What is the Impact of Information Technology to Social Life? (Essay Sample)

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What is the impact of information technology to social life?
The main reason why I have chosen this topic is because there have been a lot of changes in the world of information technology. This technology has changed the way of doing things economically socially and even politically. However it is not clear to what extend has these changes impacted on the social life across the globe. It is this desire of knowing whether information technology has had any impact on social life that has driven me on choosing this topic. My desire is to find out whether the impact has been negative or positive and to what extent.
Annotated Bibliography
Rowlandson, J. (2005). Position paper: Turning the corner with First Nations telehealth
Keewaytinook Okimakanak. Retrieved from
http://telehealth.knet.ca/modules/ContentExpress/img_repository/KOTelehealth_Posit ion_Paper_6may.pdf
In this book of Rowland, based on his experience he tries to compare whether technology has had any impact in terms of geographical locations. He reaffirms that regardless of the geographical location where one is, technology has tried to equalize things in different ways. The author summarizes and focuses on the advantages of information technology in terms of access to facilities like education and health. He concludes that regardless of the location information technology has availed basic needs to everyone.
Rowland being an experienced author is fully aware of what technology has done to feel the gap that existed between rural and urban areas; this makes him focus directly on this issue in his work. His piece of work is of great significance today especially when the world is experiencing a lot of changes in different parts as a result of technology.
Rowland’s book focuses on how technology has bridged geographical differences, I think this piece of work is related to my piece of work since my topic focuses on general impact on social life and geographical location is one determinant of social life so the piece of work is really relevant in my area of study.
Badshah, A., Khan, S., Garrido, M. (Eds.). (2005). Connected for development: Information
kiosks and sustainability. (New York). United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force.
The authors try to argue that information technology has been a main tool in reducing unemployment levels among the youths across the globe. In their piece of work the authors insist that information technology has enabled many youth to create employment opportunities through ideas generated through the internet.
Being aware if the high levels of unemployment that have been witnessed across the globe the authors through their piece of work have tried to provide tips on how information technology can actually reduce this menace . The authors have provided evidence of some of the nations in the world that have solved unemployment using information technology.
I think this compilation of work though not directly related to my research question, will provide some tips in my research. I find it important because unemployment is one of the social problems that faces many across the globe and hence this work will assist me to a great extend in my research.
Worcman, K. (2002). Digital division is cultural exclusion. But is digital inclusion cultural
inclusion? D-Lib, 8(3). March. Retrieved from
/dlib/march02/worcman/03worcman.html
In his work Worcman tries to compare the level of social democracy in relation to changes in technology. Worcman argues that increased information technology has tremendously increased social democracy across the globe. Worcman argues his facts by comparing level of social democracy in different countries.
From his wide experience the author knows that information technology has played a role in increasing social democracy. He explains how this has been achieved; he even gives statistical examples of how social democracy has increased even in those countries where freedom was history. His work is therefore very useful in terms of democratic issues.
I think social democracy is one of the social impacts and therefore this piece of work is related to my area of study. This piece of work will therefore assist me in compiling my research paper. You cannot isolate social democracy from the lives of people and thus the topic is very relevant in line of my research.
Carlen, U., & Jobring, O. (2005). The rationale of online learning communities.
International Journal of Web Based Communities, 1(3): 272–295.
http://inderscience.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto
=issue,3,11;journal,12,14;linkingpublicationresults,1:112382,1
The authors try to argue that information technology has really improved the level of education across the globe. The authors base their argument on the fact that information technology through the internet has increased access to information by a large percentage. They further argue that the rate of online education is expected to double in the near future.
This piece of work is very important because it focuses on how information technology is reducing illiteracy levels across the globe. The piece of work is reliable because there has been an increased number of cybercafés coming up due to demand of online education. The piece of work is also very compatible with other sources of literature talking on how information technology has been a key player in increasing education levels.
I find this work very relevant in my research area since education plays a major role in a person’s social life. This piece of work will therefore help me in a big way in the process of my research work since its work is much related to what I am trying to address.
Chayko, M., (2007). The portable community: Envisioning and examining mobile social
connectedness. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 3(4): 373–385.
http://inderscience.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto
=issue,1,7;journal,3,14;searchpublicationsresults,1,1
In his piece of work Chayko tries to argue that information technology has played a major role in solving portability problem. The author explains how transactions can be carried out using information technology without parties being involved in the transaction having to move from one point to another. The author argues how this has helped in increasing speed in transaction process and reducing transaction costs.
Being aware of the difficulties involved in executing transactions due to distance involved the author’s piece of work is very useful in providing a convenient solution to such challenges. The piece of work is very reliable at this time information technology is at the helm of transforming transactions from manual to online transactions.
I think this piece of work is very relevant in my area of work since social life is full of several transaction most of which are complex in nature. This piece of work will help me in my research while analyzing the social economic impact of information technology.
Connery, A. & Hassan, H. (2005). Social and commercial sustainability of regional web-
based communities. International journal of web-based communities 1(3): 246-261.
The authors argue that informational technology has been a pillar in social and economic sustainability. The author’s gives explanations in their piece of work on how this has been achieved. The authors also give a summary of some of the major social and commercial developments that have been sustained by changes in information technology over a long period of time.
This piece of work by the two authors is very useful in providing ideas on how to solve the emerging social and commercial issues globally. This work is very reliable in implementing strategies of social sustainability across the world. The piece of work aims at giving insight on how to handle social issues through the use of information technology.
I think this piece of work will be of great importance. Though not related to my area of study directly, it is providing solutions on the negative implications on the subject area of my study and hence I find it necessary to incorporate this piece of work in my research. The piece of work will give me guidance in identifying the social challenges of information technology.
Davenport, E. (2000). Social intelligence in the age of networks. Journal of Information
Science, 26 (3): 145-152.
The author in his piece of work argues that information technology has led to an increase in social intelligence. The author defends his argument using different examples on how this has been achieved. The author goes ahead in making comparisons in levels of intelligent before information technology was introduced to the level of intelligent currently. The author argues that the increased levels of social intelligence have led to both positive and negative impacts across the globe. The author argues that caution ought to be taken concerning the negative impacts of increased social intelligence.
This piece of work is very useful because it provides vital information that can be used in averting damages that might be caused as a result of social evil associated with increased social intelligence. This piece of work is also important since it positively links with other works that have been done before.
I find this piece of work very relevant in my area of study. It gives me a basis on some of the social impacts of information technology. This piece of work gives me hope that that the area of study I intend to research on actually has enough literature materials and it thus gives me more confidence in carrying out my research work.
Perley, S., & O’Donnell, S. (2006). Bro...