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.