Ethical and social issues in information systems pdf

Social Issues in Computing

Abstract
One of the greatest discovery in the field of Information technology is Internet-of-Things ( IOT).
This has transformed real world object into the intelligent virtual object. The IT aims to perform
all the automated tasks of the world under a common infrastructure. It started giving us the
control of the things around us and it is also keeping informed about the state of the things by
applying all the integrated chips in order to maximise the automated work instead of human
efforts. The main objective of this research is to make the improvement in the latest trends of the
technology that will communicate with other objects over a network in order to make human life
far better and easier then ever.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Demonstrating the national and international implications of the IOT.......................................1
Implications of the IOT in society..............................................................................................2
Implications of Internet of things on IT industry........................................................................3
Critical evaluation of using IOT technology...............................................................................4
Literature.....................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
In this modern society use of internet is becoming essential for the human that provides
all the advanced information and facilities in improving the standard of loving a life. IOT
(Internet of things) refers to the the devices which is intelligently connected with the machines in
order to deliver automatic activities for individual as well as organisation. This is the growing
network of physical objects that assure the connectivity and communication throughout the
world. This study will be based in the IOT technology which have transformed the human based
society onto Artificial intelligence. The report will help in creating a complete understanding
about the implications of IOT in society and IT industries. It will also help in understanding the
the comprehensive concept of Internet of things that have developed the technology based world
by identifying its implications on national and international country.
Demonstrating the national and international implications of the IOT
The IOT (internet of things) is a network of devices, vehicles and home appliances which
contains electronic, software, and sensors that allows the applications or browsers to connect,
interact and exchange the data. This enables the exchange of internet connectivity via different
internet protocols as well as different devices such as desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets etc.
This technology has been evolved due to the convergence of multiple technologies sich as real
time analytics, machine learning, embedded systems and commodity sensors (Catarinucci and
et.al., 2015). All such things contributed towards the establishment of the Wireless IOT concept
that have provided huge wireless connectivity to large number of people across the world.
Implications of IOT have improvised the living standard of the people. The international
telecommunication union (ITU) has reported in 2005 that IOT will connect the object with
sensing and intelligence abilities which are fitted into the devices in the form of Integrated chip.
In international perspective, through the use of smart energy meters and connected energy
platforms, electrical power is balanced between the demand and supply points to ensure that no
energy is wasted.
one of the largest economic contributor is manufacturing capabilities while this had also made ot
possible through the use of IOT technology in expanding the operational value of the business.
As it has made it possible to automatically estimate the productivity of the items and
electronically providing the tags in the extended supply chain. So it is one of the most important
thing that have expanded the world internationally.
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Implications of the IOT in society
The IOT has emerged to shape the future of many industries by providing the use of
various different types of techniques to strengthen the business functions in order to deliver the
good quality of products to consumer (Centenaro and et.al., 2016). This is basically referred as
the ecosystem of discrete computing devices with sensors connected to the infrastructure of the
internet. IOT is making a very useful contribution in health care services to the society. There are
various implications of internet of things in society, among which some of them are described
below:
Process monitoring
IOT have provisioned various tools and techniques to monitor all the information and
data of the society. Internet has provided various social networking sites for the society in order
to identify the latest trend in the market and to communicate with friends and family via use of
various social sites that provides the chat functions. IOT has also developed the entire world as
an interactive medium that is connected via network. In case of organisational business
managers and leaders can also monitor supervise the activities of the employees sitting ideally at
home via the use of sensors and online CCTV camera footage that is available directly to the
screen of the connected devices.
Accurate prediction
IoT have made it possible for the society to predict the climatic situations and forecast
such information on TV and News channels. This has also benefited the society as people are
aware of such future situations that gone be arrived in the society in a near future (Chiang and
Zhang, 2016). This Functioning of the IOT helps weather and forecast department in preparing
all the agricultural departments to prepare the seeds and grains accordingly.
Telecommunication
This has become a commodity service that is virtually free so IOT have facilitated the
free communication all over the world which cannot be costs longer now. Internet have provided
many opportunities to communicate with the world with the high bandwidth and 4G resolution.
In spite of all these, free communication and connectivity have also introduced different types of
cyber crimes
Outsourcing
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Many industries have decimated through the replacement of the outsourced online
services. These services have expanded the growth and opportunities for many people to explore
their creative talent that can be helpful the society in generating large profitability. IOT has also
helped various business to improve their operational productivity such as travel agencies, print
media, postal services, music and Broadcast TV. All such industries in society have maximised
their operational creativity in the business. Due to the excessive use of internet in the society,
criminals are applying their efforts to exploit the privacy of the information which is kept on the
internet in order to protect it. So
Virtualise and free access to information
Online media has radically changed the business in increasing the quality of information
and product development (Hassanalieragh and et.al., 2015). Emergence of the Internet of things
has bring more and more online media and news sources in order to fund the sources for
effectively turning the free press into bazaar. Here the broadcast content is sold to the highest
bidder.
