1) Why was Google Glass controversial?
"The main concerns with the advent of Glass however relate to issues of privacy. If people using Glass are effectively able to walk around and film everything that they’re looking at, how are the public to know if they’re being filmed without having given their permission?"
The main issue of the google glasses is seen through the aspect of privacy. People could be filmed or photographed without their permission or even worse, their knowledge.
2) What are the positive elements to Globalisation that the article highlights?
"In a sense the world becomes more accessible, and people are enriched by getting to know and understand it better."
"Increased choice and opportunities empower people, while access to information can enhance not only the ability to make informed decisions but even the democratic process."
Positive elements of globalisation is seen as people are able to access the internet even easier and to a higher degree with the glasses. Through the connectivity, the world is made 'smaller' and more accessible for people.
3) What are potential negatives to Globalisation?
"the general populace alienated from each other and hooked up to a host of machines controlled by a large and powerful unseen source."
A negative however is that although people are connected online, in reality people are alienated from one another, that people are too preoccupied on being connected online that the cyber world has become their way of life, their reality.
4) What is a techno-panic? How does it link to moral panics?
"a techno-panic is therefore a moral panic that centres on fears regarding specific contemporary technology or technological activity. Some of the dialogue regarding Glass and its release could be viewed as both moral and techno-panics."
Moral panic is a highlighting of concerns in society stirred up by the media in regards to an event in society an a techno-panic is a moral panic specifically based from contemporary technology or technological activity.
5) What is your opinion on the privacy debate and major corporations being able to access large quantities of personal data?
In my opinion, major corporations having large quantities of personal data is distressing as it shows the lack of security that we have online. Furthermore, by major corporations knowing so much about people, it worried people because users generally think that being online is safe and secure through the privacy function. As technology is such an essential part of peoples lives, it puts to question that if they aren't secure online, how much more in the real world.
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