ISY10212: Contemporary Issues in IT Communication Report

This report provides a detailed analysis of the social, legal, ethical, and cultural implications associated with IT communication, with a specific focus on social networking platforms like Facebook and the use of mobile computing devices. It explores current issues such as cyberbullying, and examines both the strengths and weaknesses of these technologies. The report delves into the social impacts including harassment, impersonation, and the spread of fake news, while also considering cultural implications such as enhanced connectivity and the potential compromise of privacy. Ethical considerations like honesty, freedom of speech, and the potential for misuse are also discussed. The report also addresses legal implications, including data security threats and intellectual property rights. Recommendations are provided to mitigate the negative impacts and promote responsible use of IT communication technologies.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Current issue in the area of multimedia and Information Technology..................................3
3. Social implications.................................................................................................................4
4. Cultural...................................................................................................................................6
5. Ethical....................................................................................................................................7
6. Legal implications..................................................................................................................8
7. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................9
8. Recommendations...............................................................................................................11
9. Reference..............................................................................................................................12

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1. Introduction
The notable determination of this report is to focus on the social, legal, ethical as well
as the cultural implications associated with the use of social networking sites such as
Facebook which is increasingly used for both personals as well as commercial purposes
(Zhang and Leung 2015). This report shall be focussing on an issue which might be faced by
the users of the social networking sites, at the same time the strength and weakness regarding
the use of these social networking sites shall also be evaluated in this report.
The latest development in the field of IT has resulted in the growth of many new IT
innovations such as the social networking platforms, mobile computing devices such as the
smartphones and laptops (Yang, Zhang and Qu 2016). According to the current trends, there
are numerous commercial applications which are being used by the businessman and the
other stakeholders of the supply chain.
These IT innovations have both positive as well as negative impacts on the users
which shall be evaluated in this report in an organized manner. According to Xiang et al.
(2017), IT innovations have a direct impact on optimising the business operations in a global
industry, whereas there numerous ethical considerations which are associated with these IT
innovations in terms of the compromise of privacy of the users. The paper highlighted that
there are other categories of ethical implications which shall be evaluated in this report.
The strength as well as the weakness of these IT innovations must be understood in
the first place so that the ethical considerations are addressed in an organized manner. This
report shall also be very much useful to understand the effectiveness of the growth of social
networking platforms. The following discussion of this report shall be very much useful to
deal with the prime strengths and weakness of the communication devices of the IT systems.

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2. Current issue in the area of multimedia and Information Technology.
There are different categories of social issues which are associated with the
deployment of the social networking platforms as well as the website based applications
which are used for commercial purpose such as cyberbullying which are generally conducted
by the ethical hackers as well as the social engineers (Berger, De Stefani and Oriola 2016).
There are number of third parties who are directly involved in cyber bullying incidents, as a
result of cyber bullying a huge amount of money in the form of bitcoins can be extracted
from the users.
Cyber buying is one of the most common issues which are faced by the users of the
social networking channels as well as the commercial applications which are used in this
business (Townsend and Wallace 2016). There is only one positive or benefit associated with
this issue which is the bully may feel better about themselves after they bullied someone in
the social networking sites. Self-satisfaction is the only positive associated with this issue.
Cyber criminals may feel overwhelmed after the conduction of a cyber-bullying incident. The
social engineers or the ethical hackers who are involved in this issue might feel very much
powerful.
On the other hand, there are numerous negative impact regarding this issue in terms of
the anxiety, fatigue and depression for the users. There are other undesirable impacts of using
social networking platforms such as the loss of interest in education or any other daily
activity, self- harm and eating disorders. The younger sections of the society are very much
vulnerable to the cyber bullying incidents and it has to be managed in the first place in order
to maintain the progress of our society (Sloane et al. 2015). The victims of this issue may
feel alienated after the conduction of cyber bullying incidents. Absenteeism rate of the school
might also get affected as a result of cyber bullying. Facing embarrassments and school

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dropouts are the other negative implications of cyber buying incidents. The self-esteem of the
victims usually gets affected as a result of cyber bullying which is one of the most
devastating impact of cyber buying in recent times. Self-confidence of the victims can get
affected significantly due to the cyber bullying incidents as well. There are other negative
implications which are associated with the cyber bullying incidents such headaches, stomachs
and the other physical ailments. Stomach ulcers, as well as the skin diseases, are the other
major concerns which are associated with the cyber bullying incidents (Sigala and Chalkiti
2015). Suicidal attempts can be the other social concern which are directly associated with
the cyber bulling incidents which associated with the use of the mobile computing devices
such as the laptops, and smart phones.
However, there are other impacts of cyber bullying in terms of the humiliation which
are faced by the users of the website based applications as well as for the users of the social
networking platforms. The other ethical consideration of this issue is the impact of this issue
on the productivity of the workers who uses these technology in order to improve the
productivity of a business (Brennen 2017). There are numerous categories of data security
threats which are directly associated with this issue such as the threat coming from
ransomware.
Thus, it can be said that the different IT innovations such as the cloud computing
devices, website based applications and social networking sites such as Instagram can lead to
issues like cyber bullying (Sankar and Parker 2017). Cyber bullying mostly have negative
impacts such as anxiety and tensions. Compromise of the data security threats is one of the
most significant ethical issues which are associated with cyber bullying. The social
implications of the IT based communication devices like mobile computing devices and
social networks shall be conferred in the next segment of this report.

