Case Study 7

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Monitoring in the Workplace

Q1: How does information technology affect socioeconomic disparities? Explain your answer.

Answer:
Information technology has brought huge impact on the socioeconomic disparities in the early days. The technology analysts and sociologists stated there is a term called “digital divide”, where the wealthier and more educated people were be most likely be able to take the advantage of the newer technologies than the people from less-developed or less-fortunate socioeconomic groups. The digital divide phenomenon has been decreased along the years as the internet access, personal computers and the smart phones have become cheaper compared to the early days.

People nowadays has adapted to the information technology and has become more rely on the electrical devices no matter they are from developed countries or less-developed countries, for instances, smart phones. As well, by using internet and the electrical devices, people can get the same information online and able to access to all kind of information online no matter which background and which countries you are from.


Q2: Why is access to technology insufficient to eliminate the digital divide?

Answer:
In the early days, people who had money were able to access to the technology sooner compared to those not able to afford it. But now, for those unable to afford in the past has grabbed the chance to learn the latest technology when they have the ability.

Besides, it might be due to parental control is not equal because not everyone is concerned on the issue of controlling the amount of time spend on the electronic devices for their children.

Moreover, it might be also due to not all schools are having the funds to buy and adapt the newest technology and so there is some digital divide in the education field.


Q3: How serious a problem is the “new” digital divide? Explain your answer

Answer:
The “new” digital divide has brought serious problem to the users, for instances, health issue. Parents should limit the amount of time for their children to use the technology devices. Nowadays, children has become very dependent on the technology devices and spent most of their time staying in front of the TV and playing video games rather than joining the outdoor activities. Technology advancement has indirectly made the children to have lesser chance to have real life experiences and has lesser chance to do exercises and it might caused obesity.

Q4: Why is the digital divide problem an ethical dilemma?

Answer:
The ease of internet access has its good and bad. The digital divide is an ethical dilemma because of children will get to access to all kinds of information if the parental control is loose. Children can search for anything online and they can get whatever they are searching online easily. it makes the people becoming more tech savvy and less social to people other than using the social media to communicate with each other. People nowadays spend more time looking at the computer screen rather than talking to their family and care about their parents. 

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