COM201, Week 5: Informative Speech on Technology and Society Impact

This assignment is an informative speech exploring the multifaceted impact of technology on society. The speech, prepared for a COM201 course, delves into both the positive and negative aspects of technology's influence. It highlights how technology has improved various aspects of life, including communication, education, transportation, healthcare, and lifestyle, while also acknowledging the adverse effects such as increased screen time, social isolation, and mental health issues. The speech emphasizes the role of the internet, social media, and learning platforms in shaping modern society. It includes an outline and self-review questions. The speech is well-researched, citing at least two quality resources and following Strayer Writing Standards for citations. This assignment offers a comprehensive overview of technology's profound and pervasive impact on contemporary life.

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2.1 Outline
 Technology impacts society to a large extent in professional to personal day to day life of
people.
 Technology affects society in both positive and negative aspects.
 Technology improved the living standard of people in the society by improving
communication, thinking and perception, learning, education, lifestyle and professional.
 This is a speech in my opinion which covers the discussion about the impact of
technology on society.
 The various technology aids improve learning in more interactive and collaborative ways.
 Technology increases the skills and competitiveness of people.
 The invention of the internet is a common and most essential form of technology that is
affecting society.
 The Internet allows people to access almost all information.
 YouTube, social media and learning are major sources of information and learning.
 Technology improved communication transportation, healthcare, and lifestyle.
 Technology also has negative impacts on society.
 Increased screen time, social isolation, insomnia, depression, and anxiety are major
adverse impacts of technology.
 This discussion also represents some self- review questions to which reflects to the power
of effectiveness speaking.

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2.2 How Technology Has Impacted Society
Hi, audience my name is ABCD, here I am going to discuss the topic namely the impact of
technology on society. The impact of technology is on every aspect of including thinking,
communication, and learning. Technology impacts the way people interact with each other in the
social setting. Thus, the impact of technology is very crucial and they may be positive or
negative. In my opinion, technology improved the learning process by making it more interactive
and collaborative. Technology increases the engagement of the society with learning material
and sources and developing the competitiveness of people towards the learning subjects which
were troubling to people.
Internet in a major creation of technology which is an integral part of our daily lives which gives
access to information at any time and it gives access to almost anything at the online platform.
Thus, it enables students to take any exam and quiz with information support. Besides the
students, it also effective creation for the teachers to make self-paced and encouraging classroom
and online learning. YouTube, social media and various learning websites and web platforms are
the major examples of technology learning. After education and learning, technology touches
almost every aspect of human lives. Transportation, medical or health and wellness improvement
home entertainment, housing and lifestyle, and communication are the major area of human life
which is beneficial by the technology. Computers, mobile phones, transposition sources, home,
and personal life enhancement equipment's improved the personal as well as professional life of
people in society1.
Despite a large list of advancements and benefits of technology on society there several negative
impacts of technology that are adversely effecting to day to day activities of the people. The
technology is affecting to communication and social skills of people. Increased screen time,

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inactive life and the harmful reaction of technology leading health complexities such as
isolations, eyestrain, insomnia, anxiety, and depression are major harmful impacts of
technology2.