Topic:

Impacts of computer in our social life

Introduction
Computers play a vital role in our society. They are the central tools in modern societies.
Nowadays, computers are used in almost all the field of society. They are used in education,
medicine, entertainment, industries, banks, homes, science and technology, transportation,
communication, and businesses. The progress of any country is measured on the basis of the
advancement in Information Technology (IT). But, it has also negative impacts in society, So, we
should study the positive as well as negative impacts of computers in society.

Computers are used in various sectors like teaching and learning. Some of the major computer
application fields are listed below:

Management:
The computer can also be used as a managerial tool to assist in solving business
problems.

Banking:
The branches of banks are equipped with terminals giving them an online
accounting facility and enabling them to information about current balances, deposits,
overdrafts, and interest

Industrial Applications:
In industry, production may be planned, coordinated, and controlled with the aid of
a computer.

Engineering Design:
Computers help to calculate all the parts of a proposed design and also assist
in the design.

Medicine:
Computers are widely used in hospitals for tasks such as maintaining drugs, surgical
equipment, payroll, checkup, and treatment of diseases.
Computers have both positive and negative impacts on our daily life as well as in our social life.
Positive impacts
Education:
Computers have made a direct impact on education. Computers are involved in
teaching and learning processes. They can instruct each student differently, animate important
concepts, and use interactivity to involve students in the learning process. CAI (Computer Aided
Instruction) refers to interactive instructional strategies that are computers to convey and teach
instructional material to students. Similarly, CAL (Computer Assisted Learning) is used to
convey a vast amount of information in a very short period of time. A computers’ voice
recognition capability and its connection to the Internet make it possible for the students to
participate in learning activities.

Communication:
One of the most exciting and fastest-growing applications of computer
technology is communication. The Internet forms a vast web system around the world through
which computers can exchange information at high speed. People, by sitting at one corner of a
country can communicate easily with different people around the world very easily. Workers use
a computer terminal or microcomputer with telecommunication capability to access their
company computer networks and databases.

Health care:
Computers are used in the medical field for performing a wide variety of tasks. They
are used in medicine for diagnosing illnesses and monitoring patients to control the movements
of robotic surgical assistants. There are many expert systems to guide physicians and surgeons.
The computerized systems automate the billing and other administrative processes.

Entertainment:
Computers have now become an important part of the entertainment industry.
They are widely used to create special effects in movies. They are used in editing movies and
multimedia presentations. All films and videos are created by using computers. So, it can be said
that there is little chance of entertainment without the use of computers in our society. Similarly,
Virtual Reality (VR) and artificial environments seem to really help in playing games and
watching 3D movies.

Science and technology:

Computers are responsible to improve scientific and technological
advancements. They are also used in the design and operations of man-made satellites, space
exploration, vehicles, rockets, and weather forecasting.

Besides the above-mentioned points, the positive impacts of computers can be listed as:
1. Work can be done in a very short time.
2. More information can be stored in a small space.
3. Multitasking and multiprocessing capabilities are available.
4. It is easy to access data.
5. Impartiality.
6. The documents can be kept secret.
7. It is helpful to produce an error-free result.
8. It can be used for various purposes.

Negative impacts
Reduction of employment:
When computers are installed in organizations, only a few expert employees are needed and the
rest are terminated from jobs. So, it creates the problem of unemployment also. Because of the
lack of knowledge of computer education in our society, many people are becoming jobless. On
the other hand, if our society is computerized then fewer workers are required. This is the
negative impact of computers.

Computer Crime:
Computer crime includes theft of computers and computer software, theft of data, and
destruction of data by computer viruses, many computer crimes involved the theft of money.
Computer-related crimes are numerous and widespread. If data is lost or damaged we may not
retrieve these in desired time and it creates adverse effects on business.

Privacy:
The growth of computerized record-keeping brings dangers of privacy. Computers contain
important and valuable data and they allow this data to be transmitted, copied, and combined in
ways that were never possible with an earlier manual system. So, important data and information
may be changed illegally by computer users and creates a problem of privacy.

Creativity:
Nowadays, people are not using their minds for common arithmetic which gradually results in
loss of their numerical ability. On the other hand, people are busy playing computer games
instead of outdoor games. This leads to a decrease in physical and creative activities.

Besides these points, the negative impacts of computers can be listed as:
1. Highly expensive.
2. Sometimes, huge data and information can be lost.
3. Fast-changing computer technology.
4. illiteracy of computing and computers.

As mentioned above, computers have both positive and negative impacts on our society. But the
use of computers is increasing day by day because its positive impacts overshadows the negative
impacts.