1. What is IT?
1.1. The use of computer software & hardware to retrieve, store and manipulate the information
2. Advantages
2.1. Globalization
2.1.1. IT brought down barriers of linguistic & geographic boundaries
2.1.2. people can share their ideas freely
2.2. Communication
2.2.1. communication become faster & more efficient yet zero cost
2.2.2. eg : email and video conference
2.3. Cost Efective
2.3.1. can increase productivity
2.3.2. company will pay less for the cost of labour
2.4. Bridging the cultural gap
2.4.1. allow the exchange of views & ideas from different culture
2.4.2. increasing the awareness & reducing prejudice
2.5. More convenient to shop
2.5.1. can do online shopping
2.5.2. amazon, Rakuten, LAZADA, ebay
2.6. Creation of new jobs
2.6.1. new employment opportunities
2.6.2. computer programmers & web designers
3. Disadvantages
3.1. Unemployent
3.1.1. some of the jobs done by machine
3.1.2. more people become unemployed
3.2. Privacy
3.2.1. account information become vulnerable to hackers
3.2.2. our personal information might be exposed to public
3.3. Lack of job security
3.3.1. everyone need to be in constant learning
3.4. Dominant culture
3.4.1. one culture will dominate another weaker one