Social Cultural Consequences Of Information Technology Revolution

Human evolution became like this now,after hundreds of thousands years.If you want to thank several change among thousands of technical change,there are three things that must be mentioned: fire,electricity,and the Internet.We do not only pay tribute to history by mentioning fire and electricity.Only then can we have a frame of reference to measure what great influences the information technology revolution caused.In human evolution this seemingly simple technical change,resulting in a shift and acceleration of the entire history of civilization.Present theory researches on the information technology stay in the superficial level more.With the development of technology,a person with breadth of vision has recognized the information technology revolution is producing a deep influence on the whole social and cultural fields,which is in the performance of the interaction between culture and economy,culture and politics,and the conflicts or fusion between different culture.Introduction in this paper,is about the research background,research content and research methods,analysising the information technology revolution and cultural relations,saying that the information technology revolution is an important reason of cultural transformation,and giving an overview of the cultural characteristics of the era of information technology.The structure of the full text is summary-theory-summary.The introduction indicates the argument.The main body is view argument from various points.In the end it returns to the argument.The first chapter from three aspects discusses the information technology revolution reshaping social and cultural structure,rising from artifacts level to system level to concept level.Finally conclusion is information technology revolution itself is the product of modern thought,the revolution in information technology does not reach modern cultural beliefs and philosophy level.The second chapter says the revolution of information technology promoting social and cultural globalization,focusing on three performance:cultural globalization,Internet thinking and social cultural industry chain.Information technology revolution brings both social consequences also bring cultural consequences,in fact social consequences and cultural consequences can not completely separate,so these are collectively referred to as social and cultural consequences.The third chapter is about specific social and cultural consequences--new modes of culture,this paper lists some specific cultural patterns.The social and cultural consequences are both positive and negative,so this chapter discusses the consequences from two aspects.It is necessary to see the positive cultural aspects of modern technology,more important thing is that we must be aware of some erosion,substitution and rule effects.The fourth chapter discusses the information technology revolution intensifing cultural conflict and fusion.Conclusion is that social and cultural consequences of the information technology revolution are both positive and negative,which is omni-directional and multi-level.Dialectical point of view,technology plays a decisive role in some of the culture,culture also plays a in technical evaluation,technology innovation.So between the information technology and the culture it is a two-way interactive relationship.