The Influence of Technology to the Culture

Indonesia is a one of a country in this world That have many cultures. At this time the progress in Indonesia so rapidly, so it is inevitable if the progress could be bad impact for the Indonesian culture. Culture is a pattern of behavior that are generally present in a society. One influence on culture can be caused by the advance of information and communication technology that greatest in the community.

ICT is part of the development of science and technology (Science and Technology), which is a media that can facilitate the users in accessing various information especially in education. Technology have positive and negative impacts to people's lives. Positive influence can be felt is the increased speed, precision, accuracy and convenience that provide efficiency in various fields, especially in a matter of time, effort and cost. While the negative impact that could emerge due to ICT, such as the economic aspects of globalization, the opening of the free market allows the entry of foreign products with ease. If like this, love for the community against domestic products has been reduced as a nation of Indonesia.



With the support of information and communication technology, information in any form and for various purposes, can be disseminated easily so it can affect the outlook and lifestyle to the culture of a nation quickly. ICT not only assist and facilitate people but also offer new ways of doing those activities that may affect people's culture that have been previously embedded.

Culture or culture is a frame of reference for the behavior of his supporters in the form of values ​​(truth, beauty, justice, humanity, wisdom, etc.) that are influential as a framework to form a view of human life are relatively permanent and can be seen from the citizens of that culture to determine his attitude toward a variety of symptoms and life events.

So how ICT can affect the values ​​that have been growing in society in a nation is depends on the attitude of the community. Supposedly, people should be selective and critical of ICT is growing very rapidly, so that all the positive benefits that is contained in ICT can be manifested to be able to assist and facilitate people's lives, and the negative effects can be minimized.