Threats:

Cyber bullying:

-this can be a worrying problem to young people. thee are a range of different
methods that can be used.
-things like facebook, emails and chatrooms are places this occurs the
most.
-many children suffer and are scared by this type of bullying.

Spam:

-spam is a unwanted email advertisment. everyonr with an
email account will tend to get unsolicited emails, most of which
are very annoying.
-also sent with sttachments which is opened can cause viruses.

Phishing:

-Phishing is a method used by crimminals trying to trick people
into providing their online banking passaward and security details.
-the scam works by crimimals sending people an email which looks as though it
comes from their bank account.

Denial of service attacks:

- this is a method of preventing a web server from providing a service by overwhelming
it with so many requests that it is unable to cope.

Global impications:

-People who live in less economically developed counteries may also
struggle to get internet access.
-many aspects of society, partically education and economic development rely on the internet
computer tecnology.

Local and national impications:

-Many people in the uk who live in rural areas cannot access broardband internet
because they live too far from a telephone or cable companies are not able to lay cables for
a small number of subscribers.
-there is also a age issue. old people finding it difficult to come to terms with new tecnology.
-as services become more internet based, old people may struggle to access these facilities.
-internet goods and sevice are often cheaper than their tradional alternatives.

Legal imapcts:

Ownership,copyright and plagiarism:

-copyright law protects people who produce their own original work(e.g. books,songs etc).
-with music and films available to be downloaded over the internet, it has become very easy to copy and paste materials from a web page into docucmentss.
- plagiarism is a common problem in assignment aswell.

Ethical impacts:  - privacy of information!

- with so much information kept on computers, personal privacy has become a huge issue.
-almost every access of your life is recorded on a computer, including medical records, 
what you buy and who you call from your mobile etc.

Economic Impacts:

Employment structure and working practices:

-Reduction in some jobs
-Created new jobs,
-Allowing remotes working from homes.

Sustainability:

-Computers are used with in many homes and buisnesses, they make a signifigant contribution to energy
consumption ans related issues, such as climate change.
-also within computers hardware developin rapidly, there is the problem of how to deal with older
computer equipment that is no longer required.
-the disposal of the unwanted electrical equipment is covered by the wast electrical and electronic equipment directive.

Social impacts:

How do we spend our free time?

- Watching television during 80's and 90's
- know time moved on internet using, things
 like social nwtworking sites like facebook and twitter.
-instant message applications and computer games.

Effects on local communities?

-there is so much information, goods and services available online
leading to village shopping experiences to reduce in costumers to an
extant that their continued presence in the commumity is no longer
necessary or even economically visable.
- also negative efffects on local communities is that there is less diverce range of shops for local people to enjoy.