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Impacts of IT on Local Communities: Opportunities and Challenges

Discover how IT is shaping local communities, from changing work dynamics to social interactions, job availability, and digital inequality. Explore the benefits and challenges of technological advancements on grassroots levels.

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Impacts of IT on Local Communities: Opportunities and Challenges

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  1. Social Impacts of IT By Rehmaan Yaqub

  2. Local community • People are working either at home or in offices • There has been fewer absences through illness • People buying equipment because they want to work at home • No opportunity to socialise face to face • People buying things over the internet rather than shopping (e.g. Amazon and EBay) • People getting sued because of being lazy • People can keep in touch with friends/families (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc.) • The internet is the biggest source of income for most businesses

  3. Availability of Jobs • Robot manufacturers doing most of the work rather than people • People getting paid more • More computer programmers • More organisations and records

  4. Inequality in broadband • People that live in rural areas can’t get internet access • Some people can’t afford it • Government having financial issues to afford it

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