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Generalized Advantages and Disadvantages of

Information Technology
Along with specific contributions to certain fields, information
technology also has a few general advantages for society. However,
with every advantage, there comes a disadvantage from another
area. Below is a brief list of advantages and disadvantages as
information technology grows.
Advantages

With improvements in information technology, globalization has


increased. The world is brought closer, and the worlds economy is
quickly becoming a single interdependent system. Information can
be shared quickly and easily from all over the glob, and barriers of
linguistic and geographic boundaries can be torn down as people
share ideas and information with each other.
Communication has become an easier, cheaper, and faster system
with the help of information technology. Using the internet, people
can speak to each other all over the world using video
conferencing. Skype is one helpful application that allows users to
communicate to other Skype users for free. You can also pay a
small fee to call regular lines.
Social media is also another area of communication available
because of information technology. Its now easier than ever to

share photos and information about your life with people you
know all over the world. This draws some families closer to family
members they dont get to see as often.
Most mobile devices also offer some kind of face to face video
communication as well. Using Skype or other programs like it, you
can call other mobile Skype users for free to talk face to face. Apple
also has Facetime, which allows iPhone users to talk face to face
with other iPhone users.
Businesses have become more cost effective for both themselves
and their consumers using information technology. By
streamlining, businesses increase their productivity. This pays out
to greater profits, which allows companies to offer better pay and
less strenuous working conditions.
Along with making businesses more cost effective, information
technology allows businesses to be within reach of consumers
24/7. If you decide you want to purchase a red sweater at five in
the morning, you can easily log in on Target, Walmart, or any
number of online clothing retailers to purchase that red sweater.
You can also save money on purchases by buying items located in
different countries.
Information technology has also created new jobs. Programmers,
systems analyzers, hardware and software developers, and web

designers all owe their jobs to information technology. Without


such advances, these jobs would not exist.
Disadvantages

Unfortunately, along with the creation of new and interesting jobs,


information technology has also led to a rise in unemployment. By
streamlining the business process, job redundancies, downsizing,
and outsourcing has occurred. Many low and middle level jobs
have been turned to other countries, leaving more people
unemployed.
Many people also credit information technology with a lack of job
security. As new technology is released and jobs require more and
more training, its important for employees to stay in a learning
mode in order to keep their job. Changes in technology make it
difficult for older employees to adapt as quickly as their younger
peers.
Although information technology continuously works on making
things more secure, there is still a great lack of privacy. Cell
phones have been known to be intercepted, and email addresses
can be hacked. Just recently, the Heartbleed Bug created a
vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic software library, and
many people were concerned for their internet security and
privacy.

It is also believed that along with opening a great communication


window, information technology has begun to create a dominant
culture. Many believe that the United States holds the most
influence over how teenagers all over the world now act, dress, and
behave simply because of what they can access online. English has
slowly become the primary mode of communication for business
and other communication areas.

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