2.2.4 Images, Sound and Presentations

Social and ethical issues

Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of images, sound and presentations, for example, multimedia, slideshows, virtual reality, games. These may include:

Topic 82: intellectual property relating to the copying and modifying of text, images, sound and video (fair use policies) by Ken Moyer

Topic 83: copyright issues by Ronald

Topic 84: printed versus electronically published information by Romeo Wu

Topic 85: health issues related to virtual reality by Akira

Topic 86: multimedia solutions for disabled persons by Simon Ruiz

Topic 87: multilingual selection possibilities of CD-ROMs and DVD by Chirag

Topic 88: surveillance and privacy by Wilanth

Topic 89: global access to information available on CD-ROMs versus Internet by Tommy

Topic 90: use of virtual actors in films by Taro

Topic 91: biased information by Tanay

Topic 92: reliability of data by Harsh

Topic 93: social and ethical issues related to games by Matthew

Knowledge of technology

In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of images, sound and presentations, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include the following.

Design and creation concepts

Topic 94: Key terms—animation, bit-map versus vector graphics, object-oriented, clip art, CAD, hypermedia, hypertext, pixel, resolution, MP3, MIDI, morph by Ken Moyer
Topic 95: Data integrity by Dhruv

Topic 96: Consistency in design elements by Sam

Topic 97: Use of appropriate fonts, sound, images, video to convey a specific message by Harsh

Storage, processing and access concepts

Topic 98: File formats, for example, storage requirements, loading time, portability by Xiao Xiao

Topic 99: Sound, image and video capture and editing by no one yet

Topic 100: Updating and combining sounds or images at a later point in time to create a new work of art by Chirag and Takafumi