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    Impact of ICT On Individuals

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    ICT brings both benefits and disadvantages to individuals, organizations, and society. Some key positive impacts are improved access to education through distance learning and online resources, greater access to information and communication tools, and enhanced security measures. However, ICT use can also reduce personal interaction and physical activity as people socialize and work virtually more. It may increase unemployment as automation replaces some jobs and increases operating costs. Data and network security also remain ongoing challenges with increased connectivity.

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    ICT brings both benefits and disadvantages to individuals, organizations, and society. Some key positive impacts are improved access to education through distance learning and online resources, greater access to information and communication tools, and enhanced security measures. However, ICT use can also reduce personal interaction and physical activity as people socialize and work virtually more. It may increase unemployment as automation replaces some jobs and increases operating costs. Data and network security also remain ongoing challenges with increased connectivity.

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    ICT brings both benefits and disadvantages to individuals, organizations, and society. Some key positive impacts are improved access to education through distance learning and online resources, greater access to information and communication tools, and enhanced security measures. However, ICT use can also reduce personal interaction and physical activity as people socialize and work virtually more. It may increase unemployment as automation replaces some jobs and increases operating costs. Data and network security also remain ongoing challenges with increased connectivity.

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    Impact of ICT on Individuals, Organizations, and Society

    ICT brings both positive and negative effects to individuals, organizations, and

    society. It improves education, access to information, and security. However, it limits

    personal interaction and physical activity and poses problems in employment and

    security.

    Positive Effects

     Improved access to education

    There are new ways of learning such as the use of learning management

    system (LMS) which implements educational enhancements such as distance

    learning and online tutorials, virtual reality, and interactive multimedia.

     Access to information and communication

    The internet is widely used in communication. Access to it is getting better

    as it has become available in almost all places such as commercial

    establishments and public spaces. New tools have been promoted such as

    VoIP phone, Instant Messaging (IM), chat (e.g., FB Messenger, Google

    Hangouts, Yahoo! Messenger, etc.), video chat (e.g., Skype, FB video chat,

    etc.), and email. In addition, ICT has been maximized by most individuals

    nowadays for leisure and entertainment such as watching movies, playing

    games, or even reading news and articles, and for creating new relationships

    with people around the world.

     Security

    With the advancement that ICT brings, individuals and organizations can

    solve any security problems. Examples of security measure on applications

    are: (1) the use of encryption methods to keep and protect data from any

    malicious software; (2) the use of password/s for personal information

    protection; and (3) the development of physical security systems such as

    biometrics in a form of fingerprint, facial recognition, iris (eye) recognition, and


    voice recognition.

    Negative Effects

     Reduced personal interaction and physical activity

    Because of virtual communication, ironically, people are less likely to talk

    to or meet each other in person. And because of the comfort of working from

    home and the entertainment that the internet offers (i.e., streaming movies,

    playing online games, etc.), physical activity is reduced leading to health

    issues such as obesity and heart disease.

     Job loss or increase in unemployment

    This can be considered as one of the worst effects of ICT.

    o Multiple workers being replaced and reduced by a smaller number of

    employees capable of doing the same volume of tasks

    o Shipping or freight services in which a certain amount is added to the

    operating costs for the physical process of transporting commodities or

    goods

    o Automation through robots or machines replacing people in the

    assembly line

     Security

    ICT brings not only improvement but also threat to security. Data or files

    must always be kept secure and safe. The internet connection must always

    be safeguarded from different attacks such as data modification, identity/IP

    address spoofing, password-based attacks, denial-of-service, etc. Computers

    should also be protected from various forms of viruses and malware which are

    released almost every day.

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