Impacts of communcating in the IT industry

Social implications of IT when communicating, has many advantages and disadvantages to it. The century that we live in, is based on a lot of communicating using computers. Without it, these days people would find it difficult to communicate with friends froma distance. This is how hooked we have become to the IT industry. Though there are aspects that we need to look into when communicating through IT for example, mobile phones, text and online chats.

Advangtages

·        You can get into contact with people you don’t talk to a lot

·        You can get in touch with old friends and family

·        With e-mails, you can attach documents. This saves time and money

·        You can spread news much quicker

·        The internet can be used for advertising and promoting products

·        You can use the internet for teaching. Homework can be set online.

·        Teachers can also do lessons as podcasts and students can go back and listen to them if they didn’t understand something before.

·        It can be accessed anywhere

·        With phones you can contact people instantly wherever you are

·        You can also get into contact with your family in a different country

Disadvantages

 People don’t talk face to face
People email each other when they are so close to each other (5metres)
 -It changes peoples terms e.g. slang
-People talk to strangers!
-It distracts you in school e.g. texting.
-People become unfit because they don’t exercise being distracted y the latest technology