1. The positive impact of information technology.
(1) on social development.
Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and now information technology has become the forefront of science and technology, and human society is stepping into the information society from the industrial society.
With the wide application of information technology, it has caused profound changes in all aspects and fields of society, accelerated the development of social productive forces and improved people's quality of life.
Information resources will become one of the main pillar industries of the information society after material and energy.
The development of information technology has turned the world into a global village. Now people can share the fruits of social progress in time and reduce the differences brought by regional differences and economic development, which not only promotes cultural exchanges and learning between different countries and nationalities, but also makes culture more open and popular.
(2) the impact on scientific and technological progress.
Information technology has promoted the change of new technology and greatly promoted the progress of science and technology. The application of computer technology has helped people overcome one scientific problem after another, making it possible for human beings to complete complex calculations that take decades or even hundreds of years to solve in a few minutes. The application of computer simulation technology can simulate all kinds of situations that may occur in reality and facilitate the verification of various scientific hypotheses. Information technology with microelectronics as the core has promoted the development of a number of cutting-edge technologies such as space development, new energy development and bioengineering. In addition, with the application of information technology in basic disciplines and its integration with other disciplines, the emergence and development of emerging disciplines (such as computational physics and computational chemistry) and interdisciplinary disciplines (such as artificial intelligence and e-commerce) have been promoted.
(3) Influence on people's life and study.
The wide application of information technology has promoted the improvement of people's work efficiency and quality of life, and people's working methods and learning methods are also changing. People can know what's going on in the world without leaving home, and they can still do things without leaving home. Some people can work from home, see a doctor online, give lectures online, study online, have meetings online, shop online, negotiate business online and have entertainment online, which has become a new way of life for people. Network technology, multimedia and so on.
2. Some negative effects that information technology may bring.
We must clearly recognize some negative effects that information technology may bring and try to eliminate them.
(1) information flooding. On the one hand, information is growing rapidly, on the other hand, people spend a lot of time but can't find useful information. The growth rate of information is beyond people's ability, which leads to the emergence of information flooding.
(2) Information pollution. Some wrong information, false information and dirty information are mixed in various information resources, which makes it difficult to distinguish right from wrong and true from false. Without analysis, people are easily deceived and poisoned.
(3) Information crime. With the popularization of information technology application, people's dependence on information systems is getting stronger and stronger, and information security has become an increasingly prominent problem. Some lawless elements take advantage of the security loopholes in information technology and information systems to engage in criminal activities such as information theft, information fraud, information attack and destruction, which have caused social harm.
(4) possible adverse effects on people's physical and mental health. If people do not have certain information recognition ability, they are easily poisoned by some bad information, leading to some behavioral deviations. If they rely too much on modern media such as computer networks, people's ability to read books, practice in person and communicate with others will be easily weakened. The virtual world in the network environment and anonymous activities in the network have brought new ethical problems to people. It is easy for people to have dual personality, which is one identity in real life and plays another identity in the online virtual world. A few students have been addicted to the internet for a long time, which leads to social phobia in real life. Long-term use of computers, if you do not pay attention to self-regulation, can easily lead to vision loss, cervical pain and other diseases.