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1. Email
2. Instant Messaging
3. News Groups
4. Blogs
5. Online conferencing
6. Communication video
7. Communication Evaluation

3. Email is short for electronic mail. It is a method used to transfer electronic information from one person to another.
Information transferred can be text, pictures, mp3 files, documents or very small video files. The email server will also
store all the information for free! There are many email networks, such as: Gmail, yahoo mail, AOL, and Hotmail. Email
is a great way of communication as it allows you to share the things you want with others. „Electronic mail predates the
inception of the Internet, and was in fact a crucial tool in creating it‟ so without email the internet would not be the same
and might not of advanced as far as it has today. „Even with attachments, however, e-mail messages continue to be text
messages‟ this extract from an online article shows that emails are none other but text messages that allows us to attach
files to send to a recipient. Email is very useful and different providers are in constant competition. I personally prefer
yahoo as it has a simple and easy to navigate layout. So presentation is important- also the colour is too as it needs to be
inviting to the eye. However files above 20 mb are unable to send as there are limits on the data that is transferred in 1
message. Some IM‟s exceed this to 50 mb so Email is far more limited when it comes to the cap on the amount of data
you are allowed to send. In addition to this there is no age range when it comes to email as it is used by everyone. The
non-internet route of email would be to post them in the content mail. This is why electronic mail is so popular as you no
longer have to wait 1 week for a letter. So email has made our lives so much more simpler and has even bought about the
birth of instant messaging.
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4. Instant messaging is far more popular than email. This is because email is not always that fast, whilst IM is. Another
reason would be that with email you would usually have to click a few stuff before you can access the content the person
has sent to you. However with IM it automatically pops up, and if you are using a mobile device it comes through in a
push notification- this alerts you straight away and when you swipe across the screen you get the information straight
away. IM is also beginning to take over tasks that we would use on email; so besides being able to send notes back and
forth we can also send pictures, video, documents, sounds and web links. But the key most important feature is that you
can also create a chat room. Chat rooms allow multiple people to have a discussion and view everything at the same time
together. Email is not chat room compatible, so this is the main advantage of instant messaging over Email. Here are a
range of instant messaging providers… Whatsapp, ebuddy xms, Facebook messenger, Nimbuzz and iMessage. These are
some of the more well known IM‟s out there. „Already, more than four in 10 adult Internet users in the United States use
instant messaging software, and one in five IM users is sending instant messages at work, according to a survey released
yesterday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project‟. The extract from washingtopost.com shows that already IM is
already starting to become a large part of peoples everyday lives! This suggests that because of its speed a practicality
Instant messaging is far more better than Email will ever be. IM is used mainly by teenagers and it is targeted specifically
at that age group. As it is used for social interaction and communicates with a lot of slang.
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5. News groups are essentially just one big discussion group. They post updates on news from different locations around the
globe. So it is an online bulletin board. News groups will generally come in two types, binary and text. A news group will
focus on one topic of interest allowing other users to contribute to it. So if I were to read a news group I would be well
informed as I would have gathered the knowledge of a particular area of interest, the news group I would get all that
information from would be a text based news group. Binary news groups allow users to upload files and have others
download it at their leisure. The amount of downloads allowed is unlimited! However this could be a problem as
bandwidth could be small and some users may not be able to access the content. However most newsgroups allow users
to download files using their own broadband speeds. This allows easy access to the files shared by the author of the
information creating a spread of information to an unlimited amount of recipients around the globe. Here are some
examples of different news groups: Google, Usenet, Microsoft and yahoo. „Every day on Usenet, the "blind men and the
elephant" phenomenon is evident, in spades. In my opinion, more flame wars arise because of a lack of understanding of
the nature of Usenet than from any other source‟ meaning News groups can create a lot of arguments as there will be
many conflict of interests. This is a disadvantage to news groups as you can never be sure that the information displayed
is the right information. This will lead to confusion and arguments online. News groups audiences would mainly be
adults unless the topic was gaming. The non-internet solution would be a newspaper.
