Digital Technology: the Effect of Connected World to Computer Ethic and Family
Abstract: The development of
digital technology such as smartphones, tablets and other gadgets grows very
rapidly in the last decade so does the development of mobile applications for
those mobile systems or smartphones. Unfortunately, those applications often do
not specify the age range for their users. This is actually a problem in the
world of digital technology and software development. It is not yet known
whether the applications is good be used for children or not. Nowadays, parents
are faced with the dilemma of allowing their children to use these modern
gadgets, which often lead to serious addiction or keeping them in the dark and
risk raising ignorant kids. This research shows 80% of respondents agree or strongly
agree that the gadget will affect to the development of children social skill.
Therefore, in this research, the framework for ethical assessment is introduced
and it can be applied to digital technology included gadget and its application
in order to mitigate the negative effect of digital technology and gadgets.
Author: Benfano Soewito, Sani
Muhamad Isa
Journal Code: jptinformatikagg150014
