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���������� Information Technology Is Creating A New Social Fabric Definition • Social Fabric • Information Technology Speakers: Niall Conroy Examples Derek Foley • Television • Email Andrew Anderson • Online Communities INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS • Globalisation CREATING A NEW SOCIAL FABRIC Conclusion And Summary Information Technology Social Fabric � Technology which is involved in the collection , � Context in which we interact with each other, receiving and sending of information based on the rules, morals and shared influences of the society � Not just Personal Computers Television Email � 99% of the western world have at least 1 TV � 80% of small business owners consider email a vital tool to their success � 96% spend 5.3hrs watching TV on an average � Allows interaction between different day societies � Television influences culture � Reliance on email changes the context in which we communicate �

���������� Social Networking Globalisation � Allow interaction between different societies � Globalisation is causing the spread and amalgamation of various cultures around the � Anonymity allows self-expression world � Lack of rules for social conduct � September 2007, 2 of the top 5 visited sites were online communities From The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Discussion Paper 114: The state is a member of the global community, contributing a wealth of information and produce to other The Global Community is composed of states. If one countries. “Globalization and liberalization of its component states undergoes a change, it How does this affect do not eliminate the nation state, follows logically that the Global Community as a our social fabric? but they fundamentally redefine Examples are: whole is changed. its role and affect its operation.” News Globalization is a change in the Global social fabric, Music Literature namely its expansion. Film Political Ideas Business. None of this would be feasible without Information Technology. Globalization is an indicator of a changing social fabric But Globalization uses Information Technology to effect the change. �

���������� Summary Globalization represents a change in the global social fabric Globalization uses Information Technology to effect this change It is therefore Information Technology which is Information Technology Is Creating A New Social Fabric doing the changing , and Globalization which is the motive. 1BA6 Computers And Society Blue team is: Derek Foley Ciaran Brien Niall Conroy Mark King Andrew Anderson Stephen Murphy Karl Reid �