Impact on Social Life:
Communication allows families and friends to keep in touch, no matter what the distance. However, it may not look so good, as there is lots of online information about an individual, and this causes issues about privacy, as others can see this personal information.
Advantages:
Disadvantages:
Overall, in the Information Age, people can communicate with family members or others in an effective and faster way. All these new ways of communicating are due to the advancement of technology.
Communication allows families and friends to keep in touch, no matter what the distance. However, it may not look so good, as there is lots of online information about an individual, and this causes issues about privacy, as others can see this personal information.
Advantages:
- Improves data storage and also file management. For example, a service like: ‘Dropbox.com’, people can access their data at anytime and anywhere. Therefore, people don’t need to carry USB’s, as everything can be saved through Dropbox. So, they can access their work anywhere without worrying about not having your USB.
- You can reduce costs and save time with things like email, just by one click through the email addresses that we have. This is also much simpler than writing down the address of that who you want it to be received to, and you don’t have to pay for any postage stamps, etc.
Disadvantages:
- There is lots of online information on individuals, and therefore, this causes issues about one’s privacy, etc.
- Types of communication, such as Twitter or WhatsApp, can lead to addiction, which means you are spending lots of time on this, and this also means sitting in front of your screen a lot. This has a great effect on a person’s social life
Overall, in the Information Age, people can communicate with family members or others in an effective and faster way. All these new ways of communicating are due to the advancement of technology.