Technology Management

Role of IT in Social Life

Content
Introduction
Impact of IT on Social Life
The Relationship Between The Type
of Society and Type of Human
Relations
Conclusion



Introduction
Technology has a major role in the development of
the information society. The use of technology is lead to,
saves time, increases in human effort, less travel, the
spread of cultures.
Information technology is the technology used to
store, manipulate, distribute or create information. The
type of information or data is not important to this
definition. The technology is any mechanism capable of
processing this data.
society can be defined as a community, nation, or
broad grouping of people having common traditions,
institutions, and collective activities and interests.

Impact of IT on Social Life



COMMON TRADITIONS
The influence of information technology on religious
practices has mainly been to the effect of making information
about them more accessible.

CULTURAL CONTINUITY
Social attitudes have changed with the effect that citizens
of a society now expect the various elements of that society to
be better informed than previously. They also expect to be able
to access more information about a specific product, service or
organisation so that they can make informed decisions with
regard to their interactions with that entity.

INSTITUTIONS

The word institutions can incorporate a wide variety of
organisations. For the purposes of this report the institutions
we will examine will be:
Governments,
Commercial businesses,
News & Media organisations,
Educational organisations.


Governments
The government of a nation will be comprised of many varied
institutions. However developments in information technology has
helped governments to improve their service to their citizens.
Advances in Database technology for example have enabled the
governments of various countries to collate and monitor statistical
information that they can use to combat fraud, manage the economy
in a more informed way.

Commercial Businesses
The most important role of information technology in a
commercial business however is to provide a commercial advantage.
Advances such as computer aided design, relational database
technologies, spreadsheets, and word processing software all provide
a commercial benefit to the business, as does automation of
manufacturing processes.




News & Media organisations
Developments such as the Internet and satellite television
have created new medium and audiences through which and to
which these organisations can disseminate their information.

Educational organisations
Introduction of information technology related courses.
These courses are introduced to try to satisfy the demand that
society has for qualified people to develop these information
technologies.
Information technologies have enabled researchers to
access a wider source of information than previously available
through such technologies as the Internet.
Social
Interactions between individuals have been enhanced by
the development of information technologies. New channels of
communication have been opened between people in the last
thirty years.
Individuals then have the ability to interact with other
individuals through such developments as e-mail, chat-rooms.

The Relationship Between The Type of
Society and Type of Human Relations






Type of
Society
Type of
relation
ship
Relations
hip level
Range of
communic
ation
Dominant
communicat
ion tools
Dominant
power
tools
Traditional
Face to
Face
Micro Friends,
relatives
Speaking Ground
Industrial Writing
& Face
to Face
Middle Friends,
relatives &
National
Writing &
Speaking
Capital
Information Internet Macro Universal Chat online Information
Conclusion



Conclusion
Society expects to be able to distribute information
quickly, efficiently and cheaply. Society now expects the
creation of new information to be facilitated by these new
technologies.
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