ICT AND POVERTY
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Information and communication technology (ICT) refers broadly to any communication devices or applications, including radio, television, phones, computers, and satellite systems. The document discusses both the positive and negative impacts of ICT on society. Positively, ICT increases educational opportunities, improves communication, and allows for participation in a more globalized society. However, ICT can also create a digital divide between those who can and cannot access information. It may reduce real-world interaction and physical activity as more tasks move online. The document also provides examples of how ICT impacts various sectors like policing, business, health, and banking.
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ICT AND POVERTY
- 2. (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY) IS AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT INCLUDES ANY COMMUNICATION DEVICE OR APPLICATION. EXAMPLES: RADIO, TELEVISION, CELLULAR PHONES, COMPUTER AND NETWORK HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, SATELLITE SYSTEMS.
- 3. POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE SOCIETY AND ON PEOPLE a. increasing opportunities for education b. improving communication c. allowing people to participate in a wider, even worldwide, society d. new tools, new opportunities
- 4. NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ICT ON SOCIETY and on PEOPLE causing a digital divide between those who can access information and those who cannot,
- 5. reducing levels of education and understanding due to the vast amount of incorrect and misleading information that is available causing moral and ethical problems due to the nature of some of
- 6. Job loss
- 7. Manual operations being replaced by automation. e.g. robots replacing people on an assembly line.
- 8. Job export. e.g. Data processing work being sent to other countries where operating costs are lower.
- 9. Multiple workers being replaced by a smaller number who are able to do the same amount of work. e.g. A worker on a supermarket checkout can serve more customers per hour if a bar-code scanner linked to a computerized till is used to detect goods instead of the worker having to enter the item and price manually
- 10. REDUCED PERSONAL INTERACTION Most people need some form of social interaction in their daily lives and if they do not get the chance to meet and talk with other people they may feel isolated and unhappy.
- 13. Policing-Crime CCTV camera, GPRS system, using database for finding criminals' information are some unique thing which can not be possible without the blessing of IT. In common days police uses GPRS to track someone's car, mobile phone if it has been stolen. Police uses CCTV camera to detect criminals' face.
- 14. Fingerprint is another especial method with which the police can identify the thieves. This is making our life safer and very easy in many ways. For example- in big super markets doesn't need to think about too much if someone tries to steal their products, because some products have got chips which can be detected if that product isn't swiped over the bar code reader
- 15. BUSINESS
- 16. HEALTH Now a days we don't need to go to the doctor and describe our problems, we can use Internet to contact with our doctor. We can use also use IT to do face to face communication with our doctor even though we are at home. We can also frequently ask question to our doctors and they can also answer us using E-mails.
- 18. IT has also showed its beneficial points on money and banking which helped us a lot to buy necessary things using E-commerce which includes online shopping, online selling etc. It also helped lot of companies to deal with other companies. We can use online money and banking service 24/7 hours a day.
- 20. PREPARED BY: REA B. HERNANDEZ LESLIE F. ARANDA ANDREA G. FORTES HELEN H. FRANCISCO
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