|
|
 Add Blog |
 |
 |
 |
Would you like to add one? Click here.
You must be a TakingITGlobal member and be an attendee to this event before you can add a blog post. Either login, or register.
|
|
|
Event Blog  |
|
|
|
  High schoolers state that digital piracy will take long to extinguish in Russia... - Posted By: Sofya
During the Open Forum, discussion revolved around two major points, the process of Information Society formation in Russia, and online safety and security. When talking about the first topic, surprisingly, quite a few participants raised the question that had been previously voiced out at the Open Forum on role of youth in the IS in Tambov, namely, why should we support this process at all. Surprisingly again, almost no other participant made a point to support the other side of the question. The participants, however, were very fruitful in formulating advantages and disadvantages that IS may bring for youth. Among the former they mentioned vast opportunities for education, communication, faster personal and professional growth, higher mobility, and youth entrepreneurship. Among the latter the participants identified mainly digital divide, information senescence, education being not able to catch up with the speed of technical progress, laziness, diseases caused by sitting in front of a computer, cyber attacks and other online security issues.
When the discussion turned to online safety and security, the participants, being high school students, demonstrated a broad knowledge of potential risks hidden in the Internet. However, they noted that little access to the Web, which is particularly typical of smaller cities and provincial areas in Russia, may in a certain way prevent users from such threats as cyber hooligans or predators, on the other hand, leaving them face to face with an enormous amount of viruses and trojans. The participants engaged into a particularly vibrant exchange when the discussion touched the issue of plagiarism and piracy. The students firmly stated that in Russia it is yet impossible to promote fair behavior on the side of software and entertainment consumers; the main reason for that is that the majority of Russian citizens still cannot afford buying licensed software, music, videos, or games and have to buy illegal copies to significantly cut such expenditures in their personal budgets. On the other hand, the participants admitted that you often get very poor quality for that relatively little you pay, but still they were quite sure that this situation will take more than their lifetimes to get improved.
| November 12, 2005 | 14:29:34 |
|
|
|
|
Home
Resources
