IMPACTS OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION

This era of ICT continues to influence our livestyle both positively and negatively. some of the issues that result from the use of ICT inthe society. This include:
1. Effects on Employment
2. Effects on automated production
3. Issues of workers health
4. Cultural Effects
5. Breaththrough in ICT

1. Effects on Employent
The introduction of computers at the workplace has resulted in Creation of new jobs, Replcement of computer illitrate workers and Displacement of jobs

a. Job Creation
ICT has introduced new employment opportunities that never existed before. The new job titles are computer operators, programmers, network administrators, ICT science etc

b. Job Replacement
The workers that are computer illitrate are replaced with those who are computer literate

c. Job Displacement
Here the workers do not lose their jobs instead they are are moved to another place or departmnet

2. Automated Production
- Used in manufacturing industries to automate their process in order to reduce cost, increase production e.g computer controlled robots

3. Issues of workers health
- This are effects on our health e.g Repetative starin Injuries, Eyestrain, Headache, electromagnetic emission and environmental issues


4. Cultural Effects
ICT has presented challenges to our moral and cultural values. ICT has changed the way we talk, affected our privacy, human rights and integrity e.g
- Use of internet
- Computer related crime e.g hackng, eavesdropping etc
- Use of computers to forge certificates, passport and other documents.
- Has Has beeen used as a complaint platform agaist aspects of the society g drug abuse

EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS SYSTEMS
Future trends of ict