Implications of Internet of things on IT industry
Emergence of the internet of things have developed various digital concepts that helped
the business in development and growth by adopting the business analytics tool that supports the
effective and efficient operations on organisation. The key problem of the IT industries is rarely
categorised as the problem of science and technology by the government. IT industries have been
challenged by the increasing growth of the IOT in the world as it have maximised the criminal
activities and fraudulent activities that directly impacts on the lives of the people.
IT industries have to develop various tools and techniques to support the privacy of data
and information. If The IT industry will focus on a particular field then they will be bound to
aware of the important trends that are included in it. As today the advancing technology have
impacted on the social, political and economic framework of the entire globe which is growing
rapidly. Moreover the technological changes are determined as a short range problems.
Although, It Industries have also altered productivity and employment patterns to a much greater
extent. It industries have also provided various tools to keep the large amount of organisational
database on the internet. This tool also possess the functionality that help in providing the
secured and confidential transferability of the data which will only be unlocked by matching the
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credentials and passwords of the particular website (Lee and Lee, 2015). Technology have also
produced the nuclear weapons which may harm the environmental conditions of the society.
The rapid growing technology disparity between the total output of the technology from
all the nations have contributed in strengthening the science and technology in this competitive
world.
Critical evaluation of using IOT technology
Increased use of internet have made the IOT based world that have encouraged the
communications between different users using same networking simultaneously. IOT can also be
used to promote the M2M communications which are termed as machine to machine
communications. On the other hand at various times IOT is lacking in providing the complete
security to the information of the users. As we see the automation and controlling activities of
IOT then it proved as a very beneficial for the society as people are able to discover new
knowledge and skills with the use of internet. But on the other, it can also be negatively affects
the people as it provides ambiguity information in various different types of online websites.
Positive impact of the IOT includes the use of online social networking sites that
facilitates the online marketing and purchasing of the goods and services (Louis and Dunston,
2018). While in terms of negative impacts uses of internet nowadays have promoted various
criminal activities and frauds that are responsible for the loss of the confidential data and
information of the business. IOT saves the time and money of the people and it also helps society
in discovering various meaningful information that develops the skills and knowledge of the
users. On the other hand negative impacts of the IOT includes local and remotely security with
the helps of using the mobile applications to control the activities of the individual.
Literature
Internet can be defined as the collection of internet and network that can be termed as the
network of networks which helps in connecting billions of users across the world . IOT can also
be used to connect different departments and sectors with the use of different technologies. In
2000 Various industrial participations are involved in establishing the concept of IOT (He, Yan
and Da Xu, 2014). According to the researchers various concepts has been derived to understand
the implications of Internet of things in this this growing technology.
IOT has vigorously contributed towards the improved transportation and logistic domain.
It has improved the logistics by providing the virtual assistance of smart parking, 3D assistant
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driving, Augmented map, logistics of taking the smaller routes etc. it has also maximises the
healthcare facilities as internet of things helps the doctors and patients in identifying the
pharmaceutical products. Internet has also provided different embedded machines that helps in
tracking the health of the human beings and quick predictions of the human health can be
possible by introduction of the machines that uses sensor devices which automatically functions
in order to improve the health of the human being (IoT For Economic And Social Good: How
The Internet Of Things Makes Our World Better, 2018).
Various philosophers had argues the use of internet can be restricted up-to only limited
areas but the growth advancement in the field of technology have introduced various real time
objects that helped the humans in perusing the higher growth and development of the society.
IOT is a major technology by which we can produce different useful internet application. So
according to the literature study of introducing the concept of IOT in the world has transformed
the society into digital world.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been concluded that the society has transformed to into the
technology based world. This has also minimises the involvement of the people in a real world as
the people are busy in communication with the virtual world via internet. This study has created
a clear understanding about the implications of IOT in international and national market. It has
also provided a very good understanding about the use of internet and its implications in society.
The report had also provided the significance of Using internet of things in IT industries.
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Books and Journals
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Centenaro, M. and et.al., 2016. Long-range communications in unlicensed bands: The rising stars
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Chiang, M. and Zhang, T., 2016. Fog and IoT: An overview of research opportunities. IEEE
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IoT For Economic And Social Good: How The Internet Of Things Makes Our World Better.
2018. [online]. Available through:<https://www.forbes.com/>
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