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9.Digital Commerce

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e- commerce: B2B - Business to Business : This is the exchange/ transactions between two businesses. eg. Amazon must form strong relationships with federal express. C2C - Consumer to Consumer : These are the transactions between two or more consumers eg. Gumtree.com C2B - Consumer to Business : Customers buy in bulk, negotiate prices, give feedback to businesses eg. Hello Peter B2C - Business to Consumer : Is the transactions between Businesses and Consumers eg, Amazon.com. benefits: 24hours availability Reference: Chipp, K. & Ismail, Z., 2014. e- Commerce a southern African perspective. fourteenth ed. s.l.:New Africa Books.

8.Digital Health and Well Being

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7.Digital Security

Hazards of online activity:  Social bullying, the world is full of cruel people and there is always someone that can find something bad about you especially if you post everything online and cause lots of harm, bullying on social media is just as harmful if not more harmful than in person. Parental negative content - porn, do not look at inappropriate content online, it is illegal and is very bad for you, can lead to sex addiction Stalking - people who get too much information about you can track you down and even start following you in person Illegal activity Piracy Guidelines for online safety: Privacy settings - make sure your email and contact details and passwords are hidden. Never give out your bank details to anyone online. Do not give out any personal information - on social media you can hide your profile so that only people that you accept as your friends can see your information. Do not accept requests from people you do not know Do not post any pictures of y...

6.2.What ethical issues could arise as a result of digital socialisation?

Ethical Issues that could arise from Digital Socialisation: Security: The more you are on the internet the easier it is to get hacked. Privacy Issues: It is easy for people to spy on our social media sites, some companies are known for doing so and this is also making it easy for others to exploit you. Copyright Infringement: It is made so easy nowadays to access any information and use it almost anywhere. Cyber bullying : Unfortunately there is a lot of bullying online of social media in the present day, it can be very harmful and hurt an individual. Technology is making this easier for the bullies which is very bad. Lack of Human Contact and Interaction: The more we use our technology the less we interact with the world around us. People, especially youngsters are becoming more and more attached to their devices.

6.1.What is digital socialisation? How can social media change communities and their practices and traditions?

What is Digital Socialisation: The way people communicate and their means to do so is known as Digital Socialisation . These are the unique parts of a culture, like the language, customs, behaviours and quirks. The internet involves millions of people from various countries as well as backgrounds and has developed their own cultural quirks all on its own.  How can social media change communities and their practices and traditions? Commodification: Some traditions, rituals, rights, etc, are reduced and slightly changed to show to the rest of the world. Staged effect: Unfortunately value and purpose is lost from the traditional practices of cultures as they modify too much    Acculturation: When two cultures combine they go through cultural and psychological change which is known as Acculturation. But this is not always an equal exchange, many times one culture is being exposed to another culture without the other being exposed in return. Be...

5.Digital Bill of Rights

Bill of rights :  1. Freedom - digital users have a right to free use of technology and online access. All users should be aloud access to prevent digital divide.  2. Equality - all people have an equal right to digital access and technology. 3. Openness - Digital users should be allowed Open and transparent use of the Internet. 4. Participation- all digital users have a right to access what they want when they want to suit their preferences.  5. Accessibility- all digital users have an equal right to access data and information online as well as technology. 6. Privacy- all digital users have a right to their own privacy as well as setting up their own privacy settings. This is to ensure that no unauthorised users can access private information.  7. Association- Digital citizens have an equal right to associate themselves through technology and the online usage. 8. Property- Digital citizens have a right to benefit from their own digi...

4.Digital Etiquette

3.Napalm-Girl

The iconic image of Kim Phuc, as a young naked girl seen crying and screaming after napalm had been dropped on her village during an airstrike, which engulfed the her and her village in fire, burning off her clothes and half her skin. This photograph has caused much controversy and debate over the last 40 years ago, with the latest it being banned from Facebook. This material could be seen as inappropriate by some people because of the fact that she is nude on media. But shouldn't it rather be seen as appropriate because of the value it adds historically and exaggerates  the context.  The photographer evoked sympathy for the villagers and captures the horror of war in the photograph. His choice to capture the picture in black and white creates the feeling of deep emotion, which allows the audience to connect with the story. Though in a different setting where war was not the culprit, the image would have qualified as being inappropriate and violating the right of the ...

2.Digital Literacy and Information Fluency

Ask : Homo Naledi findings by Professor Lee Berger Acquire :  Interview: Lee Berger on Homo Naledi and Fame Analyse : The article is about the Home Naledi remains that were found in the Dinaledi Cave. The deeper meanings of Homo Naledi have become subject of debate. Lee Berger, paleoanthropologist, now travels internationally a lot after the release of the fossils. The article speaks further of the popularity of the topic and even how the papers on the discovery has led to religion versus science. This was an extraordinary finding of hominin. The remains were not dragged into the caves, neither did they end up there by water. They must have been carefully placed there but there were no other signs of the outside world found. They have found that the remains weren’t all placed at the same time, but rather that one group of material was there and then a second came later and lay around those earlier ones. Therefore they do not think this was because of natural ca...

1. Digital Access

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