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CONTENTS① WHAT IS ICT?② WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF ICT ON

SOCIETY?③ POSITIVE EFFECTS OF ICT④ NEGETIVE EFFECTS OF ICT

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What is ICT?“ICT” means Information & Communication

Technology ICT covers any product that will store,

retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form.

Eg:- Computing Devices, Smart Phones and many more consumer electronics.

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What are the effects of ICT? ICT has evolved over the years and the society

at a larger picture has benefited a lot due to this evolution.

Eg :- When a new program or product comes in the market it replaces the older ones and the older one is slowly discontinued

Due to this evolution many jobs became more efficient, many practices became outdated and it inversely affected many people too.

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Positive effects of ICT ICT keeps on upgrading very fast and the no. of

employment opportunities are very highPeople save paper as they read newspaper,

magazines, books on a device rather than paperE-Commerce is getting popular because we save on

many other costs of shopping and it is cheaperWe can communicate with people around the worldEntertainment has become easy due to Media

processors like Disk Players, Consoles etc Social media and internet has helped many

businesses to start digital marketing like ADVT’s and pages on their activity

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Negative or Inverse effects of ICT• ICT replaced many clerical jobs and there was

unemployment due to this• It has reduced personal 1 to 1 interaction as

people are connected with each other online 1• It has also reduced Physical activity as people tend

to play on their devices rather than on field• ICT always faces security problems as hackers hack

confidential systems and viruses corrupt systems which sometimes leads to high maintenance Costs • Many old people struggle or cannot use ICT

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THANk YOU FOR YOUR TIME

BY MIHIR and ADVAIT