Contemporary Issues in MM & IT: Communication Presentation

This presentation delves into the multifaceted implications of IT-based communication, focusing on social networking platforms, mobile devices, and new world applications. It identifies cyberbullying as a significant issue, examining its negative impacts like anxiety and isolation, alongside the social implications such as harassment and cyberstalking. The presentation further explores the cultural implications, specifically the compromise of user privacy, and ethical considerations like the violation of human rights and freedom of speech. Legal implications, including defamation and copyright issues, are also addressed. The presentation concludes with recommendations for regular security updates, transparency, and responsible online behavior, offering a comprehensive overview of the challenges and considerations in the realm of IT communication.

Presentation on
communicating with
IT

Introduction
The foremost
determination of this
presentation is to
identify the cultural,
legal, ethical as well
as the social
implication of the use
of the IT based
communication
devices such as the

Background study
There are diverse
categories of issues
which are faced in the
multimedia and
Information
Technology such as
cyber bullying. This
issue shall be
discussed and
assessed in this

Cyber Bullying
One of the most
significant issues which
are increasingly faced in
our society as well as in
commercial
establishments is cyber
bullying. This issue most
have negative impacts
such as anxiety and loss
of self esteem, but the
only positive impact of
cyber bullying for the

Impact of cyber bullying
The foremost impacts
of cyber bullying are
listed as followings:
• Depression
• Illness
• Isolation
• Anger
• Humiliation

Social implications
The social implication
regarding the use of IT
based communication
devices are
harassment,
impersonation, outing,
trickery and cyber
stalking (Schober et
al. 2016).

Cultural implications
The cultural
implication regarding
the use of IT based
communication
devices is enhanced
connectivity (Paul et
al. 2016).
Privacy of the users
can be compromised
in the first place as a

Ethical implications
Violation of human
rights and freedom of
speech are the two
most significant
ethical implications
regarding the use of
the IT based
communication
technologies (Lunnay
et al. 2015).

Legal implications
Defamation as well as the
harassment are the two
most significant legal
implication regarding the
use of the IT based
communication
applications (Denecke et
al. 2015).
The copyright as well as
the trademark issues are
the other legal
implications regarding the

Conclusion
This presentation was
very much useful to
understand that cyber
bullying one of the prime
issue faced in the area of
multimedia and
Information Technology.
The prime implications
which can be understood
from the presentation are
listed as follows:
• Social: Harassment and
cyber stalking
• Legal: Defamation ,

Recommendations
• Security updates
must be done on a
regular basis on the
social networking
platforms.
• Transparency of the
user groups must
be maintained.
• Any sort of
spamming
activities must not

References
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