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ICT Implications_2012.notebook

March 27, 2012

You need to be able to explain the benefits and 

ICT in Society

drawbacks of the use of information and 
communication technology in:

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How ICT affects
businesses, consumers & 
employees.

may 18­11:22 a.m.

work and manufacturing,
economic and business aspects,
legal and ethic aspects,
ecology,medicine,
the home,
leisure,
education,
crime, wars and law,
etc.

may 18­11:43 a.m.

Sociedad de la Información
"Sociedad Planetaria"

Capacidad de sus miembros (ciudadanos, empresas yAdministración Pública) para obtener y compartir cualquier
información, instantáneamente desde cualquier lugar y en
la forma que se prefiera

Internacionalización de los
procesos económicos,los
conflictos sociales y los fenómenos
político - culturales

May 14 ­ 12:08 a.m.

Changing employment patterns
• Many of the manual tasks such as assembly work
and paintspraying in factoriesare now being
performed by robots.
• Many industrial processess operate 24 hours a day
and are continually being monitored and controlled
by computers.
• There are fewer paper-based systems inoffices.
Some jobs such as filing clerks no longer exist. New
jobs involving computers have been created.
• Computers are sometimes used to monitor the
performance of their users.
• There is acontinual need to retrain people, who no
longer spend year after year doing the same job.
• Teleworking

May 14 ­ 12:49 a.m.

May 14 ­ 12:30 a.m.Is Information and Communication Technology a 
good thing?

Arguments in favour
• More interesting tasks.
• Higher productivity
work fewer hours
have the same stardard of
living.
• Make us competitive.
• Many things would be
impossiblewithout the use
of IT.
• New jobs

Arguments against

• "Life is slower and less
stressful" without them
• Computers are cheaper than
people
unemployment
• Jobs for highly skilled and...