– KS4Impact of technology
Lesson 1 – How does technology impact us?
Impact categories
Introduction
For each of the news stories below, identify which is the most suitable impact category and describe
what impact might be experienced.
The first one has been done for you.
Example
1 Hackers hit A-list law firm of Lady
Gaga, Drake and Madonna
2 In 2017, China built a 250-acre
solar farm shaped like a giant
panda
3 Digital technology is fuelling a
loneliness epidemic (Age UK)
4 Artificial intelligence: Algorithms
face scrutiny over potential bias
5 Apple Martin tells off mother
Gwyneth Paltrow for sharing
photo (of Apple) without consent
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Worksheet
Category? Impact
Legal Very personal data may have been
accessed by the criminals, as well as
information that could leave them open
to blackmail and theft. Both the law firm
and the clients are at risk.
The UN has stated that China's solar farm
Environmental poses a serious risk to the environment and
could result in environmental degradation.
More people are experiencing loneliness as
Cultural a result of technology's growth and society's
reliance on it, as they have developed an
attachment to virtual worlds and virtual
people.
It is unethical for algorithms to be possibly
Ethical biased because they omit tiny groups of
people.
Gwyneth Paltrow, the mother, violated
Privacy Apple's right to privacy by sharing a picture
without the company's permission.
Last updated: 04-06-21