This is the presentation showing the information about impacts of ICT.

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Purushottam Tiwari
Rajesh Joshi
Hari Adikari

2. Introduction to ICT
1. ICT refers to technology that provide access to
information through telecommunications.
2. It is similar to Information Technology(IT) , but
focuses primarily on communication technology.
3. ICT has more recently been used to describe the
convergence of several technologies and the use of
common transmission lines carrying very diverse
data and communication types and formats.
4. There are both positive and negative impacts of
ICT in our society.

3. Positive Impacts
ICT has it’s positive impacts in various sectors.
Some of them are :
a) Education
b) Employment
c) Business
d) Health
e) Communication
f) On-line Shopping
g) Banking
h) E-Commerce
i) Multimedia
j) Entertainment

4. Education
ICT has great positive impact in education
sector on teaching, learning and attainment. ICT can
empower both teachers and learners. It promotes
change to education in 21st century. For example for
our assignment in the previously, we have to go to
the library to collect or gather
information. It is not only a
waste of our time but also
there is a limit to the infor-
mation we can get. Beside these, ICT has also helped
in online education and exam sector.

5. Business
Businesses today use technology in almost
every face of operation. They communicate with
advanced network systems, they analyze data and
plot forecasts using complicated programs, they
utilize all types of digital
media for marketing cam-
paigns, and they stream-
line operations with new
inventory and check-out
systems. So, ICT is one of the most required things in
business sector.

6. Banking Sector
The banking sector has embraced the use of
technology to serve its
client’s faster and also to
do more with less. The bank
provide the facility of ATM,
E-Banking etc. to the its clients
which are related to ICT.

7. Online Shopping
Online Shopping is very common now a days.
It is very much convenience to shop from
computer with an
internet connection
anytime. Also it is ea-
sy to research products
and services provided by
online shops in Internet.

8. Negative Impacts
ICT has it’s negative impacts in various
sectors. Some are:
a) Pornography
b) Plagiarism
c) Hacking
d) Health Problem
e) Unemployment
f) Theft
g) Spreading Computer
Virus
h) Software Policy
And so on…

9. Hacking
Computer hacking is the practice of modifying
computer hardware and software to accomplish a
goal outside of the creator’s original purpose.
People who engage in computer hacking activities
are often called hackers. Hacking may results in
financial losses, loss of information and damaged
reputation.

10. Spreading Computer Virus
A virus is a program that propagates
itself by infecting other programs on the same
computer. Viruses can do serious damage to the
computer. So, by the use of ICT the virus are
spreaded in different computers which may damage
the files and information of the computers. Viruses
might also steal the information of the computer and
send to some other person. It may also result in
blasting the computer system.

11. Plagiarism
Plagiarism is an act of using closely
imitating the language and thoughts of another
author without authorization and the
representation of that author’s work as own, as
by not crediting the original author. Plagiarism
can negatively affect the reputation of a student,
teacher, professional.

12. Unemployment
One of the largest negative effects of
ICT can be the loss of a person’s job. Job losses
may occur for several reasons, including: Manual
operations being replaced by automation. e.g.
robots replacing people on an assembly line
Job export. e.g. Data processing work being sent
to other countries where operating costs are
lower.

13. Conclusion
In spite of, the fact that we cannot really ignore
that there are a number of ways in which technology
negatively impacts our society, for the better part it has
greatly helped to make out lives better. Technology has greatly
helped us to become more efficient thus increasing our
productivity. It has also helped us a great deal to be able to
save on many resources such as time and money and these
are great benefits that cannot be ignored. It has also worked
well in bringing unity into the world by turning it into a global
village which has in turn helped people to more easily
overcome their cultural, racial and continental barriers.