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3. Social implications
The deployment of the different categories of IT innovations such as the have
different categories of social implications which shall be discussed in this section of this
report. The negative impacts of the cyber bullying may result in different categories of
harassment, impersonation, outing, trickery, exclusion as well as cyber stalking (Curran and
Hesmondhalgh 2019). Each of these negative impacts usually have a huge social impact such
as feeling helpless even after living or working in a bigger society. Enhancement of the
suicidal thoughts ate the other social implications of cyber bullying.
On the contrary it can be said that getting the support from family members as well as
the friends can be very much useful to address the social implications of cyber buying (Del
Vecchio et al. 2018). The entire e-commerce industry of the country can get affected due to
the cyber bullying incidents.
There are numerous positives as well as the negative impact associated with the use of
the social networking sites like Facebook. The positives includes the resolving of the
communication issues in the global businesses, enactment of effective public policy by the
government official as these platforms are used to get any sort of feedback from the citizens.
Engagement of the stakeholders of a business is the other social implication regarding the use
of social networking platforms (Robinson et al. 2016). Different categories of overhead cost
of our society can be reduced in the first place using these social networking platforms. There
are different categories of professional bloggers, actors, writers, consent writers and SME
which exists in our society, and each of these actors in our society can get significant affected
due to the introduction of social media platforms.
On the other hand, it can be said that social implication includes few limitations as
well in in terms of the compromise of the private pictures and videos which are shared in the

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social media sites of the mobile computing devices. Spreading of fake news from the
different social networking platforms can also have an undesirable impact on our society as
well as on the national economy. The real world applications which are deployed across
various commercial organizations are very much vulnerable to security threats like Phishing
mail and DDoS attacks (Patterson, Wilkins and Painter 2018). The social implications which
are associated with the mobile computing devices like smart phones and tablets includes the
lack of searching ability of the students, lack of multi-tasking ability of the citizens.
Reduction in real human contact is the other social implication associated with the use of
mobile computing devices like smart phones and tabloids (Denecke et al. 2015). Creativity
skills of the researchers as well as the new world applications are significant reduced as a
result of the cyber bullying incidents. The other social implication regarding the use of the
mobile computing devices is the loss of motivation for the students of schools and colleges.
The excessive use of social media as well as the website based applications can also have a
negative impact on the health of the users of these applications as well. The next segment of
this report shall be highlighting the cultural implications of the IT communication devices.
4. Cultural
There are different categories of cultural implications which are directly associated
with the use of the different categories of social networking sites like Facebook and
Instagram. Enhanced connectivity is one of the major cultural implication associated with the
use of mobile computing devices such as smart phones and tablets. The socio-cultural life of
the students can gets positively impacted due to the wide range of cultural implication
regarding the use of smart phones and new world applications (Obar and Wildman 2015).
The stakeholders of the business can also get significantly affected due to the wide range of
facilities and specifications which are provided from the user groups. The inter cultural

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communication procedure can get significantly affected due incorporation of different
categories of social networks
On the other hand, it can be said that security and privacy of the users of the social
networking sites are generally compromised in the first place and it usually have a direct
impact on the cultural development of our society as well. The most negative cultural
implication regarding the use of the mobile computing devices includes posting of
inappropriate pictures and inappropriate videos like pornography (Mikal, Hurst and Conway
2016). The political view of the citizens might be exposed which can also be considered as
one of the mist significant cultural implications regarding the use of the social networking
devices. Religious contents as well as the social rights of the citizens can also be
compromised from the smartphones which are used for both personal as well as for
commercial purpose (Lunnay et al. 2015). The negative comments in social media platforms
can have an undesirable impact on our society as well. The ethical implication of the IT
communication devices shall be discussed in the ensuing section of this report.
5. Ethical
The contents of the communication device have different categories of ethical
considerations in terms of the privacy issues of the users. Honesty and social sensitivity are
the other ethical aspects which are associated with the deployment of the different IT
communication technologies such as the social media platforms and commercial website
based software (Drouin et al. 2015). Maintaining the freedom of speech based on the
Universal Declaration of Human Right are sometimes violated regarding the deployment of
the communication devices. The other ethical implications which are related with the
deployment of the website based application and social networking platforms across different
commercial business organizations are unreported endorsements, compromising of the

