E-Technologies Have Changed Modern Social Life

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E-TECHNOLOGIES HAVE CHANGED MODERN SOCIAL LIFE
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7/25/2018

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Introduction
With the advancement and revolution-taking place in e-technology, human life has
transformed drastically. The effects of advanced e- technology can be both negative as well
as positive. Even our way of greeting, wishing and interacting with each other has also
changed. Like earlier, we used to send wishes via post offices manually but now facility of e-
mail or e-card has made our life much more comfortable we do not have to go anywhere and
within single click, of mouse we can make our work done (Engadget, 2016). Tourism sector
has also changed tremendously now we do not need paper printed bills and tickets everything
can be done online without wasting our time standing in queues. E-technology has even made
our mode of payment much easier, safer, and comfortable. Gone are the days when we used
to get unsecure about keeping huge amount of cash with us (Medium, 2017). Each human
being keeps on experiencing how advancement in e-technology is changing his life in
enormous ways. However, at the same time the supplier of these technologies have to be well
equipped in order to overcome from the threats and risks associated with these technologies.
Several steps are taken by the supplier of e-technology to ensure smooth supply and prevent
risks and threats associated with these technologies.
E-technologies have changed modern social life
With the changes taking place in e-technology, people are adopting new habits. They are
implementing new ways in their life. The future of e-technology will be quite interesting than
it is at present. Modern technology has made everything possible, easy, faster, approachable,
better and fun-filled. Even a teacher can impart knowledge to his student when there is no
face-to-face contact between them. Place is no more a barrier and physical presence is not
needed. Various communication facilities that are available online save our time. Today
technology has almost changed everything way of imparting education, way of
communication, tourism sector, food sector, promotion techniques and many more. This
technological revolution has changed many things that affected social life of people. Within
nanoseconds and picoseconds, we can get our work done without much hassles
(Aginginplace, 2017). Even for doing shopping we do not have to waste our time by going to
the shops or malls physically. With the help of e-commerce doing shopping by sitting at
home become much more convenient. It saves both our time as well as efforts (Lifehack,
2018). Today people are enjoying quality of life in this technological society where dynamic
changes keep on taking place. In early times, people used to carry money physically along

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with them, which was not considered safe option for them, due to fear of theft and loot but
with the advancement in technology e-banking facilities, ATM facilities, online payment
facilities, and many more options are being added in our life due to technology. Our life has
become quite easy, comfortable and less risky. Now no more tension of theft and loot. This
has made people’s life less risky and tension free. Now no need to carry heavy amount of
cash everywhere. These technologies are fulfilling the desire and satisfying human beings.
Even life expectancy rates of human beings have increased due to the advancement in
medical technology (Brey, Briggle & Spence, 2012). Technology has removed many barriers
and hindrances in life earlier physical presence was always needed for communicating and
interacting someone but now with the help of internet facility and social media platform
communication is no more a problem even if the person is miles of distance far away from us.
Physical meetings are no more necessary. Interaction can be made with each other via social
media tools such as Skype, Facebook, Instagram, video calling and so on. Our social life has
become ultra-modern in term of contacting people and making new contacts from different
people. Use of e-technology has removed and dissolved the barriers of national and
international boundaries. These kind of digital tools helps to bind the people together. Social
media helps to make people aware about their surroundings and get them well updated about
what is happening in the world e -technology has also changed the way of promotion. Earlier
promotion and advertising was limited to newspaper, magazines, Television, and radio. Now
even the way of promoting and advertising things has changed significantly. Now promotion
can be done in various ways via websites, mails, social media platform and many more. This
kind of promotion is gaining more attention of audience as these include creativity and
innovation (Mangold and Faulds, 2009).
Every technology has its own pros and cons.The e-technology has both favorable as well as
unfavorable impact on people lives. If it is used wisely, it can prove blessing for us and if not
then it can be a curse for us. Although technology has made our life much more comfortable
than it was before but at the same time, it has made people dependent and addicted of the use
of technology, which may not be good for one’s health. For example: Excessive use of
mobile phones and i-phones leaves negative impact on the user as the rays coming out from it
are harmful for human body and it may lead to dire consequences. Dependence of people on
technology has made them lazy and quite formal in relationship even with their friends,
relatives, and family-members. Instead of meeting them physically, a simple hi/hello via
social site is becoming popular. In this advancement era of technology an individual himself