Monday, 6 September 2010

Understanding the Impact of IT on Individuals, Communities and Society

I have created this Blog to give myslef and others the opportunity to identify the 'Impact of IT'.

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Effect on local communities; economic eg employment structure, working practices, sustainability; legal eg ownership, copyright, plagiarism; ethical eg privacy of information and unequal access.

45 comments:

  1. Does this mean I don't have to do the handout?

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  2. You've mentioned quite a few of the issues there. When you say the "Impact of IT", the social impact of the internet and the WWW are a very large part of that - more later, I hope. But there is also the hardware and software that made those two possible, and have made a great many other things possible too - spreadsheets, databases and mobile 'phones to name but three.

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  3. IT makes communications, business and speaking to friends easier because the internet makes it so easy to send messages, if there is no internet then things are slower

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  4. IT helps Keep in touch with friends and family far and close away it also makes everyday life much easier

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  5. IT has a very big impact on society

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  6. it has a big impact because people are lossing jobs because computers are taking over

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  7. IT and the WWW is one of the biggest resources on the planet. The Internet can be used for online shopping, searching for jobs or advertising products and so much more.
    The internet, overall, makes life easier for communities.

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  8. IT has revolutionised the way in which we communicate over the past few years massively, it's hard to imagine life without it...

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  9. I Agree that no it the world would crash

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  10. Maybe it would now - all the banks and what have you doing millions of transactions every second.. Makes you wonder how we managed when I was growing up - we didn't even have calculators when I was at school! (And, hey! I'm not that old.)

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  11. As stated above, IT & the internet have had a massive impact on everyone & everything, and that most of the developed world now depends on IT.
    In my opinion, although the internet/IT is useful for keeping in touch via social networking etc., many people are now staring at an LCD screen from 10 inches away from them, alone and for hours on end. The very same people might have gone out into the real world and had a more 'face to face' social life before the internet was so absorbing.
    I know I'm sort of going off on a tangent here, but it has been recently proven how sites such as facebook have had an impact on people, particularly younger people. Further reading here =]
    http://www.theappgap.com/how-does-social-networking-affect-your-health-and-well-being.html

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  12. I.t is criticle in this world, surely order would not be kept :(

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  13. it is almost a necesity to use IT nowadays as life is made so much easier by it

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  14. without IT business and people wouldnt know what to do seeing as we have all adpated to it and how fast we can communcaite to other business and freinds with it

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  15. Without IT, the world would not go round, it would be more harder and harder to do stuff, particularly businesses would take a long time to do things

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  16. The World is now too depended on IT for communication. Simple because it is the fastest mood of communication between business's and other internet users.

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  17. I agree we need IT without it communication with people around the world would be a lot harder (msn)

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  18. In a tiny or huge way IT has an impact on everything. In my opinion nearly all of it in good ways too especially in communication. e.g. me doing my homework online.

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  19. IT has a role in everything

    and will have more of a role as time goes on

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  20. Its an easier and faster to way to do things. Whick makes life so much simpler

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  21. IT is used almost everywhere, i cannot imagine do things without that...

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  22. IT is becoming more and more common in workplaces as well as among homes. I suppose it helps to be handy with one. And even you socialites out there that sit on your bum on facebook 4 hours a night, it's not all that bad ;). Think of it as developing your social skills!

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  23. i think IT has a big impact and i think it will comtinue to grow as time go on

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  24. Most things are usally linked to IT in some way

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  25. IT has become one of the most important thing in the world today.If you do not have IT Skill you probally wouldn't get certain job.IT is every where.

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  26. we need IT because without IT people wouldnt be able to communicate with others

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  27. Without IT life wouldn't be easy!

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  28. Without It Socialising Will Be A Lot Harder....

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  29. Most of the things in our environment are mostly linked with IT. We need IT to socialize with others.

    HOLD TYT THE SMOKEY FAMMMM

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  30. IT has a very big impact on society

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  31. IT impacts most things in modern life today, Things would run a lot slower if it wasn't for IT

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  33. T.T has had alot of impact past the few years, lots of people have lost there jobs because they have been replaced by technology.

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  34. I.T has a large effect on our society as technology is upgrading and over taking peoples jobs.

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  35. Information Technology (IT)is shaping the world and Individuals, Businesses and communities are all embracing and using IT as part of their everyday life. IT has become a global thing as it is acting as a communication enabler between business to business (B2B) and business to customer (B2C).

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  36. most things use IT i cant imagine life without it.

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  37. Thanks for the blog hope to hear more from you soon

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  38. oh yeah very interesting.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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  39. Your blog makes sense and considers the Impact of IT - makes you think.

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