LAS 432 Week 5 Course Project Assignment; Equity Impact Assessment

Week 5: CourseProject- Equity ImpactAssessment This week, you'll analyze the technology you've chosen for your Course Project's equityimplications.The purposeofthisprojectistoprovideaframeworkforreducinghurdlesthatdisadvantaged individuals may have in accessing and using new technologies, as well as toanalyze technology throughthe perspectiveofsocialjusticeandequity. The concept that all persons are created equal is characterized as equity (Martin & Nakayama,2020). The cultural, financial, geographical, political, and physical surroundings in whichindividuals are born, mature, live, work, and age are determinants of equality, and they areimportantforallpeopletoprosper,regardlessofcolor,class,gender,spokenlanguage,orsexualorientation. When barriers exist that hinder individuals and groups from obtaining theseconditions,inequities areproduced. Yourequityassessmentmustaddressthefollowing. 1. Provideatwo-tothree-sentencegoalstatementforyourtechnology.Whatistheintended impact? 2. Identifyandexplainthegroupsthatthetechnologymayaffect.Low-incomegroups,minority communities, linguistic minority, LGBTQA+ communities, and immigrantorrefugeegroups areallexamples ofthis. 3. Identifyandexplainregionsthatmaybeimpactedbythetechnology.Thiscaninclude, but is not limited to, urban communities, rural communities, coastalcommunities,industrialcommunities,and ethnicenclave. Analyze potential positive and negative impact(s) or unintended consequences for threeidentified populations. As part of your analysis, include the following for each of thethreepopulations you select. Identifythepopulation. Describethepotentialpositiveandnegativeimpactsandconsequences.