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Social Networks and Knowledge Perspectives

The document outlines a knowledge framework focusing on the impact of technology and the internet on knowledge acquisition, storage, and communication. It raises questions about the nature of knowledge in relation to machines, online communities, and the influence of algorithms. Additionally, it addresses ethical considerations regarding access to knowledge and the responsibilities of technology creators.

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Social Networks and Knowledge Perspectives

The document outlines a knowledge framework focusing on the impact of technology and the internet on knowledge acquisition, storage, and communication. It raises questions about the nature of knowledge in relation to machines, online communities, and the influence of algorithms. Additionally, it addresses ethical considerations regarding access to knowledge and the responsibilities of technology creators.

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Knowledge Framework –

Knowledge & Technology


Scope

· ​ To what extent is the internet changing what it means to know something?


· ​ In what sense, if any, can a machine be said to know something?
· ​ Have technological developments had the greatest impact on what we know, how we know,
or how we store knowledge?

Perspectives · ​ How are online or virtual communities similar to/different from “traditional” communities of
knowers?
· ​ Do social networks reinforce our existing perspective rather than boosting our engagement
with diverse perspectives?
· ​ How has technology had an impact on how we browse, search and filter data and
information? Can algorithms be biased?

Methods · ​ How does technology extend or transform different modes of human cognition and
communication?
and tools
· ​ To what extent are technologies, such as the microscope and telescope, merely extensions to
the human senses, or do they introduce radically new ways of seeing the world?
· ​ Is artificial intelligence restricted to processing information or can it also allow machines to
acquire knowledge?
· ​ How does computation help people to process data and information to gain knowledge?
· ​ What is the difference between computational thinking, algorithmic thinking and critical
thinking?
· ​ How do the tools that we use shape the knowledge that we produce?
Ethics · ​ How might technology exacerbate or mitigate unequal access, and divides in our access, to
knowledge?
· ​ Does the existence of the deep web influence our view on whether some knowledge should
remain secret or largely inaccessible?
· ​ Should we hold people responsible for the applications of technologies they develop/create?
· ​ Are there situations where ignorance/lack of knowledge is an excuse for unethical behaviour?
· ​ On what criteria could we decide whether activities such as “hacktivism” are morally
justifiable? To what extent have technological developments led to an increase in data being
collected without people’s consent or when they are unaware that it is being collected?

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