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The effect of IT on society. By Bartosz Wazny. Social Networking. Communicating with friends is now easier than ever, for example on Facebook you can connect with all your friends and chat to them very easily and instantly. Advantages and Disadvantages of social networking. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The effect of IT on societyBy Bartosz Wazny
Social Networking Communicating with friends is now
easier than ever, for example on Facebook you can connect with all your friends and chat to them very easily and instantly.
Advantages and Disadvantages of social networking
Advantages DisadvantagesEasy communication Everything is publicFree communication Time consumingKeeping in touch AddictionFree games Cyber bullyingEasier to invite somebody to a birthday party etc.
Hackers
Mobile Phones Mobile phones can do many things
including online banking, addictive games and access to most social networking sites.
Nearly everyone in the UK owns a mobile phone of some sort and they are becoming more and more popular as newer versions are constantly getting released.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Mobile Phones
Advantages DisadvantagesDon’t miss important calls
Can be expensive
Emergency calls AddictiveKeep in touch with friend and family
Might cause accident while driving
Fits in your pocket Can damage ears if listening to loud music
E Commerce Electronic commerce is the buying and selling of
products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on such technologies as electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing etc. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at one point in the transaction's life-cycle, although it may encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail, mobile devices and telephones as well.
Advantages and Disadvantages of E Commerce
Advantages DisadvantagesBuying/Selling 24/7 Bad sites that eat up
customers money.Easy to start and manage business
No guarantee for quality of product
Easy to find products HackersLow operational costs. Mechanical failuresBetter quality of services
E-Commerce is not always free
Online banking Banking is now very easy. You can do
pretty much everything online like checking your balance online or sending money to someone or even paying your bills online!
Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Banking
Advantages DisadvantagesDon’t have to leave your house
Difficult to learn for a beginner
Very convenient Lack of trustService day and night HackersEasy transactions Identity theftEasy access through PC Mistakes might happen
Threats of IT With everything that ICT can do, there
are quite a lot of threats such as-VirusesSpywareMalwarePhishing Cyber Bullying
How to prevent viruses, spyware and malware
You can prevent threats of IT quite easily by simply using an anti virus such as Norton or there are free ones like AVG you can use too.
How to prevent phishing To prevent phishing you can look at many things that give
it awayFor example-Look at the email address. If it has lots of numbers in it then it is probably fake.Look for spelling mistakes. A real email should be written formally and without any mistakes.Check if the email applies to you directly. Make sure it says your full name and if its from a bank make sure its your bank.
How to prevent cyber bullying
Don't listen to the bullies. If you are actually upset then talk to a
teacher or parents and they should help you and if needed police might be informed.
E-mail You can make an email on Gmail.com
by clicking ‘Sign Up now’. On an email you can send and receive emails from family and friends.
Emails are really easy to send and read and are important because you can use them in a business to share information with your co-workers.
Unit 1Task 1- Email user guide
Bartosz Wazny
STEP 2 – Fill out your details and READ the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
STEP 3 – Verify your account by entering the verification code sent to you through your phone.
Email Setup Complete!
STEP 4 – Set up is complete! Now go and send Emails and stuff.
You can use your Email to see and receiving Emails from other people. It is really straight forward and you will get the hang of it in no time! You can click on it and read it and then reply to it.
You can add contacts by clicking on GMAIL -> CONTACTS -> NEW CONTACT and then enter the name of the contact you wish to add.
Sending an Email
Click here to begin typing your email message.
This is where you can check your received mail.
This is where you can see your added friends or family.
How to sendThis is where you enter the name of the person you wish to send an email to.
This is where you enter the subject of the message. For example : Greetings Thomas!This is where you can type the
message you would like to send. There are many useful features like Check Spelling which automatically correct your mistakes
When you have finished all these steps click Send!
Reading an EmailFirstly, make sure you are in your inbox.
Then, click on the message you wish to read
Now you can read it!
