in class,

(a) write up a quick description of a SI system.

(b) Describe it on 5 of the following dimensions (taken from sawyer's reading).

1. the context affects their meanings and roles

 

2. how the ICT creates winners and losers

 

3. any effects of its introduction?

 

4. moral and ethical aspects, and social consequences

 

5. Their components

 

6. their trajectories

 

7. how they co-evolve

 

(c) the biggest surprise, the golden nugget, you found in your discussion.

Turn in at end of class.