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CS5038 The Electronic SocietyLecture 0: Introduction to CS5038Course Organiser: Frank Guerin

E-mail: fguerin@csd.abdn.ac.uk

Course Website: www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~fguerin/teaching/CS5038

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Outline of Course Topics1. e-Business Models, impact on organisations, digital economy

2. Retailing; Serving the Customer: consumer behaviour, personalisation, market research

3. Online Advertising; B2B models and services: marketplaces, exchanges

4. Online Auctions, e-Business strategy

5. Legal and Ethical issues, Intellectual Property

6. e-Health, e-Science, e-learning, Other services

7. Security, Crime

8. Communities, Online Gaming

9. Further Legal Issues; Computer misuse, Liability for Software Failure

10. e-Government, e-Voting

11. Impacts of the Internet on Society, Globalisation, Digital Divide

12. Mobile and Ubiquitous computing, future trends

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Text Books

http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~fguerin/teaching/CS5038/information/

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Course Components

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Exam in January – 75% of mark*closed book*

Teaching

Assessment

Lectures

MCQs & TF

Practicals / Tutorials

Seminars

Literature Survey - due 14th December 4pm

Work as groups (2-3-4)

One overview article + oral presentation (groupwork) -> 10%

Two individual articles (approx 2000 words each) -> 15%

Total: 25% of mark

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Introduction: What is eSociety About?

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Introduction: What is eSociety About?

Electronic

TechnologyHuman

Society

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Some definitions…

• Technology: the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

• Technology: a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment

• Society: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

• Society: a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by common interests and may have distinctive culture and institutions.

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Development of farming

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Settlement

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Settlement

They interact and feed each other – technological and social development

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Development of money

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Specialisation

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Specialisation

Some unexpected, like traders

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Development

of Writing

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Technological and social developments through the ages…

Specialist knowledge

Mathematics

Scribes

Education

Classes

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So technology is the motor for major social changes

Now technological change is so fast and profound interesting times for society

We are only at the beginning of this social change

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phone

screens

fast data transmission and processing

large databases

search

Encryption

Specific technologies were necessary for specific sectors

Sometimes one is driving the other

Much has been discovered very recently

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Freedom of information

Censorship

Freedom of speech

Blogging

Technology provides a new opportunity + society makes use of it (in unforeseen ways)

=Society changes

Society has a new need

Technology fills the gap

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Music

Movies

TV

Web 2.0

Again…

Technology provides a new opportunity + society makes use of it (in unforeseen ways)

=Society changes

Society has a new need

Technology fills the gap

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Why study eSociety?

Learn about effects on societyLearn about new/old needs of societyLearn about non technical challenges

Looking at the big picture maybe you can see the patternhelps you predict

how technology will changehow society will change

business opportunity (Google, eBay, Amazon, Youtube)social engineering opportunity