Thursday 28 June 2012
Monday 18 June 2012
Meanings
Nature of information
Communication
Police to
'keep you safe' by checking your emails- June 2012
We don't talk any more - is technology harming communication- (
Decemeber 2011)
Privacy
The internet has changed the nature of information as it has made people have more of a biased view of the internet is right about everything.
Communication
Communication has changed through the
internet as we use social networking to communicate more then reality and
communicating over the internet could lead people in to more trouble as they
may get sexually harassed or even stalked leading to death in people who
are struck badly.
Police to
'keep you safe' by checking your emails- June 2012
"But in the new world
people communicate in different ways. They are no longer using telephones. They
communicate over the internet, so we want to update the ability of the police
and the security services have to have access to this communications data.” -Home
Secretary Theresa May
We don't talk any more - is technology harming communication- (
Decemeber 2011)
‘"Technology is a massive aid to
communication," he told me, "but if it takes away regular
face-to-face or direct conversations, then you lose something of the softer
edges.” -Sir Victor, the former chairman of Lloyds TSB.
"Email has become the easy
way to communicate but also the lazy way," says Rob Price, the UK
Privacy
The use of the Internet can affect the privacy rights a person has in his or her identity or personal data. Internet use and transactions generate a large amount of personal information which provide insights into your personality and interests.
Privacy breach discovered in Internet address bids
An online community is a virtual community that exists online and whose members enable its existence through taking part in membership ritual. The Virtual community is increasing and put across the theory of the global village.
On line safety
The web definition of
online safety/ internet safety is Internet
safety or online safety is the security of people and their information when
using the Internet. But what I think of internet safety is the protection of
our community and the information we allowed to be stored to be safe and be
confidential
"We must ensure that this virtual world is safe for our children just as we try to ensure that the real world is," said Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the launch of the campaign
Business
The internet
has changed the way we do business as business is easily globalised due to
people doing more shopping online due to website like eBay and Amazon which
started in garage.
How The Internet
Has Completely Changed the Way We Do Business –July 2011
Culture
Our culture is the way we have been brought up and we follow the internet as it is a GOD but the internet has a huge effect on peoples life.
"Technology can improve the lives of millions of the Earth's poorest people."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3257256.stm
Friday 15 June 2012
COVER WORK
- How much information is in circulation on the internet (in gigabytes)?
An average person consume 34GB on a average day to overall consumption total of 3.6 zettabytes, but according to the guardian newspaper is 500 billion gigabytes.
- What proportion of the world’s population can now go online?
The total usage of the internet since 31st December 2011 is throughout the whole world is 2,267,233.742 billion which means a 32.7% of the population penerate the internet with a 528.1% growth since 2000.
- The number of people who could access the internet in 1995?
In December 1995, the number of people who could access and use the internet was 16 million and then it increases making Mcluhans theory of global village a reality
- The number of people who can access the internet in today?
Since March 2012, around 2,280 millions users can access the internet compared to 1995 is has increased with
- 45 per cent of Internet users used a mobile phone to connect to the Internet
- 6 million people accessed the Internet over their mobile phone for the first time in the previous 12 months
- The use of wireless hotspots almost doubled in the last 12 months to 4.9 million users
- 21 per cent of Internet users did not believe their skills were sufficient to protect their personal data
- 77 per cent of households had Internet access.
Thursday 14 June 2012
Usage of the internet
The total usage of the internet since 31st December 2011 is throughout the whole world is 2,267,233.742 billion which means a 32.7% of the population penerate the internet with a 528.1% growth since 2000.
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
The usage of internet in the Uk is around 82.5% which also conducts a research of
" 59% of UK homes have a PC
The usage of internet in the Uk is around 82.5% which also conducts a research of
" 59% of UK homes have a PC
" 52% of homes (around 12.8 million) have Internet access
" 68% of small businesses have Internet access"
The amount of total users in the UK are 51 million of the 62 million population.
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