So far in this chapter we have not paid any particular attention to the impact of ICT on older people – people who have previously lived in a fairly stable environment. Today the momentum of change (in which computer – based technologies play a pivotal role) is ever increasing. Consequently, older people are becoming ever more concerned and bewildered by the constant alterations that are occurring in practically every aspect of their daily lives. Stability is being replaced by instability. As younger people embrace e-mail, cellular phones, text messaging and the like, the older generations see their post offices closing, no longer is there any personal contact at the bank, and who knows for how much longer they will able to use a chequebook?
1. How do you perceive the ramifications of computer-based technologies and the current pace of change impacting on older people?
- The evolution of computer-based technologies is rapidly evolving nowadays. Even the older people must have to adopt the changes it brings. For me the use of computer-based technologies is a tool for encouraging seniors to improve their health practice. However, an assistance is needed for them to accompanied and teach them the advantages of what technology brings. Knowing that most of the older people are easily prone by diseases, then the computer-based technologies must have to provide a better solution in the caregiving of older adults.
2. To what extent are they becoming increasingly isolated?
-The impact of computer-based technology on older people is definitely isolated from the modern people of today. Older people are easily forgetting information. Some are illiterate in using computer because of poor eyesight. For them, gadgets of today are not belong to basic needs, they think of a technology as an expense By these reasons, the older people are tend to become isolated in computer-based technology. The development of technology is suitable for those people who can easily adopt with much interest and incite with technologies such as younger people, teenagers, and even a kid, they loved the technologies evolution.
3. Is direct personal contact being gradually eroded?
- Absolutely yes. One of feature of computer-based technologies is easily communication with other people in distance. Nowadays computer-based technology is gradually arising, the communication connectivity are being improved to provide a good communication service between the sender and receiver of message. Even resume to apply a job sends in e-mails, which is for me is informal for applying a job. Thus, direct personal contact being gradually eroded.
4. Perhaps discuss these issues with older person that you know, such as a family member. Identify the issues.
-My uncle once mentioned that he doesn’t like to have those any cellular phones or gadgets. He is almost 50 years old. For him technology is not his type. He said that he will not pay ever that price of gadgets. He was definitely isolated with technology.
5. Have these people gained as a consequence of the proliferation of and reliance we place upon computer- based technologies and the pace of change that has ensued?
- I think yes .
Ethical Dilemma- Chapter 8
Consider Alice, who is a staff member in a computer science department in New Zealand. She applies for a job at a university in the UK and is invited to travel to the UK for three-hour interview. Thus, Alice will have to fly some ten thousand miles each way in order to be present for three hours at the interview. Let us suppose that you are heading the interview committee in the UK, and are therefore Alice's primary point of contact, Alice send you an e-mail asking whether it would be possible for her to be interviewed using video conferencing facilities. She points out that this will not only save her a huge amount of flying time (at least 20 hours each way), buy also who will alleviate stress and furthermore - as she mentions - avoiding long-haul journey that are not absolutely necessary has a positive impact on the environment. in this respect she points out the significant amount of fuel that will be burnt in transporting her from New Zealand to the UK and on her return journey. She has access to high-quality video conferencing facilities and so does your university in the UK.
You bring this situation to the attention of other members of the interview committee, your head of department, and the like -- but find that nobody is particularly willing to make use of video conferencing facilities. This surprises you, especially as after all you are working in a computer science /IT department and therefore had supposed that staff would have been quite willing to embrace new technologies. You mention that costs will be saved in not having to pay Alice's airfare, and also stress that this is an opportunity to make use of computer technologies to avoid negative impact on the environment(in actual fact it is surprising how much fuel is consumed in supporting Alice's round-trip-the world trip).
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What are your views on the situation?
- Putting myself as one of the interviewer, I will allow Alice to use that kind of proposal for job interview. Knowing that Alice was in the IT department, and she knows to use the video conferencing then this interview using the new technology is not a hustle for them. However, my insight about video conference interview is for preliminary interview only.
Do you feel that this highlights (even in a small way) the opportunity to reduce environmental damage by using technologies to support communication and therefore avoid unnecessary travel?
-No, because using technology can cause pollution too. Like for instance, they use the video conference then they use an electricity, while using the electricity they can make pollution where they getting the electricity.
Do you believe that people should be willing to adapt to the use of such videoconferencing technologies -- is this ethical issue?
-Nowadays technology makes the world easy, so no reason for not using the advance video conference technology especially in the business side. It is an issue when the purpose of using this video conference is not good such as sexual harassment.
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