Impact of ICTs on Daily Life: Advantages and Disadvantages
ICTs play a significant role in our everyday lives, offering benefits like enhanced communication, global connectivity, cost-effectiveness, and educational opportunities. However, they also bring challenges such as privacy concerns, reliance on technology, and the reliability of information. Understanding both the advantages and disadvantages of ICTs is crucial in navigating the digital age.
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SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES ICTs Overview of a general model of a computer in relation to the information processing cycle: input, processing, output, storage as well as communication. Information processing cycle
What is ICT? Acronym Information Communications Technology All communication technologies Including Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, computers, software, video- conferencing, social networking, and other media applications and services enabling users to access, retrieve, store, transmit, and manipulate information in digital form.
ICTs used in everyday life ICT has a great impact in our daily lives. For example, we can read our newspaper using the online newspaper. Connected with our family, relatives, or colleages even if we are abroad by using the electronic mail, yahoo messenger, call conference, or video conference. Education
Advantages of use of ICTs Communication - Speed / time money can be save- much quicker to move information around. Globalization - Video conferencing saves money on flights and accommodation. Brought countries and people closer together. Cost effectiveness - cheaper than phone calls. Greater Availability - ICT has made it possible for businesses to be automated giving clients access to a website or voicemail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Education Computer s along with their programs and the Internet have created educational opportunities not available to previous generations.
Disadvantages of use of ICTs Education Lack of ICT equipment Lack of job security Individuals need to be constantly studying or at least keeping up with changes in their profession, if they want to feel secure in their jobs to be secure. Privacy - privacy issues. From cell phone signal interceptions to e-mail hacking, people are now worried about their once private information becoming public knowledge. Reliance on Technology Professor Ian Robertson, a neuropsychology expert based at Trinity College Dublin who carried out the study, said: People have more to remember these days, and they are relying on technology for their memory but the less you use of your memory, the poorer it becomes. .
Disadvantages of use of ICTs Reliability of Information Anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection can start a blog or post something up on a website, so just because something s on the web doesn't mean it s reliable. Computer viruses, worms, Trojans, malware, spam, phishing- any or all can cause chaos and disrupt our daily lives. Expensive - cannot afford. Lack of experience - lack of experience using ICT tools.
Sequence of events in processing information. Consists of basic five operations: input, processing, output, storage and communication). 1 5 2 4 3
