9 Audience
Candidates should be able to:
9.1 audience appreciation
• show a clear sense of audience when planning and creating ICT solutions
• analyse the needs of an audience
• explain why solutions must meet the needs of the audience
9.2 legal, moral, ethical and cultural appreciation
• explain the need for copyright legislation and the principles of copyright relating to computer software (e.g. software piracy)
• describe methods that software producers employ to prevent software copyright being broken
• discuss the legal, moral, ethical and cultural implications of creating an ICT solution
• create ICT solutions that are responsive to and respectful of the needs of the audience
• discuss why the internet is not policed (although legislation is enforced in some countries) and the effects of this, including the existence of inappropriate sites