Information technology is changing many aspects of our lives and now dominates our home, leisure and work activities. To what extent do the benefits of information technology outweigh the disadvantages?

The ways that
the
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humanity live have been changing with the development of
technology
. Some people believe that
the
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technology
influences in a negative way many aspects of our lives while others said the advance of
technology
has brought benefits to the population. In
this
essay, I will
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discuss
both
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of views and explain why I believe the advantages of
technology
outweigh the disadvantages. Internet,
mobilephones
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mobile phones
and computers are one of many examples of the development of
technology
and with theses progress the population have more opportunities to access
information
which before was harder to find.
For example
, before the internet
whem
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when
the teacher gave homework we had to research in many books and sometimes the
information
was not clear, nowadays with the internet we can find easily any
information
. Another key factor is the advance of
communication related
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technology
, some years ago a telephone call was much more expensive and the most traditional kind of communication was letters if you have been living overseas. Because of the
technology
at
this
time it is easy and cheaper make a telephone call and
as a result
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we maintain our relations with family and friends even if they are living in
other
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county.
On the other hand
, the advance of
technololy
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technology
has brought news disadvantages which we did not have before it.
First
of all, fake news is the biggest problem that we are facing
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moment. There are so many
information
about one product, or politician, or a celebrity, or about a new study
for example
, and it makes we fell unsure about all
information
avaliable
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available
and unsure what is the right that we should trust.
Furthermore
, a new type of celebrities
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created and they are called ‘influencers’. It has been impacting many lives, theses influencers build the
ideia
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idea
of the perfect body, expensive items and happy life. For
instace
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instance
, if the teenager has not ready to
identific
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identify
the difference
beteween
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between
social media and
real life
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he can become
depression
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thinking about why his life is not similar of the influencer and why it is unfear. In Conclusion, even if the fake news and the fake
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lives
life
lifes
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which exist only on social media are the disadvantages of the
technology
. The benefits,
such
as
,
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more
information
avaliable
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available
to the population along with
easily
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means of communication outweigh the disadvantages.
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