Impact Of Information Technology On Society
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EMPLOYMENT
New jobs have been created
- programmers
- web page designers
= all in popular and well known companies
- systems managers
- maintenance workers on assembly lines
- sales assistants in shops
Jobs have been lost
- car manufacturing plants and assembly lines
= robots perform most tasks
- banking
= Automatic Tele Machines = reduce need for banks
= open all hours = very beneficial
Jobs change when IT is introduced
- Training is needed
- Secretaries, teachers and maintenance workers are likely to be
affected the most
PRIVACY OF INFORMATION AND PERSONAL DATA
- easy to get information on disk
- easy to find information on disk
- surveillance cameras - should they be used?
- they are an issue because they record personal data
= in the form of a person's every action
- information has potential to be misused
INTERNET
Advantages
- vast access to information
- freedom to access any information you want to
= benefits research
= reduces congestion made when visiting libraries
- on-line shopping
- teleworking = working from home
- better communications
- e-mail, video conferencing
Disadvantages
- large amount of unsuitable material
= pornography, how to make a bomb, victims of war
BENEFITS TO DISABLED PEOPLE
- voice recognition for people who are physically unable to type
- wheelchairs controlled by microprocessors
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