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consumer privacy, improper anonymity, using of the improper anonymity, and misusing the
over enthusiastic employees of the business (Ladkin and Buhalis 2016). The ethical
considerations which are associated with the deployment of social networking platforms and
mobile computing devices like smart phones and laptops are the offensive comments,
followings of the terms and conditions of the social networking platforms itself and religious
comments. Spamming is one of the other ethical implication which are associated with the
incorporation of the new world applications for the mobile users of this business. The ethical
implications which are involved in the social networks are dishonesty and distortion,
transparency of communications are not always maintained by the users of these social media
(Jere, Mungonena and Peters 2016).
Based on the above discussions it can be said that these ethical implications can have
a direct impact on the growth and reputation of users. These ethical implications can also
have a negative impact on a business organization as well who are using social networking
platform on their business environment (Hsu et al. 2015). On the contrary, it can be said that
there are no real positives or strength which are associated with the ethical considerations of
the IT communication devices.
6. Legal implications
The legal implication of the different IT innovations includes regulations which are
maintained in our society as well as in commercial establishments. Defamation and
harassment are the other legal implications which are associated with the use of the
commercial applications (Faklaris et al. 2016). There are different categories of copyright as
well as trademarks issues which are associated with the IT communication devices such as
the smartphones and tablets.

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There are different categories of legal implications which are associated with the
deployment of social networking platforms like Facebook and Instagram. As each of these
social networking platforms are used for recruitment purpose across various commercial
organizations (Gibbs et al. 2015). The profiles of the interviewee can be examined in the first
place using mobile devices as well. The major legal implication which are associated with the
new world applications is the rise of the fake news sites as it can have a devastation impact
both on commercial as well as in personal front. The selection of product and service in the
online business is entirely based on the data which is reflected in the social media platforms;
and any sort of reliability issues due to the data alteration practise can have a huge impact on
the growth of the business.
On the other hand there are few advantages associated with the legal implications of
using the social networking platforms in terms of the benefits enjoyed by the business owner
if their faulty products and services make huge business for the firm as a result of scamming
activities (Gelinas et al. 2017). Publishing of the fake news can be the very much useful for
the business owners to continue their business even after the identification of the errors as
well as the inconsistencies of this business. Thus, the business reputation of a scam business
can be maintained as a result of the legal implications of users groups.
In order to deal with the legal implications of the IT innovations like smart phones
and social media networking, copy right infringement can be incorporated. System
monitoring procedure can also be very much useful in order to deal with the legal
implications of the mobile computing devices (Felix, Rauschnabel and Hinsch 2017). Thus,
the strengths, as well as the weakness of the legal implications, can be identified from this
section of this report.

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7. Conclusion
This report was very much useful to understand a current issue which is cyber
bullying as it is a source of concern for each and every users of social networking sites like
Instagram and Facebook which area increasing used both in our society as well as in
commercial establishments. Among the different types of issues which are associated with
the use of the IT innovations cyber bullying has been focussed in this report. The positive
impact of this implication which can be concluded from this report is that it can be one of the
most overwhelming experience of the social engineers who are involved in this cyber
bullying incident. The negative impact of cyber bullying which was identified in this report
are eating disorders, fatigue and anxiety. The humiliation faced by the victims of the cyber
bullying and the data security threats are the other negative impact of cyber bullying which
can be identified in this report. The social implications which were identified in this report
are harassment faced by the users, trickery, and cyber stalking. The positives associated with
the social implications are resolving of the communication issues and the negatives involved
in among the social implications are compromise is the lack of searching ability of the
students who are victimised with cyber bulling. The cultural implications of the social
networking as well as the user groups, include the enhanced connectivity. Interpersonal
communication procedure also falls under this category as well.
On the other hand, the weakness of the cultural implication includes in appropriate
comments and religious contents. Based on the discussion of the cultural implications, it can
be said that these implications might have a direct impact on society as well. The ethical
implications which are associated with communication devices such as the website based
application and social networking platforms are the lack of honesty and social sensitivity.
Maintaining freedom of speech is one of the most significant ethical implication regarding
the use of communication devices as well. The report was very much useful to understand the

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other ethical implications of the social media platforms and spamming activities can have a
huge negative impact of the users of the IT communication devices.
Thus, the report successfully discussed and assess a current issue which is
cyberbullying which is increasing on our society as well as in commercial establishments at
an alarming rate. Social, legal, cultural and ethical implications of the use of the
communication devices like social networks, mobile computing and new world applications
were explained in a detailed manner in this report. The following unit of this report shall be
focusing on the recommendations which can be very much useful to address the implications
which were highlighted in this report.
8. Recommendations
 Security and the privacy of the social networking platforms as well as the mobile
computing devices has to be checked on a frequent basis by the users.
 Transparency must be maintained in the user groups.
 Spamming activities of mobile computing must be discouraged by its users.
 Controversial arguments or religious arguments must be avoided in public platforms
as well.