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ITGS Section III : Areas of Impact
The topics given under each area are provided as examples only.
3.1 Business and Employment
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Transportation: reservation systems,
luggage processing, navigation, scheduling and distribution, traffic simulation, smart roads and cars, fuel efficiency
and traffic safety systems
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Employment: electronic employee
monitoring, telecommuting, ergonomics and health, job obselescence and retraining, online job search, employee surveillance
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Banking and finance: EFT, ATM's,
Internet banking and brokerage, electronic cash, insurance
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International commerce: management
of transnational corporations, business concentration
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E-commerce: teleshopping, online
marketing, data mining, spyware
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Retailing: advertising, media
3.2 Education
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Telelearning: isolated and remote
areas; use in hospitals, prisons, retirement homes
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Modification of hardware and software
for special needs: voice recognition software, text-to-speech, special input and output devices, Internet resources
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School library systems: catalogues,
security systems, online research
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Hardware in the classroom: laptops,
notebooks, teleconferencing
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Software in school administration:
record keeping, scheduling, Intranets, public information
3.4 Arts, entertainment and leisure
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Digital art: electronic music,
interactive visual art, desktop publishing
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Film: digital actor simulations,
characters and animation
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Live arts: digital effects, choreography,
lighting, marketing
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New media: DVD, CD, VCD, stereolithography
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Virtual reality (VR) and virtual
reality games
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Broadcast media: digital radio
and television, electronic news and internet radio and video
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3.6 Politics and Government
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Political process: voting and
elections, lobbying, open government and free movement of information
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Government administration: record
keeping, tax collection, policy implementation
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Legislation: policy development,
enactment, enforcement adn analysis
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Police: DNA data collection, video
surveillance
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Military: cyberwarfare, smart
weapons development, espionage
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Rebel and Terrorist Use of IT
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