It was the mid-1900s when we learned to convert analog signals to digital signals, and later in the 1970s we got our personal computers at home, and in the mid-1990s we got our mobiles and tablets and desktops, hence the age of Digital Technology started. Then the information could be traveled from one place to another in a short time. Earlier, the medium through which we could share or store any information was newspapers, letters, etc. only but now we have TV, internet, satellite, radio and more through which any type of information or data can be shared, accessed and stored very easily, thus that change of technology for communication from one place to another brought us a new age of Information or Digital Age. Digital technology has been evolving and helping everyone to achieve, share, communicate, and more in a short time and provide many solutions to major problems in society. Digital technology has impacted businesses, human life, security, social life, globalization, and more. Let us talk about each of them wherever digital technology is in use and how it is helping us, moreover the advantages and disadvantages of it.
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Impact of Digital Technology on Education
Digital technology has helped many students to learn and upgrade their skills on an online platform. Technologies like online learning software, online android apps, websites, and more are available for students, and for those who want to learn new things on the internet, now they can easily get study materials, study projects, training modules, and more. But this technology has also made many parents watch their kids distracted by games, movies, and more on the internet. Let us have a look on Advantages and Disadvantages of Digital Technology on Education-
Advantages: Digital Technology on Education
Websites like Udemy, Coursera, and more are available where one student or professional can get access to online courses & training for which they were looking for to learn and practice. Android apps are available on mobiles & tablets through which one can prepare and revise and moreover can meet other same people who are preparing for competitive exams like SSC CGL, UPSC, and more.
Now, a student of class 11th or 12th or High school can get access to popular documents, best study materials & projects, quizzes, online classes, video conferencing with teachers, help for study, and more. Software & Apps like zoom, skype, WhatsApp, and more help us at learning new things through video conferencing or online classes, during the pandemic situation of COVID-19, we read in newspapers that many schools and colleges were then using online digital technology like mobiles, tablets, desktops, and online software & Apps to create a group of students and then teach them the whole syllabus online through video & audio conferencing. Schools in Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, and more were seen using these latest digital technology trends.
Disadvantages: Digital Technology on Education
First, a disadvantage of Digital Technology in Education is that it had been seen that students were getting distracted because of games or stories or movies or songs and more on the internet during their study. Many students started youtube movies or Instagram or Facebook during their online classes or study. Thus, this has made parents and teachers worry about their disciple's education and completion of the courses or subjects on time.
The second disadvantage is seen that some online materials like TikTok, PubG, and more came to be devasted for students. Thus, these types of Apps were banned in many countries.
Education has been made simple by digital Technology Gadgets like Mobiles, Tablets but it also has brought a thing to time-pass for. Students do use mobiles or tablets for more than 2+ hours once they got them used for games, movies, or any unsuitable scene. Thus, many industries of nuisance have been banned by many countries.
Impact of Digital Technology on Consumer Behaviour
Digital technology made shopping and online purchasing simple for us, just get a website, sign-up, and buy whatever you want or need. Many software and apps help customers of a product to get an overview of their item before they buy it. Now, buyers, consumers can easily sell or buy anything on Amazon, eBay, Olx, and more. Even a tourist can get access to a list of hotels or flights according to their need and budget. During the pandemic of Coronavirus digital media technology like Swiggy, zomato, Dunzo, etc. helped a lot to families or students living on rent of buildings to get their Grocery items, Food, water, etc. delivered to their houses in a short time. But all those apps or websites can be used in an efficient way only by educated people and many of us were getting our items which were false or fake by delivery partners of online industries. Let us look into Advantages and Disadvantages of Digital Technology on Consumer behavior..--
Advantages: Digital Technology on Consumer Behaviour
Now, one can buy anything like clothes, shoes, books, or any product online. We use Amazon, eBay, Snapdeal, and more to buy ourselves a nice T-shirt, shoes,s and more.
We can compare the prices of a product to buy from one website to another. Prices on Amazon for a pair of shoes that suits you can differ from the price of that product on eBay or Snapdeal or Flipkart. We can select any product to buy according to our needs, budget, location, color, and more. Thus, for consumers of villages or towns or any city, Digital Technology made it simple to use for any kind of people to buy & get delivered anything from anywhere.
Digital Technology not only helps Consumers to buy but also to transport anything from one place to another, Apps like Rapido, Dunzo in India have been evolving and used by many consumers to buy groceries, books, pens, mobile, and more and get it delivered anywhere they need. Thus, Digital Technology has made a change in Consumer Behaviour from the 1990s to the 2000s, earlier in 1990s we used to think it would be of high price and time-consuming or difficult for us to buy and get delivered any item to us but now we see even a kid of 14years old can handle shopping easily. We can now buy anything in need for us on a possible budget of ours.
