Social and Economic Impact of ICT

Fourth Form

Objective: Assess the impact of information and communications technology on select fields.

Describe the implications of ICT on the following fields:

Field/Sector Specifics Description of Implication

Access to information ICT gives easy access to a world

of knowledge about how to do
various topics
Education
Reach (distance teaching) Creates various learning
platforms in which students and
teachers can share information

Collaborative teaching and Encourages and enables students

learning to work and learn together and
study and explore a subject.
Plagiarism

On-line tutoring
CAI & CAL

Access to information (both for

medical personnel and
patients)

Telemedicine
Medicine

E-Health (online access to

health services)

Implications for the quality of

health care
 Field/Sector Specifics Description of Implication

Increase in self-diagnosis

Easy access to medical

expertise in distance location
eg. teleradiology.

Expert systems
E-commerce

EPOS

Business Telecommuting

E-mail
ATM

E-Surveillance

Law Enforcement Biometric:

Fingerprint

Databases
Music

Recreation Gaming
Movies

References
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13, 2020

https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(15)42851-X/fulltext

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/teleradiology