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6. People use blogs to communicate with people around the world. Blogs tend to be about peoples lives, containing many
photos and details of when and where plus what was happening when they took the photo. Blogs are also used by many
music artists in an attempt to connect with their fans and share their daily lives and new music. Blogs could also be for a
business to show off their product- however this is not usual and overall Blogs are just used by everyday normal people
who have an interest in indulging in online affairs of the people they are interested in. People also use blogs so they can
et paid by Google ad choice… So they create a blog that will be popular to a wide audience. Once people visit the blog
and click the adverts then they will be able to get paid. Popularity is a large purpose in the culture of blogging as you
want a lot of people to view your content. Blogs are a very large aspect of the information age. They can be viewed any
where! In addition to this they are easily accessible and can be very funny. However they can be formal or informal; it
depends. But blogs are not for communication but essentially only there to be informative. Blogs should not be used as a
point of reference as there is no guarantee that the information displayed is actually correct. The age range for blogs
varies as it can be used by anybody who wishes to display information about their lives.
Here is a blog I created as an example, it also has adverts imbedded: wesleymichaelsmontreal.blogspot.co.uk
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7. Online conferences is when you go online, using a webcam to have a conversation with a group of people over the internet (usually work related).
This is far better than the non-internet solution, as you would have to travel to a particular destination and stay there and wait for the conference
before you can even think of heading back. Plus as it takes place over the internet, you can now have host a conference venue from any where in
the world. The advantages to online conferencing is that is cheaper as there is no travel or accommodation costs; people will feel more confident
as it is face to face; discussions are enriched with useful comments and suggestions. Online conferencing „Online conferences are
synchronous, asynchronous, or a combination of both. An example of asynchronous conferencing is the discussion forum type of
conference, where people post messages, which the system stores, and which other people can respond to when they log on‟ so this is an excellent
way to allow online conferencing to carry on for a long period of time. Online conferencing is designed for adults who need to discuss matters
with other people regarding a business of some sort. Online conferencing may include the following features and more: online polls, mailing
lists, RSS feeds, Wiki, web logs, instant messaging, collaborative document, editing personal and shared calendars. Online conferencing allows
you to work from home! „As a result, web conferencing can remove the restrictions and isolation previously associated with working from home‟
said an online article commenting on the benefits of online conferencing. So there is virtually no draw backs to online conferencing as it has
enabled so much that we thought impossible a decade ago.
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9. Over all communication will always be a large part of our everyday lives. It help us all
stay in contact with each other. Communication has come a long way over the past
hundred years, now being able to send information to one another in a fraction of a
second as preferred to information being delayed from us for a period of 3 months back
in the day when we depended on the postal service and messengers to deliver key
information to others who we needed to read it. Some of the benefits of communication
are: You don‟t have to be in the same area to talk to anyone anymore, you can instantly
send messages with attachments attached to them, plus you cannot be the only one not
to know about a particular subject ever again. Services like Facetime and Skype can
facilitate this, as it allows you to actually webcam others on mobile devices, macs or
computers. The disadvantages of communication is that you either need to have a
network signal or connected to Wi-Fi to be able to communicate online with others.
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1. Train timetables
2. Train Timetable sheet
3. News Services…
4. Digital Schedule
5. Real time information video
6. Real time info evaluation

11. Train timetables are apart of real time information as it is information on when the train will be arriving
at the station that is accessible by anyone who wants to know and has the means of going about it.
Before the non-internet solution would be to actually go to the train station and there will be a board
displaying the times of when the trains are due to arrive. Now a days if you go to the train station you
will not only find the times displayed but also how many minutes there is till the trains arrive and it will
display if they have been delayed. A website created for real time information would be
thetrainline.com, this gives you times on when the trains will arrive. This makes traveling much more
efficient as now you can plan your route without having to worry about waiting around for a very long
time. Another advantage would be that you wont get lost again! You can plot your route and find exactly
how to get there and what train lines you need to take. This will allow you to track how much your
travel costs will amount to. „Public can also get train information through SMS by sending the train
number to a mobile number‟ said an online article explaining the relevance of real time information on
train services. What this shows us is that Real time information is now so entwined in our lives that it is
easy to not even notice it.
Train timetables can now be accessed even on a handheld device, allowing everyone to stay updated
with any changes in the times the trains shall be arriving. So the internet has had a large role in the
creation of Train timetables as it has allowed us to advance in staying in sync with anything that is due
to happen to interrupt the flow of our day to day lives; nevertheless it is there to inform too.
