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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?
Advantages
Improving communication
communicate across great distances vs letters
Social media
Benefits
Help improve communication skills, especially those who experience exclusion or have disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Spread messages, share information
Mental health and wellbeing: connecting with extended family and friends and taking part in local and global online groups can give us a sense of belonging.
Provide people with necessary entertainment break from their busy schedule
Encouraging creativity
Harms
difficult to make sense of what content is based on fact, half truths or lies.
People may spread information to cause harm or manipulate others for money, influence or to cause disorder.
Some spread false information without the intent to spread harm. However it still harmful as it misleads people to believe what's not true .
Being exposed to inappropriate or upsetting content, like mean aggressive, violent or sexual comments or images
being exposed to data breaches, having data sold on to other organizations.
Self-image issues
compare themselves to others
How to protect yourself from social media harms
Don't share personal information online
Check for date and author to avoid fake news
Don't trust online people
Reduce your use of social media, find alternative activities to engage in.
Turn of notifications to focus when doing something important
Create strong passwords
capital letters, numbers and a symbol.
Allow people to shop from home
find & buy variety of necessaries online, without having to be at the shop physically
Banking can be done online vs counting money physically
Provide education
Access to world knowledge
answer curiosity or for educational purposes
google vs only books
Allow multitasking
GPS vs maps
help managing schedule on calendar
calculate and solve complex problems faster, making life easier for humans
Access to work from anywhere without the need to be tied to a physical location, eliminating waste of time.
Disadvantages
Increases waste and impacts the environment
worsen handwriting and spelling skills
lacks emotional connection
Fear of missing out
continual checking of social media sites.
Too much sitting
limit learning and create a dependency
Short attention span and too much multitasking
computers storing so much personal information, it's at risk of getting into the hands of others.
Relationships affected by the use of computers
Friends
Stronger
Communicate without having to meet
Classmates
Avoidance of real-life Interactions
Lack of face to face communication skills
Teachers
Ask or inform concerns/ questions
Can teach/learn from anywhere
Costumers/ Clients
Learn their interests
Parents
Spend time on computers more than family time