The impact of ICT has changed how we socialise today. There are many positive points but

there are many bad points.

The Good Points of the Social Impacts of ICT

There are many good points to the social impact of ICT.

• ICT has brought has brought the world together through social networking sites.

• ICT has made researching information easier, as information can be found by looking over the internet. This helps people who haven’t got a local library near they live.

• Through social networking people can speak to family and friends from across the globe. This helps people who can’t travel to visit family or friends.

• ICT has created many jobs for people to apply for, ICT skills are now required for almost every job and with internet access wildly available, people are able to communicate and work away from an office which has made working from home a more popular choice. 

The Bad Points of the Social Impacts of ICT

There are many bad points to the social impact of ICT. Many of them affect us in the short

term and others in the long term.

 

• Children and Teenagers spend most of their free time using computers, which affects their social development as they will lack the social skills to speak confidently in school or work, as they would rather text on mobile phones or use an instant messenger than talk to their friends face to face. Some children are also lacking in reading skills as local libraries are being closed down due to children not being interested in reading or going outside. This affects them progressing well in school.

 

• ICT can also affect people’s personal health, as they aren’t getting enough exercise as they are spending most of their free time indoors on computers instead of going outside.

 

• Small local businesses are being affected by the effects of ICT as people would rather shop online which is causing smaller businesses that aren’t online to close down as they are losing revenue and can’t afford to stay open.

• The environment is also feeling the effects of ICT as some people are not disposing their old electronical devices in a proper manner which is causing more landfills to show up around the UK. Another way ICT affects the environment is computers are using electricity and with so many being used in homes and businesses more energy is consumed, which leads to many issues such as climate change.

• Many older people are feeling pressured and overwhelmed with learning how to use new technology and with many services such as Banking, Bill paying and shopping rapidly becoming internet based, some older people are struggling accessing these services. This can affect them financially as many internet goods and services offer cheaper rates and prices than their physical counter-part.

• ICT doesn’t just affect individuals, it also affects many people in rural areas around the UK as Broadband access is not available to them because they live too far from a telephone exchange and the telephone and cable companies feel it is too expensive to lay down cables.

1. ICT has caused many legal impacts. Many media forms such as Movies and Music have become easily available across the internet, which has led to copyright material to become easy to steal. There has also been many file-sharing web services have been set up, which allows users to share copyright material which makes it freely available. Plagiarism has become a common problem because of ICT; because of the internet it has become very easy to copy and paste information from a web page into a document. Plagiarism has affected schools, colleges and universities as students are submitting work that they are passing off as their own.

impact of ict

Information and Communication Technologies for Development  refers to the use of Information and Communication TechnologiesI in the fields of socioeconomic development, international development and human rights. The theory behind this is that more and better information and communication furthers the development of a society. 

1. to aviod crowded classroom school may adopt dual shift system without reducing its student actual study time due to this teachers  get sufficient time tpo import knowledge which increase intellectual  level.
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Aside from its reliance on technology, ICT4D also requires an undersThe field is an interdisciplinary research area through the growing number of conferences, workshops and publications^] This is partly due to the need for scientifically validated benchmarks and results, that can measure the effectiveness of current projects.^[9] This field has also produced an informal community of technical and social science researchers who rose out of the annual ICT4D conferences.tanding of community development, poverty, agriculture, healthcare, and basic education. This makes ICT4D appropriate technology and if it is shared openly open source appropriate technology.^[1] Richard Heeks suggests that the I in ICT4D is related with “library and information sciences”, the C is associated with “communication studies", the T is linked with “information systems", and the D for “development studies”.^[2] It is aimed at bridging the digital divide and aid economic development by fostering equitable access to modern communications technologies. It is a powerful tool for economic and social development.^[3] Other terms can also be used for "ICT4D" or "ICT4Dev" ("ICT for development") like ICTD ("ICT and development", which is used in a broader sense^[4]) and development informatics.ICT4D can refer to assisting disadvantaged populations anywhere in the world, but it is usually associated with applications in developing countries.^[5] It is concerned with directly applying information technology approaches to poverty reduction. ICTs can be applied directly, wherein its use directly benefits the disadvantaged population, or indirectly, wherein it can assist aid organisations or non-governmental organizations or governments or businesses to improve socio-economic conditions.