Impact of Internet on Different Generations of Our Society

The scope of this paper is to analyze the effects of Information Technology (IT) on senior citizens, adults and teens in perspective of their relations, education, entertainment, socialization and the problems that a digital divide can bring in our society. Technology can have both positive and negative consequences on people of different walks of life at different times. The need is to understand the true impact of IT so that everybody gathers benefits that yield a healthy society. Over the last decade, the revolution in IT has brought in advancement that shows increasingly visible effects on the life of the average people of India, in particular, and the world in general. These innovations affect largely how people work, communicate, do business, trade, learn, teach, inform and research. In this paper, an empirical study is conducted to examine whether the contacts via e-mail, online chatting and availability of information through Internet would lead us in a better learned, connected, and participatory society or in a society of loneliness. These issues are explored in detail and suitable solutions are proposed to counter the negative affects of IT on our society.