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TNCT – DEMOCRATIC INTERVENTIONS

Government Interventions – ways in which a government regulates or interferes with the various activities or decisions made by individuals or organizations with its jurisdiction. The effects of this can be positive or negative.

Democracy - derived from two Greek words, namely, demos (people) and Kratos (rule) which means “rule by the people.”

-    an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy, the laws, and the actions of their state. It requires that all citizens (meeting certain qualifications) have an equal opportunity to express their opinion.

Democratic Participation - empowers people to effectively involve themselves in creating structures and designing policies and programs that serve the interests of all. It requires association with other people.

Elements of Democracy

Rule of Law - Ensures the rights and freedoms of citizens are protected and no one is above the law. All citizens stand as equals in the eye of the law.

Separation of powers - Check and balances. Powers are distributed among the executive, legislative, and judiciary.

Basic rights and freedom:

A.   Human Rights - a right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person. (Right to life)

B.   Civil Rights - Right to own a property, rights to enjoy privileges accorded to being citizen of a country.

C.   Political Rights - rights that protect individual freedom from infringement by government, social institutions, and private individuals. (Right to foe elective office, right to suffrage)

D.   Other rights from the rule of law - Freedom of speech

Freedom of worship

Freedom of association

Freedom of political expression

Freedom of the press.

Suffrage - Civil and political rights. Every citizen with the recognized legal age has the right to participate in an election by casting a vote regardless of sex, religion, political affiliation, educational attainment, and socio-economic status. They are entitled to one vote.

Freedom of Speech - Ensures that the citizen can voice out their agreement, disagreement, affirmations, criticism, and proposal to the government.

A.    Libel - a crime broadly characterized by maliciously publishing an article or write-up that may be detrimental to a person’s character or may cause dishonor.

B.   Oral Defamation - someone telling lies about you

ICT

Information and Communication Technology – usually abbreviated as ICT, refers to the diverse set of technological tools. (smartphones, computers, tv, etc.)

Dimensions of ICT

1.    Computing - any activity that uses computers to manage, process, and communicate information. It includes the development of both hardware and software.

-       Computing is a critical, integral component of modern industrial technology.

2.    Communication - are any processes that allow you to communicate which feature a computer or computer program. 

-       Trends that emerged since 2010: Mobile phones, 3G and Wi-Fi connections, tablet computers, affordability and availability of technology.

3.    Content - its ability to be integrated into the delivery of traditional services like education, business, and employment.

4.    Human Capacity - Includes both the intellectual capacity (e.g., knowledge, skills) and the will (e.g., commitment, trust, respect, competence, resilience, and persistence) to implement needed changes.

Weakest link of a system using Strategic and Intuitive Thinking?

Weakest link of a system:

•       Personal Computers and mobile telephony are still expensive

•       Content is not meaningful or locally relevant

•       Computer Literacy remains a challenge

NEURAL AND SOCIAL NETWORK

Connection - is the act of connecting or the state of being connected.

Relationship - is a state of being related or interrelated.

Network - is two or more devices connected through links.

Link - is a communication pathway that transfers data from one device to another.

Relationship - is about being and the experience of connecting with someone over an extended period of time.

“connection is the point of contact in a relationship”

Neural Networks

-       human brain can also be described as a biological neural network

-       interconnections of web neurons

Human Brain - is “hardwired” with fixed memory, processing speed, and intelligence meaning it has a permanently connected circular location.

SOCIAL NETWORK - refers to an arrangement having a set of actors such as individuals or organizations and a set of dyadic ties.

-       It is a social structure composed of nodes, generally individuals and organizations, that are linked by common ancestries