SEK. MEN. KEB. DERMA IMPACT OF ICT ON SOCIETY NOORBAIZURA BT MOHD ZIN 4 RASIONAL

IMPACT 1. Communication 2. Employment 3. The way the restricted data being secured.

COMMUNICATION Modern communication has become almost instantaneous. Email is cheap and fast and ICT allows documents and diagrams to be faxed around the world. More and more people are now working from home and this is likely to increase as video-conferencing becomes more and more commonplace. In communication technology, there have been huge advances in digital communication through satellite and cable television and digital radio. The vast quantity of information available through the Internet requires new skills to search out and select the information needed from the various sources and articles. Mobile phones are now used to communicate via text messages, images and even video as well as being able to access information over the Internet and send email.

EMPLOYMENT The introduction of computers has resulted in many changes in employment patterns. Many jobs were lost, particularly from the manufacturing industries, as the repetitive tasks of unskilled workers were replaced by machines. An example would be the replacement of car body assembly workers and body part painters by robots. However, computerisation has replaced jobs across most areas of the workplace, right up to middle management positions. There have been positive effects on employment, many new jobs have been created in communication technology and computing, both in the service and manufacturing industries.

DATA STORAGE & ITS USE Those who said that the use of computers would lead to the paperless office were sadly wrong. In fact, computers have lead to an increase in the overall amount of paper printed. This is partly due to the amount of information about people held on computer files which is then used to generate computerised mail that is delivered to our houses as letters, bills, forms and advertising. Such data may be highly confidential, for example criminal, medical and financial data. Any errors in this data due to errors in the source of the data or when it is entered can have an issue that may have a huge effect on our lives.

In a nutshell.. We can say that.. This rapid increase in the use of computers is having an enormous impact on our lives. Our modern way of living simply could not exist if this modern technology were removed. We depend a lot on technology. For examples, our financial system is depend on modern technology to process the millions of cheques written every day and without modern telecommunications, it would be impossible to control the millions of telephone calls made every day. CONCLUSION

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