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13. News services keep you up to date with their online websites! They allow us to go online
and access real time information about news that is currently happening in the world at that
very moment. Examples of news services are: BBC, RT, Sky, Fox and ITV. Traffic reports
are under real time information also. The traffic is monitored by CCTV cameras that
capture live feed of what exactly is happening on the road out there. The weather and traffic
reports are then streamed through the news services that allow you to view it on a television
set or on any internet capable device. Being allowed to access information that would be
impossible to know or predict is a large part of real time information. The non internet way
would not even exist as you would never be able to get the current scope of traffic or
weather. However you could use a news paper, but that is unreliable. Plus not all areas
traffic reports are available, including the weather as this may be inaccurate and be
predicted the wrong way.
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14. This is a picture of the digital
time table that you can find
upon many London bus stops
that tell you how long it is
before your bus arrives.
This is a picture of a digital
schedule board at an airport.
This is important as passengers
need to know what time they
can expect to arrive at their
destination.
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16. Real time information is fast, simple and easy to access. You can get it in all sort of forms.
You just have to know what people want and make a way for them to access a live timetable
that can be changed at anytime, such as the time board at an airport which will change to
say if a flight has been delayed, or if it is late and if it is on schedule. The weather can be
accessed on any handheld device (On an iPhone all you have to do is swipe down the
notification centre and you have know the weather for your location straight away). The
location services on your device uses a satellite feed to pin point where you are on the
planet and allows you to know what the weather will be like for that day. This is all done via
the internet; mechanising us with the equipment to never not know what is going on around
us ever again. Real time information is also heavily based on time as it is meant to guide us
on how to get to our destination in the quickest and safest way possible. This is why all
services be it: weather, traffic, bus, flight are all interlinked as if either one of those
variables go wrong then this will result in delays, however with real time information we
can always find a way of getting around all of that.
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1. Online gaming
2. iOS gaming video
3. Radio Players
4. Home Cinema
5. Media
6. Gambling
7. Entertainment evaluation

18. Online gaming is the use of the internet to compete with other players live from anywhere
on the planet. This can be done using consoles such as: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, 3DS, PSP.
However, in recent years iOS gaming has revolutionised to allow a massive online
multiplayer in games using game centre or game developer private servers. So there are
many routes you could take if you wanted to participate in online gaming. However online
gaming is not totally great as games can be overridden with lag, which causes everything
to go far more slower than it should go in single player. Here is a game that I enjoy. One of
my favourite iOS online games would be NOVA3 as it has console graphics, and is
massively interactive FPS with virtually no lag during gameplay. However there is a small
lag spike when joining a map. The video below will show you an example of NOVA3 in
online multiplayer mode. As you can see the display is perfect and up to the standard of a
console game map, plus critics say that iOS software is rapidly stepping up to the quality
of console gaming. So in the near future we might see more brilliant graphic online games
for iOS. The non online version would be to go to an arcade centre where you could verse
your friends at Pac man or other games such as that one.
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20. Radio players is basically a radio online but instead of using radio waves to
transmit audio (which is the non-internet option) it instead streams media
seamlessly, allowing us to listen to our favourite radio broadcasters, such as:
iPlayer Radio, Q radio, CBS radio, AOL radio including Yahoo music. These
services can not be paused or rewind as they are live streams. Online radios
streaming have become apart of our lives. With online radios, you are now able to
listen to the radio on an internet capable device, the plus side is that the quality of
the sound is extremely good as there is no radio interference.
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21. Home cinema is a large part of online entertainment as you can watch movies by downloading off
services such as: Sky, Virgin, Netflix, Love Film and apple TV. It is being used as a way to
entertain people using movies without having to ever leave your house and go to the cinema, this
is because as soon as the movie gets released on DVD its also placed on some of the above listed
sites. „The reason people aren't going to the movies is because they're at home downloading
movies‟. This is an extract from an online article talking about how entertainment has become
widely based within the home. Technology has made it easier to stay at home and do all the
things we used to have to go out into town in order to do.
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22. Media entertainment is not the sort of entertainment that would naturally spring to mind when
talking about entertainment, however it is a largely global aspect of society that keeps loads of us
glued to our televisions, smartphones and tablets. For example: BBC News, BET, VEVO, RT and
many more all act as media entertainment. The best form of this is celebrity entertainment who
all owe their fame to technology. Technology has allowed us to transfer peoples work through the
internet, over the radio and directly to the television. This media form of entertainment is
available in many forms, such as: Art, text, music, movies, drama, sport and news coverage are
the main subjects of media today. Technology has advanced so much that it now allows those
main subjects to travel across the global information highway so that everyone can potentially
have access to all of the previous content mentioned.
