Ethical and professional issues of computer
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Professional Issues Ethics and Computer Law 1Professional Issues Ethics and Computer LawStudent nameCourse TitleProfessor’s NameUniversityCity and StateDate
Professional Issues Ethics and Computer Law 2Impact on ‘democracy’ of the Extraordinary Changes in Information TechnologyTodayIntroductionThe recent rise in the digital technology has stirred a number of profound political effects. Consequently, any philosophy of democracy and the Internet has to be tempered with by the long rich past interplay that exists between government regimes and communication technology. Consequently, in spite of the prevalence of electronic democracy in all areas of information, social life, economic, political, communication technologies as well as its implications expounding most governments as well as Australia continue to be ignored by political science. Yet the probable impact of modern information, communication technologyis overwhelmingly modifying social, political in addition to economic relations in a great way(Sandoval-Almazan, & Gil-Garcia, 2014, p. 367). Indeed both the Internet as well as the social media in a more general way are playing a significant part in making strides to shape the political process. Accordingly, some of these forms of information technology come with a great range of effects on the manner in which democracy functions including the Australiandemocracy. Electronic democracy has resulted in the extraordinary modifications that are currently being faced by individuals’ lives, with some of these changes being how digital technology affects political mobilization and campaigns, communitarian democracy, the change in ways in which science is taught, done and disseminated, and the ethical issues related to information and democracy. Digital technology which consists of big data, the Internet as well as social media have taken an essential part in the United States elections beginning from the time of President Barack Obama’s campaigns in 2008 (Sandoval-Almazan, & Gil-Garcia, 2014, p. 365). As a result of these form of electronic democracy, it has revolutionized the manner in
Professional Issues Ethics and Computer Law 3which political actors’ mobile support in addition to the manner in which citizens take part in politics. Nonetheless, most of the European parties have not been on the front as early adaptors of electronic democracy, but they have begun making appreciations towards it. There rising of novel forms of participation and mobilization are the core subject matters in the political science study because it is directly significant for political courses in the current society. For instance, a clear example of a recent impact of democracy of information technology is the campaign that was launched against the SVP’s “Durchsetzungsinitiative.” The campaign was unanimously and greatly depend on social media. Another tangible example is the new platform wecollect.ch that was started by the Swiss left-wing groups to enable the collection of signatures for the famous initiatives as well as referenda. Subsequently, in this perspective of intensified electoral competition and declining signature requirements, this type of invention is purportedly likely to further skyrocket the strategic useof direct democracy as an electoral strategy Sandoval-Almazan, & Gil-Garcia (2014), which not only contributes to the “disenchantement” of Swiss democracy but also the globe as a whole. Thus, the rise in the social equity in terms of the Internet and social media has led to several changes in the political arena. Positive Impacts of Information Technology on DemocracyDigital technology has become game changer instrument of governments. In the recent past, governments have increasingly started to depend upon big data for their decision-making processes. Additionally, the “Open Data” association asserts that administrations are supposed to make data public and should make it freely accessible as a way to enhance innovation, transparency without forgetting efficiency. Therefore, a huge number of government have embraced this line. Similarly, digital technology is bringing changes in the manner in which individuals form attitudes and involve in political matters. On the same note, authorities are heavily dependent on information technology so that to be able to
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