1. Social Impact of Technology
12 CAFS

2. Reasons for the Development of Technology
B – Betterment of society
I – Improvement on existing technology
G – Global community emergence
C – Competition with existing technology
O – Other
R – Response to social problems
E – Economic benefit

3. Social Betterment Invention of the motor vehicleSB
Invention of the motor vehicle
Invention of assistive technologies
Invention of communication technologies

5. Invention of the motor vehicle
Allowed decrease in travel time and more efficient means of transport. BUT has both positive and negative effects on wellbeing.
Invention of Communication technologies
GPS, mobile telephones, satellite broadband, internet, Skype, etc.
Has improved the wellbeing of people that live in rural areas and isolated areas. Socially, emotionally and spiritual.
However, costs and maintenance are cons
Invention of assistive technologies
Braille, prosthetic limbs, educational resources
Positive effect on physical, social, spiritual, economic and political wellbeing however resources can be expensive

6. Improve upon technology
More advanced, superior products than those already offered.
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Continuing development of the telephone
Continuing development of the television

7. What are the Positive and Negative aspects to wellbeing
Continuing development of the telephone
What are the Positive and Negative aspects to wellbeing

8. The continuing development of television
Positive wellbeing: emotional wellbeing
(better reception, more options, etc)
Negative wellbeing: encouraging unnecessary spending

9. Emergence of a global community
Technology assists in creating an interactive global environment, in which communication is made possible between communities.
Communities that were once isolated by their location now have the ability to access other communities by means of technology such as aero plane, telephones, the internet and satellite television.
Companies have a global market and help with trade.
The Internet has virtually transformed the world into a global community. People meet lovers, surfers make friends, students seek information, and businesses find outsourcing companies to manufacture their goods, develop their products, and render services to their customers. All these happened and are still happening on the World Wide Web.

10. Positive implications to wellbeing
Physical, social, spiritual and political wellbeing
Political – financial gains and trade
Social – effective warning services, global news
Social – improved communication and relationships
Spiritual – tolerant of other cultures
Negative implications to wellbeing
Increased risk of computer-based crime due to global social networking
Increased risk of border security breaches due to increased accessibility to transport

11. Competition with existing technology

12. Positive implications on wellbeing:
Technology is often developed as a means of competition for consumer demand with other organizations or products.
Positive implications on wellbeing:
Greater choice
Greater consumer satisfaction
Negative implications on wellbeing
Increased costs to individuals due to continued introduction of new and improved products
Misleading information

13. Other Read text book, page 344 Performance enhancing technologies
Tailored swim suits – enhance buoyancy
Skins – compression for recovery
Anabolic steroids
Positive Implications:
Enable athletes to achieve their best
Enable coaches to direct and correct technique
Training all year round
Negative implications:
Higher incidence of drug use
Unequal competition

14. Response to social problems
Technology is often developed in an attempt to prevent or respond to current or cultural social problems.
Assisted reproduction technologies
IVF

15. Water Saving devices
Water efficient shower heads
Flow control devices in taps
tanks
Health-related technologies
Sunscreen – reduce lifestyle disease
Anti-pollution technologies
Unleaded petrol

16. Positive implications on wellbeing:
Improved quality of life for individuals and communities
Greater life expectancy due to decreased rates of morbidity and mortality
Decreased economic burden on health system
Negative implications on wellbeing:
Ethical issues associated with birth-related technologies
Economic burden of purchasing such technologies
Large amount of money needed for research

17. Economic Benefit
The production of a technology can result in economic gain for both the producers and the consumers of a product.
Read page 343 in text book

18. Technology and Wellbeing

19. Technology and Wellbeing
Technology can have significant effects on the wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Over time, various technologies have been created in order to:
Allow individuals to have greater control over their environment.
Assist individuals to be more efficient communicators.
Enhance individual’s understanding of the world they live in.
Technology can have both a positive and negative effects on wellbeing.

20. Technology and Wellbeing
P – Practical wellbeing
E – Emancipatory wellbeing
T – Technical wellbeing

21. Example: Mobile Phone
Mobile phones help to create an informative, connected, culturally innovative society.
This impacts positively on an individual and a community’s social, cultural, spiritual and emotional wellbeing.

22. Example: Mobile Phone Positive changes in society
Negative impacts of phones
Competence in communications
Accessibility of information
Socialisation
Political and social use
Youth and new culture
(social, political and intellectual wellbeing)
Using mobile phones for kidnapping and blackmailing
Capturing inappropriate films and images
Bullying
(Physical, emotional, spiritual and political wellbeing)

23. Effects on personal life of youth
What can be some of the positive and negative implications mobile phones have on the youth of today?
E.G. relationships with family, friends,etc
Communicating
Health
Connectedness
Accessibility

24. Practical Wellbeing
Understanding and communicating in the world we know and in which we live.
Some technologies allow individuals to complete tasks more efficiently and in less complicated ways. These include the internet ( and social networking), mobile telephones, fax machines, assistive technologies such as Braille and technologies used in education such as web cams.
These have increased interaction with others, communicate more effectively and better understand the world.
SOCIOMOTIONAL WELLBEING is enhanced.

