Disadvantages Of IT
Advancements in information
technology have had many great benefits on society, however, this has not come
without its downsides. Below is a list of five disadvantages of information
technology and an explanation.
• Over reliance on technology: a lot of people believe that because computers and the Internet has become such an regular part of modern life, some people particularly children who grow up with it, will not be able to function without it. Some people think that the Internet is making people lazy, particularly when it comes to essay or project research as instead of reading books in a library, one can just perform a Google search.
• Loss of communication skills: with the ever increasing variety of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a lot of people are worried that traditional communication skill eill be lost.
• Over reliance on technology: a lot of people believe that because computers and the Internet has become such an regular part of modern life, some people particularly children who grow up with it, will not be able to function without it. Some people think that the Internet is making people lazy, particularly when it comes to essay or project research as instead of reading books in a library, one can just perform a Google search.
• Loss of communication skills: with the ever increasing variety of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, a lot of people are worried that traditional communication skill eill be lost.
. This worry is particularly about
children who often engage in these websites because communication and
interactive skills are not important with computers.
• Job losses : technology in an organization, company or business, the number
of hours that a human works at that company are reduced. This may even result
in some people losing their jobs because technology is doing it for them.
However this is beneficial for the organization as their profit is increased
because they don't need to pay their workers as much because they aren't
required as much.
• Loss of personal touch: emails and instant messaging have replaced the old
tradition of handwriting letters. And although this is advantageous because of
time constraints, a personal touch and sense of feeling is lost compared to
taking the time to sit down and hand write a letter.
• Health problems:
research has shown that technology can cause a number of
problems with a person's health. Many scientists, doctors and researchers are
concerned about possible links between technology and heart problems, eye
strain, obesity, muscle problems and deafness. Waste emitted from technology
can pollute the environment which not only makes people ill, it also damages
the environment.
