Advantages and Disadvantages in the Use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Human progress has been achieved in the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is something we should be grateful for the progress that will enable people in doing the work and tasks to be done. However, not all of this progress is a positive impact. Among the progress achieved was found to have negative impacts on humans. Below will be presented positive effects (benefits) and negative (losses) from the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in social, educational, economic, and governance.

A. In the Social Sector

Advantages:

1. Rapid advances in communications technology to facilitate communication between one place and another place.

Disadvantages:

1. With the rapid communication to change the original form of communication in the form of face to face becomes. This can cause communication to be empty.
2. Someone who constantly hang out with the computer will likely be someone who is individualistic.
3. With the rapid information technology in both the Internet and other media create opportunities entry of the things that pornography, porno-action, and violence more easily.
4. ICT advances will also be further exacerbate social inequalities in society between the rich and the poor.
5. The rise of cyber crime continue to haunt such as carding, caused by crackers, data manipulation, and various other cyber crime


6. By Paul C Saettler from California State University, Sacramento, one thing is certain, interaction between children and computers that are one (person) overlooking one (machine) does not lead children to become socially intelligent.

B. In the Education Sector

Advantages:

1. Information required will be more quick and easy access for educational purposes.
2. Innovation in learning is growing in the presence of e-learning innovations that further facilitate the educational process.
3. ICT advances will also allow the development of virtual classroom or classroom-based teleconference that does not require the teachers and students in the same room.
4. System administration in an educational institution will be more easily and smoothly as the application of ICT systems.

Disadvantages:

1. ICT advances will also be increasingly mempermudahterjadinya violation of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for the easy access to data that is causing people to commit fraud will plagiatis.
2. Although the system of administration of any educational institution as a system without a gap, but if there is a carelessness in carrying out such a system would be fatal.
3. One of the negative impact of television is to train children to think short and survive to concentrate in a short time (short span of attention).

C. In Economics

Advantages:

1. The increasingly widespread use of ICT will increasingly open up employment opportunities.
2. ICT-based business or so-called e-commerce can facilitate business transactions traansaksi companies or individuals
3. With facilities in the internet advertising on certain sites will facilitate the promotion and marketing of a product.

Disadvantages:

1. Easily conduct transactions on the internet will lead to further facilitate transactions that are prohibited such transactions contraband or drug transactions.
2. This often happens is burglary of an institution or individual account that resulted in huge financial losses.

D. In the Government Sector

Advantages:

1. Information and Communication Tenologi developed in the government or the so-called e-government makes it easier public access to government policy programs that the government can proceed smoothly.
2. e-government can also support a more efficient government management, and can improve communication between government and business sectors and industries.
3. The public can give input on policies made by the government so as to improve government performance.

Disadvantages:

1. The more freely the public to access government sites will open opportunities for cyber crime that can damage the system of ICT in e-government. For example, burglary case when the General Election Commission website by a cracker.

source: Eka Personal Risyana