Advancement in Information Technology Assignment

Running head: ADVANCEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Advancement of Information Technology
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Technological advancements particularly in the field of information technology have
affected lives the human beings to an extent over the past 40 years. The key question is 'How
has IT influenced human lives, during 1960s and afterwards?’. The context here refers to the
technological advancements (what) in the past 40 years (when). Since, scientific
advancements are of global importance, the places of context consist of the global economy. IT
refers to advancements in the field of information knowledge and its application in areas like
communication, commerce and environmental protection. The plan of the essay is to
explore advancements in these five fields and their impact on the human lives (Bloom et al.,
2014). Informational technology has transformed lives of people all over the world. Today
people are able to communicate with each other within a very short span of time. Today IT has
enabled booking tickets and hotels, thus making transport more comfortable and safe. IT aided
project management has boosted manufacturing of goods which in turn has boosted flow of
money in the global economy. These advancements of IT and its development are not uniform in
the world. Advancement in IT has dramatically transformed the lives of the people living in the
developed and developing countries. IT has made the lives of these people more comfortable and
easier. However, the poor countries even today are deprived of these benefits of IT. They are
dependent on the developed and developing countries even for their basic requirements.
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Advancements in IT have resulted in environmental pollution, which is devastating the
health of people, animals and plants. For example, large-scale manufacturing of goods cause
pollution due to higher amount of wastes like smoke and sludge. Mobile towers give out
harmful radiations, which harm the environment. Advancement in IT has enabled
collaboration between these manufacturing companies and innovation laboratories to make

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environment friendly products, which reduce pollution (Bilbao-Osorio, Dutta & Lanvin, 2013).
The manufacturing companies use IT to gain information about the green supply chain
management to make eco-friendly products. The companies today use emails and social
networking sites like, Facebook to spread awareness about their eco-friendly methods. As a
result, they can obtain more support from stakeholder groups like the customers, financial
institutes and shareholders. The shareholders pump in more investments while customers buy
their products and generate huge revenue. Thus, IT helps the companies to get positive return on
their huge investments in producing eco-friendly products (Przybylski & Weinstein, 2013). IT
allows governments and environmentalists to conduct environmental tests to examine the
conditions of various eco systems. The international environmental relate television channels like
Animal Planet today support these researches, spreading awareness. IT enables these specialists
to collaborate with each other, like armies and governments to conduct risky and expensive
experiments on environment. They spread awareness to get support from the public (Hafez, Aziz
& Elalim, 2014). The environmentalists can conduct experiments on the rainforests to test their
flora and fauna. They spread the information on the findings of their research and their future
effects the dwindling of rainforests can have on the earth. IT has enabled the scientists spread
awareness about environment using digital technology like e-magazines and blogs. This has
contributed to raising awareness about environment and reduced environmental pollution.
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Information technology has made communication and transport between people across
the globe faster and easier. The 60s saw development of computer hardware technology, which
enabled tablets to have the efficiency of large desktop. Invention of mobile phone in 1960s
revolutionized communication. However, the users could only speak and send written messages