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How have computers changed the way we live and work? - Coggle Diagram
How have computers changed the way we live and work?
Relationships
Transportation is faster and easier
Travelling to meet family members/anyone
is easier and more convenient.
Improves relationships.
Social media
Can keep in contact with people even in
different locations.
Can improve relationships depending on
the usage.
Could cause arguments.
Can reduce time spent with others.
If met online, there is a risk of getting hurt.
Internet
New information can be learned about different relationships.
Can look for solutions to a fight.
Can look for suggestions on activities to do.
Can improve relationships.
Is addicting, and could ruin relationships.
Work life
Social media
Changed the way people working/studying can communicate.
Can promote through social media.
Students can learn about more effective study methods.
Easier communication.
Bosses might contact even outside of office hours.
Distracting.
Transportation
Helped with easier transportation, making work/student life easier.
Convenient and accessible.
Online learning/working from home during pandemics.
Moving transportations have traffic, which can make people late.
Online learning/working from home can be very distracting, and worsen eyesight.
Storage of information
Information/data can be stored with computers.
Can be very convenient.
Easy to access.
Only a few seconds/minutes to store information.
Information might be erased.
Certain errors will lead to the data messing up.
*Privacy concerns, information might get hacked, and blackmail.
Transportation
Internet
Allows users to see the availability of their flight/ride.
Makes transportations faster and more efficient.
Payment can be made beforehand for the transportation process to be easier.
Workers can easily be contacted for more information.
Complications/errors may occur if on the internet
Can't always be reliable.
Robot computers
Performs tasks like opening doors through sensors.
Cars now can be self-driven by a computer.
Is more time efficient.
Faster than humans.
Doesn't improvise, and won't sense some things that a human will.
Has a chance of hurting humans with its errors
Routes & directions
GPS and other technologies help with routes and directions.
Is also more time efficient, rather than using maps.
More convenient and accessible, as most people have a phone.
Some reports of computers messing up a route because it changed, as they don't improvise.
Very battery draining for the computer.
Might affect a person's own sense of directions, being too reliable.
Food/drinks
Food/grocery/drink delivery
More convenient.
Less mistakes will be made.
Can see the total bill.
Extra costs for delivery charges.
Might lead to obesity.
Too reliable.
Decreases exercise.
Unhealthy.
Decreases country's overall health/mobility.
Industries
Different industries have been made.
More job opportunities.
Improves a country's economy.
Entertainment
Industries
Made many new industries relating to entertainment.
Many different jobs due to these different industries.
Improves a country's overall economy.
Can be what a country is known for.
Globalization
Computers have globalized entertainment.
More areas have access to entertainment.
Could drain the overall mental health of the world, as social media, a form of entertainment is known to drain mental health.
Could promote further beauty standards and develop insecurities.
The ways of entertainment
Changed the ways entertainment can be displayed.
Different forms of entertainment.
Can suit more people.
Is more convenient and easy to access.
Improves a country's economy by having many different forms and ways of entertainment.
People won't be as bored.
Mental health of a country can improve.
Might be addictive.
Communication
Social media
Has been a big part of the way we communicate.
Allows people to communicate with people globally in a few seconds.
Can promote businesses.
Can share users ideas and beliefs.
Promotes some unrealistic standards, lowering people's self-esteem.
Can be an addiction if used too much.
Declines eye health.
Disrupts sleep.
Cyber-bullying.
Declines mental health.
How to protect yourself
Have limits/restrictions.
Remind yourself that reality and the internet are different.
Practice a right mentality.
Use social media for only a certain amount of time.
Try to use alternatives to social media.
Websites on the internet (blogs)
Serves as an electronic diary.
Improves mental health by writing out feelings.
Readers can be inspired by the writer and make positive changes to their own lives.
Easy to remember events in life.
Could be intimidating for the writer because they have an audience reading their life.
Readers might feel like their lives aren't as good as the writers.
The writer might lie about their life to sound better, but get caught up in their lie.