Introduction
to Digital Age
Digital Age
• Digital age , also known as information age is a period
when computer and internet where introduced.
• Caused by rapid shift from traditional industry to
computerization all the way to artificial intelligence.
• These technologies enabled people to communicate
information easily and rapidly.
• Digital technologies have radically changed the way people
work, consume, communicate over a short period of time.
The ICT and Its role in
Social Change
• Information and
communication
Technology (ICT) has
the power to transform
the society.
The ICT and Its role
in Social Change
• The development of
society mostly depends on
the access of information.
The ICT and Its role
in Social Change
• Social change refers to
transformation of culture
and social
organizations/structures
over time.
The ICT and Its role
in Social Change
• Entertainment
• Business
• Education
• Job and earnings
• Health
Entertainment
• The world of entertainment is constantly evolving.
Business
• Impact of ICT on business is particularly
significant.
• It empowers people to share knowledge
and advice instantaneously and set up an
online shop or website a low cost.
• ICT helps to increase productivity in
business with the use of social media
platforms for marketing and promotion.
• The use of websites now allowed
companies to develop new and cheaper
ways of offering customers with
opportunities of buying goods and
services at their convenient time and
enhance the level of customer service.
• Online platform has been the
marketplace where people
can transact and
communicate.
• It is changing the way of the education
Education delivery system in the world by
enhancing access to information to all.
• ICT supports the concept of open
learning where the trust is upon
enhanced student access and the
development of student autonomy.
• ICT also addresses the need of
mobile learning. It offers
independent space and flexibility
that comes working away from the
learning institute or tutor.
Online education
• ICT can play varied roles in developing
an effective learning environment . It
assist teachers and helps core content
concepts and addresses misconception.
• It plays the role of a guide and mentor by
providing differentiated instructions to
meet individual needs.
• Digital technologies can unlock
new learning opportunities in the
classroom by giving students
accesses to a wider range of
resources.
Job and Earnings
• Digital technologies may destroy jobs at risk of automation.
Jobs and
Earnings
• Teleworking ( Work from
Home ) allows people to
save time and combine their
work and personal lives.
• Work from home on the
other hand, may present an
opportunity
Health
• Negative effect of ICT in our health.
• Reduced physical health .
• Too much used of digital technology
• Computer addiction.
• Too much consuming or
exposure to social media
leads to depression, anxiety
and loneliness.
• Silent killer of your mental
health.
ICT in Health Sector
• They are playing a role in making the health information
processing more efficient and effective, making the treatment
process more convenient and intelligent, improving the
economy of the nation, improving the well-being of society, and
thus indirectly enhancing the national health levels
Electronic Health Record
Telehealth
•
Wearables
TECHNOLOGICAL THEORIES
1.Technological
determinism
2.Social constructivism
3. Technological Change
Technological • The theory which strongly believe that
technology shapes the culture, values ,
Determinism
social structures of society.
Social Constructivism
Technology does not determine human action, but that
rather, human action shapes technology.
Technological
change
• Refers to the improvement
of the already existing
technologies and inventing
new ones to improve the
existing products in the
market while creating new
ones.
