E-social Work: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Abstract

Human communities' social and economic activities worldwide were significantly disrupted by the First and Second
Industrial Revolutions. Social work practice has always been based heavily on "face-to-face" interactions. The traditional
practice of social work may soon be disrupted by new technologies from the Third and Fourth Industrial Revolutions,
including computers, mobile devices etc. The scope of social work practice in the 21st century has expanded with the
introduction of e-social work and social work informatics. The ramifications of social work education will be looked at in
this essay. Cross-sectional knowledge and information sharing were insufficient in the information society (Society 4.0),
and cooperation was challenging. The difficulty of extracting the necessary information from the abundance of information
and then analyzing it was a burden. The effort and range of action were constrained by age and varied aptitude levels.
Additionally, it was challenging to respond appropriately due to a number of constraints on problems like a declining
birth rate, an elderly population, and local depopulation.