How does ICT affect both family and society?

« There may be a reduced number of manual jobs. This is because

computers and machinery can be used instead.

« ICT allows you to work from home. This is an advantage of no

travelling and being able to live in any part of the country.

« There may be a reduction of jobs available because of the decrease

in manual work. This would cause an increase in unemployment.

« The use of ICT gives the opportunity to work for yourself. It also

makes it a lot easier than doing the work manually.

« There is the need to continually update worker skills, especially

those who no longer spend year after year doing the same job.

« ICT can create new and interesting jobs. These can include jobs such

as a computer programmer. This would also may work more enjoyable.

« With the increase in ICT there is the de-skilling or elimination of

some office jobs.

How will the new ICT system affect the family?

A new ICT system is likely to affect the family in question, in

different ways. However, it is likely to make the life of these people

a lot easier and more manageable. It also allows you to be more

organised.

A Computer is especially helpful to school children and those who

work. This is because using a computer is less time consuming, than

compared to the manually writing everything up. It therefore makes

life easier. Copies can be easily made meaning the family will not

have to spends hours upon end rewriting documents.

A new ICT system would allow the family to have improved

communications around the world. The system would be equipped with the

Internet and email service providers, such as Microsoft Outlook and

Lycos. These facilities would allow the family to communicate with the

rest of the world more easily. MSN messenger would be useful to

children in the family and would also be convenient for work.

The use of email is both quicker and more convenient than writing a

letter. You can receive many attachments that you may have sent

yourself or other people have sent. Email is a reasonably secure way

of communication because you need a password to access your account.

It is also useful because you can access your email from any server.

You can also keep in contact with the family, no matter how far away

they live.

The family would have access to news on everyday events etc, via the

Internet search engines and encyclopaedias.

A new ICT system would allow the family to produce documents,

databases, images, recordings etc. This is a lot less stressful than