Report on Advantages of ICT and its impact on daily life (Course Name)

This report examines the advantages of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and its impact on daily life. The report explores how ICT, including its role in communication and efficiency, affects individuals and businesses. It highlights the positive aspects of ICT, such as enhanced communication, cost-effectiveness, and the creation of new platforms for work and socialization. The report also briefly touches on the potential negative impacts, such as physical and mental stress. The report uses references from books and journals to support its claims. The report concludes by summarizing the advantages and impacts of ICT in the 21st century, emphasizing its significance in the digital age.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAINBODY....................................................................................................................................3
Advantages of ICT and impact on daily life................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Information and communication technology is pro version of information technology which
plays crucial role in communication and the integration of telecommunication such as telephone
line and wireless signals (Schreurs, Quan-Haase and Martin, 2017). It is widely used in
education and business.
MAINBODY
Advantages of ICT and impact on daily life
There are various advantages of information and communication technology because it
supports to communicate with other people in single time. For example number of people can
direct communicate with other people and can spread information from one source to another
source in minimum time (Ringenson and et.al., 2017). It enhances efficiency of people in
working. for example number of people can get lots of information from this source directly and
during confusion can communicate to their senior or other. It leads cost-effectiveness in
business. For example business man can send email in minimum time without wasting money. It
is cheaper rather to phone. Thus, ICT is more effective rather to IT.
ICT introduces new platform to people where they can do lots of work in minimum time
without expending extra money (Reinecke and et.al., 2017). It gives positive impact on person's
everyday life such as working to socialization and learning to performing. 21st century is digital
age where youth gets new platform for communication, enhance performance at workplace.
Beside of this it gives negative impact on youth age like physical and mental stress and eye strain
etc. this technology leads addiction in youth age for software.
CONCLUSION
This report has been concluded information and communication technology and its
advantage in 21st century. In this report also has been explained impact of ICT on daily life.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ringenson, T and et.al., 2017, June. The Limits of the Smart Sustainable City. In Proceedings of
the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits (pp. 3-9). ACM.
Reinecke, L and et.al., 2017. Digital stress over the life span: The effects of communication load
and internet multitasking on perceived stress and psychological health impairments in a
German probability sample. Media Psychology. 20(1). pp.90-115.
Schreurs, K., Quan-Haase, A. and Martin, K., 2017. Problematizing the digital literacy paradox
in the context of older adults’ ICT use: Aging, media discourse, and self-
determination. Canadian Journal of Communication. 42(2).