25. Technologies that can affect our practical wellbeing include the following:
Communication technologies
Educational technologies
Global technologies

26. Communication technologies
Including television, telephones, , faaxes and SMS.
These technologies allow individuals to communicate effectively with others, regardless of location or the time of day. This can affect individual wellbeing both socially and politically.
Negative effects: social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
Social skills and communication skills due to decrease of face to face communication.

27. Educational technologies
Including computer games, talking books, smart boards and interactive forums.
Contribute to individuals’ political development, allowing them to gain a better understanding of the world in which they live.
This leads to positive effects on their political, spiritual, social and physical wellbeing, as they become more independent and capable of making educated decisions.
Negative effect: socioeconomic status and limited access will effect political wellbeing (available in private schools and lack in government schools)

28. Global technologies
Including the internet, social networking and satellite navigation.
Access to technologies such as social networking sites and satellite television allow individuals to develop a greater understanding of communication within the environments they live.
Negative effects include cyberbullying, internet predators and computer crime.

29. Emancipatory Wellbeing
Ability to participate effectively in a variety of situations such as education, employment, recreation and the wider community.
When individuals can use technology to gain independence and participate effectively in society, they are likely to experience significant improved self-esteem and self identity.
As a result, their social, spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing are positively affected.

30. Technologies that can affect our emancipatory wellbeing include the following:
Education and employment -related technologies
Lifestyle and recreation – related technologies
Community – related technologies

31. Education and employment – related technologies
Including video-conferencing, web cams and telecommuting.
Such technologies create opportunities for individuals to adopt flexible work patterns and conduct business outside the office. This has positive effects on indivduals’ and organisations’ economic, social and political wellbeing.
Negative effects: demand for ICT skills and demand for inservice. Negative effect on economic wellbeing.

32. Lifestyle and recreation-related technologies.
Including protective equipment, mobile phones and video games.
Created freedom and access to a social life.
Being active while remaining safe has a effect on emancipatory wellbeing. Protective equipment such as helmets, mouthguards and modified equipment. This has had a positive effect on their social, physical and spiritual wellbeing.
Negative effects: youth engaging in risky behaviour due to developing a false sense of security.

33. Community-related technology
Including prostheses, hearing aids and contraceptive technologies.
Emancipatory wellbeing can be enhanced through the use of devices that promote greater independence.
This affects the persons physical, emotional, social, spiritual and political wellbeing.
Negative effects: economic circumstances and lack of knowledge may effect the persons economic, social and spiritual wellbeing.

34. Technical Wellbeing Refers to our ability to control our environment.
When an individual feels a sense of control over their environment, they are more likely to feel greater independence and higher self esteem.
This gives them a greater sense of spiritual wellbeing.

35. Technologies that can affect our technical wellbeing include the following:
Natural environment
Physical environment
Social environment

36. Natural environment
Includes our natural surroundings such as animals, plants and water.
Plant cultivation and solar power technologies help control the environment and individuals use these resources for financial gain. This will increase an individuals economic wellbeing.
Negative implications: solar power’s initials cost may be expensive.

37. Physical environment Includes buildings and transport.
Buildings that have heating and air conditioning help us control the environment therefore increasing our physical wellbeing. Also, the use of unleaded fuel.
Negative implications could relate to technical error when we rely on technology to control our physical environment.

38. Social environment
Including our participation within society through the prevention of death, disability and sickness. For example, vaccination and transplant technology.
Vaccines affect our physical, social, emotional and economic wellbeing.
Negative affects may relate to the uneven distribution of medical technologies such as transplants, vaccinations and elective surgeries. This may effect physical and political wellbeing.

39. Technology and Wellbeing Emancipatory wellbeing
Practical wellbeing
Emancipatory wellbeing
Technical wellbeing
Communication technologies
Education and employment – related technologies
Natural environment
Educational technologies
Physical environment
Lifestyle and recreation-related technologies
Global technologies
Social environment
Community – related technologies

40. Practice question
“Technology is the key to meeting an individual’s wellbeing in the twenty-first century” Discuss
Remember to refer to technical, practical and emancipatory aspects of wellbeing in your argument.

41. Factors Affecting Access to and Acceptance of Resources
The ability of people to use and accept technology is affected by their personal acceptance level, their past experiences and their willingness to try something new. It is also affected by their values, standards and beliefs and general attitude to life.
BRAINSTORM SOME EXAMPLES:
Some forms of technology include:
Motor vehicles, IVF, TV, radio, computers, phones, iPods, microwaves, gadgets, memory sticks, USB, DVD, chain saw, ATM, electric shaver, electric drill

42. Factors
Age
Culture
Education
Economics
Gender

43. HSC Question
Briefly explain why availability and acceptance of technology varies.
The most significant reason why access and availability of technology varies between individuals is connected to the people themselves and their ability to accept change and adopt to something new, their values, past experiences and their general attitude to life.
The key areas include age, level and type of education, gender, the culture and geography area but they live in and their economic circumstances, which are linked to their employment.