Introduction to Living in

Information Technology Era

Dr. Risty Moyo Acerado
 Information Technology
❖ the hardware, software, communication and other facilities used to input,
store, process, transmit and output data in whatever form. (Women in the Security
Profession, 2017)
❖ the technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of
computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and
distribution of data (www.merriam-webster.com)
What is a society?
 What is a society
❖ A community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common
traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests;
❖ Society and information technology are co-evolving.
❖ Society and and networked IT are changing one another.
❖ Becoming socialized means learning what kinds of behavior is appropriate
in a given social situation.
How is IT and Society
Linked?
 How IT and Society Linked
❖ Revolution in computing and communication
❖ Technological improvements and increases
competition
 Digitization
❖ the process of converting something to digital form (webster)

❖ refers to taking analog information and encoding it into zeroes and

ones so that computers can store, process, and transmit such
information. (www.forbes.com)
 Digitalization
❖ Integration of digital technologies into everyday life by the digitization;

❖ the manifold sociotechnical phenomena and processes of adopting and

using digital technologies in broader individual, organizational, and
societal contexts;

❖ The use of digital technologies to upgrade processes,reorganize work

methods,change business model.
IT in Business
❖ E-commerce - refers to commercial activities
carried out in an electronic network.
❖ Automation of work
Information Technology and the
Information Age

Telecommuting
 Improving Transport Communication
● GPS
● Display Traffic Information
● Optimize our route accordingly
● Electronically pay tolls when on
highways
IT in Governance
● Electronic service Delivery
○ A website that provides a wide range of government information
and services
○ The services include:
Application for government Payment of government
job vacancies bills

Making appointments
Purchasing books for the use of the
public services
Sources:

https://www.slideshare.net/BristolMedia/living-services-the-third-era-of-digital