There are advantages and
disadvantages in the use of IT. It has socially impacted people in both ways.
Before computers, most
children spent most of their time watching television, but now, almost every
child spends time on computers. We spend a lot of time on these devices such as
computers, and is even possible to get addicted to it. People who are computer addicts
can be the cause for families to break up, or for the addicts to lose their
jobs, as they might forget to check the time, and either not go to work, or go
to work late. Some addicts even don’t go to sleep, and just stay on the
computer, so the ones that have to go to work may be too tired to work.
Even if there are computer
addicts and such, IT has improved our lives, as there is freedom in Self Expression, in the form of videos,
pictures, blogs, tweets and many more ways.
You can also stay
up-to-date with information from websites such as Wikipedia, which you can use to learn from or also use to help you
in the work you have. You can also use Internet
Banking instead of going to a bank, which helps when going on sites such as
E-Bay, where you can buy and sell
stuff online.
Most teenagers these days
seem to be using social networking such as Twitter
and Facebook to improve relationships or create new ones, but social
networks are some of the locations with a lot of cyber bullying. Cyber
bullying is a huge issue for children, teenagers and even some
adults, as people can be verbally abused over the internet. It is usually on
social networking websites, as mentioned before, or also on Instant Messaging
programs, where the person being cyber bullied is threatened, verbally abused
or even worse. And even if most of
the people on the internet are from 14 to 16 years old, there are still many children on the internet. Some
children may be even exposed to violence,
racism, pornography, and more on social networks, websites or over instant
messages, meaning that the internet can be very dangerous for children.
Personal
Privacy has also become a problem, as a lot of information about
you is on computers. This means if someone had access to your data you may have
to face a lot of problems such as blackmail, as whoever has the information can
just spread it publicly on the internet.
Also, sometimes poor
families may not be able to get computers because of their cost, and old people
may have problems learning how to use computers. Computers also contribute to climate change, as they use up a lot of
electricity, as there are a lot of computers worldwide. There are also some
people that throw old computers away in places such as fields, causing the
chemicals to pollute the soil.
Copyright
law
is very important for creators of art, games, music and more. Now that almost all is virtual, this law helps
protect all of the original work, even though the internet has websites such as
PirateBay that are meant to copy files into for the public for free.
Without IT in the work
industry businesses would find it very hard to make a profit. The internet is
by far the biggest source
of income for most of the large businesses, as shopping online is becoming more
and more popular, more and more small shops have to close down because of lack
of customers. Large businesses can manage to stay open thanks to the internet.
Although new jobs are being created
because of IT, and a lot of old jobs are requiring IT skills, but thanks to the
internet, home working is now a viable option, as you can do your work and email
them to your boss and such. Since the
work is virtual, your work hours can be a lot more flexible.
Computers and other IT
devices have impacted our life socially and emotionally, with good and bad effects,
but as long as IT is used correctly, no problems should occur.
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