By Sarah Alghazi
INTERNET
What is the Internet?
The
Internet, in simplest terms, is the large group of millions of computers around
the world that are all connected to one another. These computers are connected
by phone lines, fiber optic lines, coaxial cable, satellites, and wireless
connections... [1]
How does the Internet benefit
people?
1)
Information: The biggest benefit offered by the Internet is information. It
functions as a valuable resource of information. You can find any type of
information on any subject with the help of the search engines like Yahoo and
Google. [2]
2)
Communication: The primary goal of the Internet is communication. It has done
extremely well in this field, however the development process is still going on
to make it more dependable and quick. By sending an e-mail, we can contact a
person who is physically present thousand miles away within the fraction of a
second’s time. [2]
3)
Services: A variety of services are offered via Internet, for example job
searching, online banking, buying movie tickets, hotel reservations and consultation
services etc. When you avail these services offline, they become more
expensive. [2]
The history of the internet
The Internet was the result of
some visionary thinking by people in the early 1960s who saw great potential
value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in
scientific and military fields. [3]
Although
the Internet has spawned significant changes in communication and interpersonal
behaviour, the data concerning the social and psychological effects of its use
are equivocal. Drawing on the uses and gratifications model of communications
media, it was hypothesized that the social and psychological effects of
Internet use depend primarily on the user's reasons and goals for using the
technology [4]
The Wed World Web
Before the World Wide Web the Internet really
only provided screens full of text (and usually only in one font and font
size). So although it was pretty good for exchanging information, and indeed
for accessing information such as the Catalogue of the US Library of Congress,
it was visually very boring [5] The web had some important predecessors,
perhaps the most significant of these being Ted Nelson's Xanadu project, which
worked on the concept of Hypertext - where you could click on a word and it
would take you somewhere else. Ted Nelson envisaged with Xanadu a huge library
of all the worlds' information. In order to click on hyperlinks, as they were
called, Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse, which was to later become a very
important part of personal computers. So the idea of clicking on a word or a
picture to take you somewhere else was a basic foundation of the web. [5]
Facebook
Facebook
is a tool, and like all the other social media tools out there the objective is
to influence people by connecting with them, building relationships and moving
them towards a specific action or decision – physically or mentally. People
generally have a need for human connection - the need to be loved and/or be
recognized. Social media tools like Facebook allow for that to happen on a
magnified scale. [6]
Facebook is home to more than 400 million users
around the world, and is growing every day. This number of users will be the
market of any advertisement posted in the website which is why businesses are taking
advantage of this opportunity. Facebook could greatly benefit these businesses
by increasing their income through advertising. [7]
References:
[7] http://benefitof.net/benefits-of-facebook/
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