Digital Society · 2 Concepts

DS2.6 — Systems

Digital Society · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. DS2.6.1

   How systems are studied

   Systems in digital society is explored and investigated by diverse subjects, fields and professions such as sociology, environmental systems and societies (ESS), science and technology studies (STS), information science, computer science and design.

2. DS2.6.2

   Systems thinking as a tool

   Systems thinking provides powerful tools for understanding human, natural and built environments, and the role of people and communities within them.

3. DS2.6A

   Structure and order

   Systems provide one way to think about structure and order in human, natural and built environments.

4. DS2.6B

   Interacting elements

   Systems involve sets of interacting, interdependent and/or interconnected elements.

5. DS2.6C

   Intended and unintended consequences

   Changes within a system of interdependent connections may generate intended and unintended consequences.

6. DS2.6D

   Models, maps and visualizations

   Models, maps and visualizations can help us understand connections within and between systems.