Consumers now can watch any movie or serials according to their interests on Digital media channels like Netflix, prime video, youtube for free or less price.
DisAdvantages: Digital Technology on Consumer Behaviour
First, it has been seen that many consumers who are not that educated like in small villages or people living in distant places could not be able to use or can't afford smart phones, desktops, tablets, etc. thus this made a difference in society and standard of living among the people of villages and cities.
Second, there has been a defect in systems of software used by companies from which any personal data, information or mobile numbers, bank account number of customers etc. could be leaked or hacked easily.
Third, the prices of an item differ from one source of online purchasing to another source of online shopping though the product is the same. This confuses consumers where to buy from.
Fourth, sometimes consumers or customers receive the product in a wrong manner or any different item delivered ot late delivery of ordered items to them. This later took a turn towards either refund or electing any other item which makes customers wait for more time for their product to reach them.
Impact of Digital Technology on Globalization
Globalization includes economy, population, culture, services, learning, trade, etc. The digital technology of the internet, computers, mobile, digital calculators and more has influenced trade by the easy transportation of data, measurement of exact or definite, calculation of taxes and prices, and moreover, it has affected education and learning with a different team of people with different culture on one platform via video conferencing, social media channel pages & groups, etc. now we see that sources of knowing, meeting, marriages, and more have been taken up by websites, WhatsApp, and more. Digital gadgets like mobiles and tablets brought us some advantages and disadvantages also with them ,let us brief it about Digital Technology on Globalization--
Advantages of Digital Technology on Globalization
Money can be transferred from one place to another easily and faster through internet services. Thus, Apps in mobile like Phonepe, Google Pay, Paypal and more helps companies or employees to get their salaries on time, buy or sell any services in an efficient way, Digital technology has banged up trade, businesses, marketing, advertisement, and more.
Digital technology has become a popular source of communication among people of different land, culture, environment, and more. During World Wars telegram and radio were the most chosen medium for communication from distant places. Mobiles and the internet are the most chosen source of communication these days.
Sources of data and information via mobile, telephones, internet, etc. influenced connectivity, financing, medical treatment, development, lifestyle, etc. During the pandemic Covid 19 situation in the world, digital technology has brought up the transfer of knowledge, news, etc. more suitable, easier, faster, and made it possible for us to recognize the virus, its symptoms, and treatment of the coronavirus disease and it has helped us in the transportation of people or food or services from one place to another through Google maps, mobile apps like Zomato, Dunzo, and more, moreover it is helping at scheduling flights, events, seminars and more today.
Apps and websites are available using which one can get personal freedom, increase, and development in lifestyle, we can earn money online today, could know cases, symptoms, medicines, and more about Covid 19 situation in the latest era. Moreover, the internet helped us till now at accuracy, income generation, design and infrastructure, medical research , it is helping World Health Organizations , and each nation to build a healthy environment around us.
Disadvantages of Digital Technology on Globalization
There is no fixed time till when we would be free from using our mobile, desktops and more technical gadgets in the latest era. It is estimated that in 24hours in a day more than 3hours is spent on Digital technology. Thus Digital gadgets like tablets, mobiles, and apps of mobile games, PC games have influenced us at working according to a timetable and studying for a purpose. It has become just a source of entertainment and fun for people in the latest era. During the COVID 19 situation, the keyword like movies, siex, gaming, dance ,song, and more was seen mostly searched, it affected students at studying, and moreover to focus on surroundings.
Digital technology has made Machines take replacement in jobs or shops or businesses of many people. At the beginning of the 1990s, many people were expelled from employment because of computers. Many people from villages today also are facing issues at learning new digital technologies. Thus, Digital technology has affected the status symbol of the latest era. The digital technology of Mobile, Computers like Softwares, Web Apps, etc. has to be learned by professionals to get a job.
Impact of Digital Technology on Environment
Earlier, in ancient times we used trees for shelter, food, wood, medicines, and more, then industrial revolution came up in the 19th century which made up many industries and ships, trains and more which had till now impacted environment, then Digital Age started in the late 90s which created more services, businesses, infrastructures and more that took up more fuels and sources of energy like coal, petroleum to be used. Moreover, digital technology has helped us understand and knowing life in forests, mountains, even about fishes in deep oceans and lions in wild. Sources of information and news about the weather, environmental studies, etc. are now mobiles or desktops. Thus, Digital technological gadgets bumped up people to think and recreate the environment around them.
Advantages of Digital Technology on Environment
Information about the environment around us is easily reached to us by the use of the internet. like weather forecasting, earthquakes, flood, rain, air, and temperature around us.
