic levels in society becomes
References: Beattie.A (2009) Community and Family Studies Melbourne: Nelson Cell Phones and Cancer Risk - National Cancer Institute