Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. New media has many benefits such as the fact we're able to have access onto on-demand content anytime, anywhere and on any digital device such as phones, laptop, ipad and tablets, as such. Furthermore, this allows people to have interactive contact with others, in different parts of the world because of the internet.
There are many benefits of the internet, as we're able to access it at any time in today's generation. This is due to the technology in today's society, and how advance it has become. Everyone around the world is able to access the internet, and interact with other people in the world. Furthermore, technological items such as iPhones now have allow you to access the internet at a faster rate. However, some pages of the internet are blocked for the safety of people. Whereas, on the laptop it is easier to access any page, and you're able to view content that may be blocked, it is easier to use the internet on laptops, due to the sizing difference and the amount of different keys you have to change the settings. Whereas, on iPhones, it may be harder to do so, through the limited amount of keys you have on the phone. There are loads of publications added onto the internet on a daily basis, and they hold strong information in order to attract a mass audience, in order for them to read it. Furthermore, the internet is one source the majority of the worlds population is dependant on, as the internet provides everyone with facts and figures and helps in day to day lifestyle. The internet improves on a daily basis, and has new updates coming out. Internet explorer has now become one of the slowest internet browsers, despite there being a lot of different updates happening. However, Google chrome is one of the fastest internet browsers, and it is mainly what audiences prefer to use. Furthermore, google chrome has made it easier for students and people with jobs, to access the internet faster and get sufficient amount of information. The internet is used by both people and institutions, this has links with Pareto's law of the 80% of the media is controlled by 20% of the institution/companies. Google owns many different companys/pages, such as Blogger, G-mail, YouTube, allowing Google to hold a mass standing within today's society.
On the other hand, there are many disadvantages of the internet, such as there are false things posted upon the internet, which are said to be "true facts" whereas, they're all made up. Websites such as Wikipedia, can be edited by anyone and they're able to change anything, and students usually use Wikipedia, to help them with work, which means they may be looking at things which aren't true. Sherry Turker has said the internet is a bad influence on children, as they become isolated from each other, because of the internet. Students tend to become internet freaks and don't concentrate much on their studies. As iPhones now have access on the internet, they're able to have access of the internet everywhere they go, which means they may be distracted in class. There are a variety of different social networking sites starting up such as 'Instagram', 'Keek', 'Snapchat' and the old typical Facebook, Bebo, Hi5 and MySpace. Furthermore, over 50% have access on twitter. 80% of tweets on Twitter, are created by 20% of people. Twitter doesn't hold any facts, it is all peoples opinions. Furthermore,
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