Reduction in wastes materials. earlier in industries heavy metal machines were used which produced more wastes material, but the use of computers made it possible for us to get a decrease in waste materials as earlier more human resources were to be used for manufacturing, designing, and implementing which later produced more wasted material like food, shelter, paper and more.
Disadvantages of Digital Technology on Environment
As an increase in demand for Digital technology like mobiles, desktops, etc. more companies and buildings are coming for manufacturing and serving as businesses of Digital software, applications, and more. Thus, digital technology here has a poor effect on the environment as it demands more use of energy resources like petrol, plastics, metal, glasses, human resources, and more.
An adverse effect of Digital Technology on the Environment is that it took up more human resources thus increasing in population and increase of cutting trees, increase in pollution has influenced the world environment.
Impact of Digital Technology on Social life of Human and Social Justice
Digital technology has touched everyone's human life, it has made lives safer, more secure, and able to survive easily. Social media channels and mobile apps keep people together even from distant countries and get people entertained experienced, knowledgeful, latest lifestyle, we think that education and business are the best sectors where digital technology has evolved the most. Mobile cameras, security cameras, biometric recognition system, a gathering of data, ids, info. of each person in a city, and moreover, latest digital technology like live location, digital scanning, digital cameras, online database, is used by latest era police departments to get a culprit inside the jail.
Advantages of Digital Technology on Social life of Human and Social Justice
Human life is now more social.
Development, Economic, and personal freedom now can be easily achieved.
Digital gadgets and technology like the detection of footprints, fingerprints, GPS tracking, facial recognition are used by current security departments of the world.
Online interconnection has made different cultured people talk, learn, meet, even marry together.
Disadvantages of Digital Technology on Social life of Human and Social Justice
Addiction of students with Facebook, Instagram, Youtube etc. and later dwell into isolation.
Too much costly it is becoming for us to even buy the latest digital gadget like iPhones, Amazon gadgets and more for us.
Digital technology divided the standard of living status among the people.
Videos, images, music, etc. in the digital world can be faked, duplicated, changed according to need, this brought us a challenge to our security and later can become a source of bullyism or criticism to us.
Impact of Digital Technology COVID 19 pandemic
Furthermore, Digital technology helped a lot to us during COVD 19 situation. Delivery of items, Treatment of coronavirus, Social distancing, entertainment during the pandemic, learning in isolation, working businesses during COVID 19, Distribution of vaccine and more have been achieved through digital technology like the internet, mobile apps, websites, online businesses or services like zomato for delivery of food during the pandemic, Rapido or ola for transportation, zoom or skype for business meetings and lectures to students of schools and colleges during the pandemic situation in the latest era. Thus, Digital technology keeps its deep impact on people's social life during the COVID 19 situation.
Advantages of Digital Technology COVID 19 pandemic
Helping medical departments to research about the virus and getting the latest news or information about the disease and scheduling vaccines for coronavirus to people nearby them.
Apps like COWIN in India , CDC Vaccine Schedules app in USA in use by people for scheduling and getting information about the COVID 19 vaccines.
Work from Home cultured evolved during this time of COVID 19 situation , video and audio conferencing, workplace monitoring methods commonly became a proper in use by companies.,
Disadvantages of Digital Technology COVID 19 pandemic
Prices of items purchased in online shopping getting increasing as delivery charges are included.
Misuse of internet
Expensive it becomes as internet connectivity required more during this pandemic because of its use has become a need for us.
More data and users of the internet evolved and increased during the latest era thus more memory and uses of electricity and the internet are required.
Conclusion
Digitalization of the world has increased in the latest era of the 2020s, digital technology would keep on helping and serving us for more decades it had now made everything sector of human life safer, survival, free as well as social, globalized, increase in finances, resources development, education, business and entertainment and more. In the COVID 19 situation, it had been seen that Socialization, Security, Online money transfer, personal freedom and economic, digital media used in increase number, source of latest news and views were made easier for people with the help of Digital technology and gadgets.
Digital technology has helped businesses, software of marketing, and online advertisement, more like SAP software for Accounting, designing software for architecture, selling and delivering of goods through online automation purchasing and logistics software, and more. Moreover, Digital technology has left long casting footprints on Supply chain systems also, digital technology helped achieve the best results as it helped companies to track items, get orders or customers via online shopping, create database of users, buyers, sellers and moreover it helped at supply chain management by the method of Blockchain which includes a system of recording and analyzing of data of customers in such a way that it is impossible to change, get into it via any method. Secure Online transactions also helped the supply chain system of small and large businesses. Thus, Digital technology impacted its magic on Businesses and supply chain too.
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