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Social impacts of IT. By jess Bryant 44359 8029 Unit 1. social.
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Social impacts of IT By jess Bryant 44359 8029 Unit 1
social • Allowing others to access your personal information puts a risk to your self. Websites such as bebo , twitter , tumblr , Facebook etc. all have a public profile . You can put I lock on this by going into your settings and changing your account settings to only friends . Or on twitter you can lock your profile so only you and your followers can view our profile and your tweets . Some websites lead anyone to see your profile by typing in your name it will appear. • Employers can view your profile to see if you are suitable for thee job . If you have status or your profile is inappropriate they may think you are not suitable for the job. • Some people have Facebook up or twitter while they are doing work or important course work . This leads to distractions so the job will not get done. • You can multi task on phones in this day and age so you can be surfing the web , be on Facebook while listening to music on the go. Most phones have Wi-Fi and hot spots are available all over so many phones now come with it.
economic • You can use the interenet for buying items such as books , clothes , furniture or . Ordering foods from online website such as just eat,. reading books on websites (also tabs or phones can download software's) or checking mail both on your phone or on laptops. • You can plan and buy holidays direct from websites to save having to leave the house . You can order grocery from stores by there websites. And get them delivered the next day. • ICT related jobs have help to boost up the economy , more and more people are picking up jobs . For example a gaming designer , this is easy to take but just needs creativity and knowledge of software's. Another example is a web designer , theses are well paid jobs .Google , yahoo and Bing are the 3 most popular web search bars . • This has changed the way high street looks . Many shops are forced to close down as online buinessing has shot up.
threats • Many websites lead to threats such as hacking .. Creating accounts under your name then adding your friends then uploading status that may harm others. • Some websites can put virus on your computer , these can be protected with software that can be bought and downloaded to your computer to stop you from getting them. • Spam messages can pop up or attack your inbox so software an also be downloaded to prevent spam. • Cyber bulling may cause some people to deactivate accounts as they get horrible messages . These may be jokes to some people but they cannot see the persons face on the other end. • Hard drive failure can be really annoying as if you have lots of important work and your computer stops then you have lost your work . So back up hardware can be attached to makes sure all your work is safe . • Corruption of the back up data from the spare hardware means there is no back up plan. So saving your work on a memory stick will help save it.