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Dimensions of the divide

Based on government statistics, more than 56% of the homes in United Kingdom have a desktop computer and more than thirty percent have a laptop computer. Also, 7% of the population has a handheld computer. 38% of non working people have used a computer.

http://uk.ask.com/question/how-many-people-in-the-uk-own-a-computer

39%

of the people in UK without access are over 65

 

1 in 4

adults in the UK have never used the internet

a third

of households in the UK don't have the internet

49%

of people without access are in the lowest socio-economic groups (DE)

70%

of people who live in social housing aren't online

80%

of government interactions with the public take place with the bottom 25% of society, so failing to encourage everyone online keeps government costs high

 

15%

of people living in deprived areas have used a government online service or website in the last year, compared to 55% nationally

38%

people not online are also
unemployed

http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/60-seconds/what-is-the-digital-divide/

Legal Rights

Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 , also referred to as HSWA, HSW Act or HASAWA, is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety in Great Britain. The Health and Safety Executive with local authorities (and other enforcing authorities) is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment.

Advantages for this Act are :
•   A reduction in the number of working days lost due to illness and injury
•   Retain your staff
•   Motivate your workers and boost productivity
•   Protect the reputation of your company
•   Shield yourself from potential legal action and reduce your insurance premiums

Disadvantages are:
Millions of working days are lost due to work-related illness and injury.
Thousands of people die from occupational diseases.
Around a million workers self-report suffering from a work-related illness.
Several hundred thousand workers are injured at work.
A worker is fatally injured almost every working day.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm
http://www.hse.gov.uk/leadership/benefits.htm
http://www.bbcactive.com/BBCActiveIdeasandResources/Healthandsafetylawcontroltherisk.aspx

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

 Is the current UK copyright law. It gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control the ways in which their material may be used. The rights cover: Broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public. In many cases, the creator will also have the right to be identified as the author and to object to distortions of his work.

Advantages
If people copy items and distribute them they do not receive any money.
Companies that invest time and money into projects will recap the benefits.
Who ever copyright and get caught they can be used by the owner.

Disadvantages
A lot of people break this law and it is hard to catch people out.
Some people don't realise that copying software is illegal.
People also think because no one can see it the it's not a crime.

http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/uk_law_sum
http://www.slideshare.net/pangcollict/the-copyright-designs-and-patent-act

Actor's agent and ambulance service

Actor's Agent

Most actors’ agents are simply called talent agents. They represent people appearing in television, film, theater, radio, industrial, commercials and promotional work. Talent agents can specialize in any of these areas as well as voice-over work, stand-up comics, singers, dancers or magicians. Agents can also choose to provide talent for the modeling and print industries.

Agents recruit talent to represent, usually working alongside other people at the talent agency to amass a stable of actors with the sought after “look” or age range. Usually, aspiring actors send their head shot, resume and film reel to the agency for submission, and the agent decides who they want to meet with.

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5905635_actor_s-agent-job-description.html#ixzz2fiBk0tB5

Actor's agents now must use a lot of ICT in the 21st century as they need to know where to look for the jobs, sending emails, contacting the actor and many more. They need to find the best auditions for their client so they can make as much money as they can as they only get a 10% cut of the job.

Agents can have as many clients as they want but they will have to keep up with all the pressure from each client and get them the best auditions you can find which might be hard if you have similar actors and they both get put up, they might not be happy with this and they could fire the agents.

Agents in 1987 were very differnet from the agents in the present day, they had lower means of communication, find auditions was a lot more demanding and very stressful.

Agents would find a lot of audidtion through a news papers and letters, this would consist of telling the agents the auditions and what bthe role would consist of and the type of people they are looking for. Agents would call  the company and tell them that they think they have the right person for the job and they would offer them their clients CV.

Agents cummicating was a lot longer to do and getting information around was a lot harder than it is now, now you can send a email straight away or text and get a reply almost instantly.

Ambulance case study 

The ambulance service is not just about responding to a 999 call with an emergency ambulance crew. There is also a team of people with different roles who provide the vital back-up, as well as the non-emergency patient transport service that is so valued by the community.

Before the accident and emergency crews take to the road, other members of the trained team take the 999 call, decide rapidly what action is needed and then ensure that it happens.

If the situation is critical, one of the control staff might have to talk a distressed caller through a lifesaving procedure or collect more essential information as the ambulance travels to the scene.

http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/explore-by-career/ambulance-service-team/ 

Here are 6 factors that the Information Age has affected the emergency services:

resequencing: including parallel processing of data-bases

simultaneity: making information instantly available in several systems (e.g via OLE)

time extension: offering 24 hour a day; 365 days a year service

portability: taking service and products closer to the user

reusability: using information captured for one purpose (e.g. transactions), and 

using for others (e.g. customer targeting)

The workplace - allowing work from home and on the move, as in telework

http://www.skyrme.com/insights/5itorg.htm 



Digital Divide

Digital Divide

I struggled to find a decent and recent discussion on google groups about the digital divide, but I did manage to find one from March 19th briefly discussing a few factors of the digital divide. On the page it is about how teenagers access to Internet is a factor of the digital divide even in more developed countries. They believe low-income households that can't afford to get full useage of the Internet at properly are disadvantaged.

By using discussion forums like this they have there ups and downs. They aren't always reliable as don't know where the information has came from but also there is a lot of biased opinions on the page. But from reading these pages can find opinions on each side of an opinion. So these pages can help research but may need backing up with reliable sources of information.

 

http://jamesallendaily.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-09-16T10:44:00%2B01:00&max-results=6&start=12&by-date=false

Online services

Today I used my standard SMS to message my friends and checked up on twitter too. I also went to KFC to get a box meal, I decided to go and get it instead of getting a takeaway as I prefer KFC and a takeaway would cost me more. I also watched a DVD instead of streaming it on my ipad because I was watching it with my brother. I streamed Liverpool vs southhamton game on my computer as it wasn't on sky sports. 

Online services

Today I used my social media sites such as Facebook and twitter, on Facebook I juts watch new Vine video because they make me laugh. I also used SMS services to message my friends at ouch to see where they was instead if trying to guess because I don't think I would have found them otherwise.

I also used FaceTime to FaceTime my friend and tell him I have the new gta game, I spent the rest of my day playing Frankline and didn't use any other online services.