IMpact of IT

Impact of IT

IT has had a big impact on our society. Many of these impacts have been positive, but there have been negative ones too.

Working in a small group, discuss each of the developments in IT that are listed in the table below. Decide what the positive benefits have been and what the negative drawbacks are.

IT development	Positive impacts	Negative impacts
Email	Can easily communicate with people that are far away	Takes a long time to set up
Online shopping	You can do it from the comfort of your home	Shops in your local area might shut down
Online banking	You can do it from the comfort of your home	You may be scammed by phishers
Smart phones	You can do everything on a smart phone for exapmle download apps and music	-5
Laptop computers	Portable , you can take laptops anywhere	Tjere not easily uprgradable and overheat
Netbook computers	Very light	Run out of charge quickly and cant be upgraded
MP3 music	Easy to download music	May cause to the closing of music stores
Social networking websites like Facebook	You can keep family and friends updated	Nobody cares what you have to say
IM programs like MSN Messenger	It was good for messaging before cell phones	You had to be on a computer
Search websites like Google	You can find anything out	Outdated information
Information sites like Wikipedia	You can find anything out	False information