STANLEY KIPKOECH
 
ICT REVOLUTION AND
ITS CHANGES IN THE SOCIETY
 
Indeed ICT
revolution has brought many changes in many fields in the society. Some of this
changes are positive while some are negative, for instance, positive changes
have been seen in the fields of; Health, Education, Business, Communication,
Management , Weather ,Religion and While negative changes have been seen in
terms of way of life adopted by society, robbery activities and huge loses
experienced in banks and other financial institution. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; POSITIVE EFFECTS OF ICT REVOLUTION &nbsp;&nbsp;
ICT AND
HEALTH In the field
of Health, to start with, there have been many positive changes. ICT has been
used in different ways. ICT has been used in to assist patients in many ways
for example the use of computerized X-rays machine to identify bone fractures
among patients for medical action to be administered. Also in this field ICT
has assisted in communication among medical officers in different location to
bring about joined effort and thus lifesaving. &nbsp;&nbsp; ICT AND
EDUCATION In the field
of Education, ICT has helped a great deal in the ways teaching is done. ICT has
brought about the use of projectors in learning unlike in the past when
teaching was done by use of chalk writing on black walls which was very
tiresome. Teaching using projectors is easy since a teacher doesn’t have to
strain writing on the walls but to just project on walls. Writing on the walls
in the past brought a lot of complication in the past such as coughs due to
continuous inhalation of chalk dust by teachers who had allergy to dust unlike
in the current which dust free. On the other hand, teaching using projectors
has improved understanding in student since the use of audio-visuals is more
appealing than when learning through teaching by a teacher. This has helped
improve Education system in the society. &nbsp;ICT AND
BUSINESS. ICT
revolution has brought many positive changes in the business in many ways. For
instance, ICT has made numerous transactions to be easy. Use of ATM cards and
automatic vending machines resulted from ICT evolution. The use of ATM cards
has lessen the initial cost of carrying cash. Carrying money in ATM cards has
also minimized cases of robbery since it is not easy to detect someone having
the card.

ICT
revolution in business is also seen in terms of use of secret pin in opening
bank accounts to transact money. This has replaced the initial way of
transaction which was mainly based on cash. 

ICT has also
brought changes in the field of Business in the society in many ways.
Communication for instance, a major resource in business, has been revolutionized by ICT. Use of mobile phones for communication between buyers
and sellers has improved business activities between the two parties. Some
devises, for example laptops and mobile phones, have some programs for language
translation installed in them therefore enabling business between people from
different parts of the world. Sellers and buyers of goods from whole over the
world use such programs to communicate therefore through this, business is
promoted.

&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Another way in which ICT has improved business
in the society is seen in large business organizations such as supermarkets and
malls where computers are used for keeping and retrieving large volume of
information for long period of time. This help in close monitoring of business
activities in the organization therefore loses are avoided hence smooth running
of the business. This
has also reduced the cost of running a business since operation of businesses
today is done by use of computers hence reduces the number of workers needed in
the operation therefore reduces the wage bill hence increase profits thus
promoting business activities in the society.

&nbsp;Also ICT has helped to cap shoplifting in
supermarkets and other large business premises through the use of video cameras
hence ensuring smooth running of the business.

&nbsp;ICT also has helped reduce fraud among
employees through the use of automatic vending machines that operate without
the services of a sales person. This also reduces the cost of hiring services
of a sales person.. &nbsp;ICT AND
COMMUNICATION
 
ICT
revolution has eased communication among members of the society for instance
the use of mobile phones and computers has replaced the initial way of passing
information. I n the past, information was being passed by sending a person to
run and deliver the message by word of mouth. This used to take a long time for
information to reach the intended destination unlike current use of mobile
phones where message is received instantly by the recipient. There was also no
storage of information send in the past in case one unlike today where information
send can be stored and retrieved when needed.

Also, the
society has been easily managed by their leader through communication. &nbsp; ICT AND
MANAGEMENT ICT has eased management of the community for instance, the government uses television,
mobile phones and other devices to pass information to the community hence
management of the society becomes easy unlike when ICT had not yet played part
in the society and information passing was not easy.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;
ICT AND
WEATHER.
 
ICT
revolution in weather has been applied in weather forecasting station to
interpret predicted weather changes. This has helped the society in planning of
their farming activities appropriately according to the foretold weather
changes.

ICT
revolution in weather has also informed the society of on the type of clothing
to plan for according to the predicted weather changes. These enable them to
cope with the changing weather elements hence avoid some of the hazards that
could occur for example, common cold and other related infections.

ICT has also
enabled the society to plan on the sporting activities according to forecast ed
data in weather changes. This enable them to plan accordingly to avoid delays
during sports.

ICT
revolution in weather has also enabled people to plan on the type of housing to
build. For example extreme weather changes predicted in favor of rain and
extreme weather conditions predicted in favor of sunshine.&nbsp; In case of favor of rain, the society are
informed to focus on thick walled houses thin walled houses in case of vice versa.
This has enabled the society avoid their crude way of weather forecasting which
sometime never came to be true.
 &nbsp;&nbsp;
ICT AND
RELIGION. In the past,
pastors and other religious people used to carry bibles and their mobile phones
altogether. This was tiresome. Currently, due to ICT revolution, pastors carry
only their mobiles phones to religious places. This is because they have got
Bible programs installed in their mobile phones.&nbsp; This has eased the spread of religion.

Also, due to
ICT revolution, the word in the bible and other religious books has been able
to be send through the internet to a place where it is suppose to reach or to a
place where the information has been requested. This has greatly eased the
spread of religion in the society. 

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NEGATIVE CHANGES
BROUGHT BY ICT &nbsp;&nbsp; ICT AND THE
WAY OF LIFE &nbsp;Due to ICT
revolution, the society has been exposed to western culture.&nbsp; This has led to the spread of many evils in
the society. Internet for example has exposed the youth to pornographic
materials.&nbsp; The society has therefore
adopted a bad culture. &nbsp;&nbsp; ICT AND
ROBBERY &nbsp;ICT has eased communication among robbers hence making possible for them to carry out
their robbery plans. &nbsp;&nbsp; ICT AND
LOSES. ICT
revolution has brought loses in the society in many ways. For example, In case
of ICT tools delays or failure to function it can lead to loses. ICT tools may
include record keeping tools such as computers in banks. This can slow down the
process and therefore loses in terms of expected profit.

Failure may
also result to lose of customers by banks hence reduced profit and this may in
long terms lead to financial loses.

ICT REVOLUTION AND ITS CHANGES IN THE SOCIETY

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