8.1 | The Digital Environment: Is There a Grand Design? What are the Internet 2, the 1996 Telecommunications Act, and ICANN? |
8.2 | Security Issues: Threats to Computers & Communications Systems What are some characteristics of the key security issues for information technology? |
8.3 | Security: Safeguarding Computers & Communications What are the characteristics of the four components of security? |
8.4 | Quality-of-Life Issues: The Environment, Mental Health, & the Workplace How does information technology create environmental, mental-health, and workplace problems? |
8.5 | Economic Issues: Employment & the Haves/Have-Nots How may technology affect the unemployment rate and the gap between rich and poor? |
8.6 | Artificial Intelligence What are the main areas of artificial intelligence? |
8.7 | The Promised Benefits of the Digital Age What are some benefits of the digital age? |