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Social Impacts Of Information Technology
Index• What is information technology?• Applications of Information Technology in
Our Daily LifeIT in EducationIT at HomeIT in Public PlacesIT in BusinessIT in Government
• Benefits of information technology • Disadvantages of Information Technology
What is Information Technology?
Information Technology deals with the use of
computers to store, retrieve and transmit information.
The acquisition, processing storage and dissemination
of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by
a microelectronic-based combination of computing and
telecommunication are it’s main fields. Some of the
modern and emerging fields of information
technologies are next generation web technologies,
bioinformatics, cloud computing, global information
systems, large scale knowledge basis etc. are mainly
driven in the field of computer science.
Applications of Information Technology in Our Daily Life
• IT in Education– Students have many opportunities to
learn the basic computer skills to facilitate their learning.
Multimedia learning centre (MMLC) in secondary school Classroom with a
projector
• IT at Home– Personal computer
• IT in Public Places– Internet access service
The public can obtain information from the Internet more conveniently
Internet access service in public area
• IT in Business– Office automation
Office automation helps office workers improve working efficiency productivity, data security and communications with others
An automated office
• IT in Business– E-commerce
Refers to commercial activities carried out in an electronic network
e-bay, a popular online auction site
• IT in Government– UID project• Contains personal data, templates of
thumb prints and photograph of card holder• Information stored is encrypted with
high security– Railway Bookings• Helps in booking the tickets online
– Bill payments• Reduces the physical movement of people
for paying bills.
Benefits of information technology
Globalization - IT has not only brought
the world closer together, but it has
allowed the world's economy to become
a single interdependent system.
Communication - With the help of
information technology, communication
has also become cheaper, quicker, and
more efficient.
Cost effectiveness - Information
technology has helped to computerize
the business process thus streamlining
businesses to make them extremely cost
effective money making machines.
Bridging the cultural gap - Information
technology has helped to bridge the
cultural gap by helping people from
different cultures to communicate with
one another
Creation of new jobs - the best
advantage of information technology
is the creation of new and interesting
jobs.
All of these examples can be
summed up as such: Information
Technology makes business easier.
Disadvantages of Information Technology
Unemployment - While information
technology may have streamlined
the business process it has also
crated job redundancies
example- a lot of lower and middle
level jobs have been done away with
causing more people to become
unemployed.
Privacy - Though information
technology may have made
communication quicker, easier and
more convenient, it has also bought
along privacy issues.
Lack of job security - one has to be
in a constant learning mode, if he or
she wishes for their job to be secure.
Dominant culture - While information
technology may have made the world a
global village, it has also contributed to
one culture dominating another weaker
one. For example it is now argued that US
influences how most young teenagers all
over the world now act, dress and behave.
Thank You.