digital media safety issues 102.02. physical safety issues safety issues pertinent to digital media...
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Digital MediaSafety Issues
102.02
Physical Safety Issues
Safety issues pertinent to digital media professionals fall under two categories:
Physical safety issues Physical hazards that could injure you or others
Digital safety issues Computer or technology-related dangers to your personal, financial, emotional or physical well-being
Physical Safety Issues
Electrical Hazards
A dangerous condition that poses a threat of injury or even death. Contact with electrical current or equipment failure can result in electric shock, arc-flash burn, thermal burn, blast or other injury.
Physical Safety Issues
Trip Hazards
Unexpected objects in a path can pose a hazard. Examples: Poor housekeeping
Cords in walkways
Cluttered work area
Poor visibility
Open drawers
Physical Safety Issues
Ergonomics
Ergonomics is simply defined as the science of designing the workplace to fit the worker, enabling comfort and avoiding injury from strain. Examples: Proper posture
Safe lifting techniques
Appropriate seating position
Adaptive equipment
Physical Safety Issues
Lifting Hazards
Improperly lifting a heavy object is the most common cause of injury for younger workers, damaging muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and blood vessels. Lift with the knees, not the back
Keep loads close to the body and near your center of gravity
Use diagonal foot positions
Lift from waist height rather than from the floor.
Avoid awkward positions and get help if needed!
Digital Safety Issues
Identity Theft
Identity theft is a serious problem in modern society, made easier for criminals by the use of computers
and electronics.
Identity thieves steal or capture identifying or personal data
such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords,
etc. and use it to gain access to financial accounts and more.
Digital Safety Issues
Cyberbullying
“Cyberbullying” is when someone – often a child, pre-teen or teen – is tormented,
threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise
targeted by another person using the Internet, interactive and
digital technologies or mobile phones.
Digital Safety Issues
Cyberbullying
There are two kinds of cyberbullying:direct attacks (messages sent to your kids
directly) and cyberbullying by proxy(using others to help cyberbully the
victim, either with or without theaccomplice's knowledge).
Because cyberbullying by proxy often gets
adults involved in the harassment, it is much more dangerous.
Digital Safety Issues
Viruses
A virus is a small piece of software that piggybacks on real programs.
For example, a virus might attach itself to a program such as spreadsheet software.
Each time the spreadsheet programs runs, the virus runs too and has the chance to
reproduce (by attaching to other programs) or wreak havoc.
Digital Safety Issues
Trojan Horses
A Trojan horse is simply a computer program that claims to do one thing
(it may claim to be a game, or screensaver software) but instead
does damage when you run it.
A Trojan horse may use your computer to send spam, or could
even erase your hard disk.
Digital Safety Issues
Worms
A worm is a small piece of software that uses computer networks and
security holes to replicate itself.
A copy of the worm scans the network for another machine that
has a specific security hole.
It copies itself to the new machine using the security hole, then starts
replicating from there as well.
Digital Safety Issues
Spam
Companies sell valid email addresses to people who want to sell a product.
They may get the emails through numerous methods, including:
Social networks or websitesNewsgroups or chat room
Websites that request personal infoSites created with the specific
purpose of ‘harvesting emails’ (example: prize offerings)
Digital Safety Issues
HoaxesHoaxes, commonly spread via email, chain letter or social
media, are false reports. They can be malicious, or mischievous. They are usually started with mal-intent but
then spread by people who believe them to be true. Hoaxes sometimes involve:
Non-existent subjects (e.g. warnings about viruses that aren’t real), Claims of impossible feats
False alarms about supposed new criminal tactics False or exaggerated accusations against politicians or celebrities
Scams or scaresChain letters (if you don’t send this letter to ten friends by midnight..)
Digital Safety Issues
Internet AddictionsInternet addiction is a type of compulsive disorder that
encompasses many unhealthy obsessions:
Cybersex addictionOnline gambling
Compulsive online gamingAuction addiction
Internet addicts gradually spend less time with real people in their lives in exchange for solitary time
in front of a computer.