ITM 407 Lecture Notes - Blogosphere, Internet2, Eharmony

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 407
• Professor: Candace Grant

Document Summary

Tavani chapter 8 community, personal identify and sense of self in. Tavani social equality chapter 7 the digital divide and the. The proliferation of ict and its unique characteristics have forced us to revisit our understanding of what we mean by various concepts. Before the break we revisited the concept of privacy and how it has evolved from a focus on individual property and ownership to include control over personal information. Because of the easier access that technology provides to our personal information, our concerns over privacy are linked to concerns of security and safety. In this half of the semester we are considering how other concepts might have changed - concepts such as community, social equality, property, democracy, the learning environment, personal relationships, etc. Read tavani chapter 8 and consider the following question: how have online communities affected our traditional notion of. Online communities have made it possible to extend the geographic boundaries of traditional community life.