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ICT refers to a diverse set of technological tools a...
ICT refers to a diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.
(UNDP, 2000)
• Communication
Speed/time and money can be saved because it is much quicker to send or share information around. Communication is more efficient to contact either business partners or friends and family members all over the world. ICT expands availability for communications. Messages can be send to numerous people/companies across distances. Lives have been affected by ICT in most positive way's bringing families together across the world.
• Cost effectiveness
Numerous offers from telecommunication companies and smart phones therefore making far cheaper than in the past. For business ICT saves incredible amount of money on business flights and accommodations. Only few years ago there was no way to send free message through to the phone, but now people uses social network for free communication e.g. Viber, Skype, Facebook. Saving time and money for petrol as people can go shopping from home through online shopping.
• Greater availability
Websites are open for communication in every minute of the year. This means that a business can be open anytime anywhere giving a customer the capability to make purchase from different sites and different countries.
• Bridging the cultural gap
Greater access to the ICT helps to build the bridges between different cultures giving them opportunity to exchange views and ideas. Also, educate both sides of Communication Bridge thereby increasing awareness and reducing bias.
• Creation of jobs
The best advantage of ICT has been a creation of new and interesting jobs in IT sectors. Computer programmers, web designers and others have great employment opportunities created through the advancement of technology.
• Education
There is new opportunity for further education to improve qualification in so many economic sectors. A degree can be completed online from person's home. It is possible to hold a job and still do degree.
• Lack of Security/Privacy
Though ICT may have changed and more convenient, it also brought along privacy and security issues. From email hacking, phone signal interception and others, people are worried that personal information may become public knowledge. There is also risk factors with the systems computer viruses, malware, spam, Trojans, etc.
• Unemployment
While IT may have streamlined the business process, it has created job redundancies and subcontracting. Using the computers instead of human resources employers save huge amount of money but employees are losing their jobs as not needed anymore.
• Social media
The network pages are open to everyone including teenagers and young children's which can affect their mental and physical health by watching and playing violent games. They became addicted to the phones, iPod, gaming consoles forgetting about outside activities and communication in the society.
• Cyber bulling
It is so easy now bullying and threatening others in social network pages that this has become much easier for internet users all over the world. They don't realize what the consequences are to those reading/hearing unpleasant comments.
• Reliance on technology
People don't bother to read, calculate or write without computers anymore in same time losing abilities of hand writing (why write if can use spell-checker), calculate without calculator even for minor addition, reading books (why read if there so much information in internet).
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Development is the realization of the potential of hum...
Development is the realization of the potential of human personality through a reduction in poverty, unemployment, and inequality.
(Seers,1969)
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Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Information and Communication Technologi...
1. The Pre-digital paradigm (mid 1940's-mid 1990's)
2. ICT4D Paradigm
3. Digital Development Paradigm
Information, I, is related with library and information sciences, according to Richard Heeks, where Information is the use of informatics or information processing not necessarily the digital aspect of complicating the information as layman would understand but simply any information or any information processing that would improve development aspect of the state.
Communication, C, is the Communication studies, the art of communicating between or among the information transmitters and receivers, in the meanwhile analyzing and judging the power of communication for the development. Many would believe communication could lower the digital divide, but it is the whole of the ICT that would bringing in lower digital divide rather the Communication alone.
Technologies, T, is the Information system, the technologies of processing or using the information and communication (I & C) in parallel, solely or independent of each other. What may the input to it be, technology is always supposed to bring in betterment to the human community.
D represents as many possibilities of Development fields for a community or a state at-large.
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