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23. Gambling online is a fairly recent advancement in technology. You may have seen
advertisements on the TV beckoning you to try by giving you around £20 free play when
you sign up. They take and hold your credit card information and will pay the money into
your account if you win. However the money on your card will be taken if you lose, so on
so forth. An example of a gambling site would be 888 casino. When you join them you get
£5 absolutely free. However in a poker game people complain about “bad beats”, this is
only from losing players as the site is totally legit and it is possible to actually make a
profit when playing. There is also another form of online betting which is Sports gambling.
Sports gambling will allow you to place a bet on a horse and if they win you get a form of
online credit which you can then either put straight to your bank account or onto a PayPal
account. Online gambling has made gambling even more accessible but also means it is
more easy to get addicted and lose all financial consciousness as the money is digital and
you can lose your sense of reality.
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24. Entertainment as a whole has taken many turns in different directions. I do not condone in
gambling online as I think it is just another way for big online fiends to make money out of
people. However there are other good forms of entertainment, my favourite being Media. We
all know that we love to search up our favourite celebrity and see what's going on in their
life… So much so that we feel as if we ourselves were apart of their life even though they have
no idea who we are. Online gaming has allowed users who love playing the same game to
battle each other and compete to see who the best gamer actually is. Radio players however are
dying out in popularity as fewer people are listening to the radio- the only time being when we
are in the car. Home cinema has revolutionised the way we entertain our selves forever! Fewer
people are going to the cinema as it is simply just so much cheaper to rent a film by
downloading it. This means that film rental stores such as blockbusters will also soon die out
also. With so many of the old ways dying out, what does that mean for the future of
information transportation? Will we never have to leave our homes again? It is coming to that
day, and what a sad day it will be.
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1. Music and Film
2. Upgrades and Software
3. Download video
4. Archiving
5. Archiving video
6. Download Services evaluation

26. Music is a large part of the downloadable services culture. One of the most popular music download services would be iTunes. It allows you to
download music straight onto your PC or apple capable device, there are also other sites which you can download music such as: Amazon,
Napster, Tesco digital, play digital and Bearshare! Downloading music gives you the power to listen to your music on an audio capable device
anywhere in the world. This is because you do not have to stream media in order to listen to downloaded music. The non Internet version
would be a CD that you would have to go into a store to purchase. Nowadays you can download any song or album you want on just about
anything. Downloaded songs allow you to pause rewind and play back your song without a waiting time; playing exactly where you want to
hear it with out any waiting for it to load as it has already been installed in your device. iTunes used to be the only legal download service
available online. 'Times have changed, thankfully, and there‟s now more choice for music lovers than ever before' said a review on which
service was cheaper. Amazon has been proved cheaper than iTunes, so now the competition on pricing for albums and songs should start to get
a bit more competitive. You are also able to download films. Again you are also able to download films from iTunes! iTunes offers a wide
selection of films that have just been released on DVD. With films that you have downloaded, there is no buffering as it has been fully
downloaded. You can download films right on to your sky viewing box too. All you must have is the means of paying for it all and you can
watch as many as you desire.
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27. Upgrades are improvements made to an app for example.
You can get frequent updates or not a lot it depends on
how big and dedicated the app developers are. Here is an
example: there has been a recent update to the camera+
app in the App Store that now allows you to store your
photo essays in iCloud lightening box. This is a new
feature that enables your photo essays to sync in between
all your apple devices. So you can make improvements to
an app that already exists on your device that you have
pre downloaded before by the route of an update. You
can also get a software update such as: iOS6, windows 8
and android. Software is a computer program telling
computers what to do and how to do it. Software is also
the layout and display on your computer operating
device. Software also as to be very interactive so it is
easy for users to interact and do what the want to do with
it. For example iPad has a multi touch gesture display
which allows you to use 4 fingers to switch screens or
close a screen to access the main menu.
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29. X drives is an earlier version of online storage. 'Xdrive enabled data to be stored and retrieved from the
Windows Explorer file manager using the X: drive letter as the remote drive designation.' Another
method of archiving would be iCloud as it allows you to store information such as
photos, text, music, and videos in the cloud. Another site is something called media fire, this lets you
store pictures and documents. Another special feature of media fire is that it allows others to access your
documents. Also iCloud does the same thing in their new software update of iOS6 which allows you to
share your photos in the photo stream with your friends. The non Internet solution of this would have to
be in a filing cabinet, this is troublesome as it takes up a lot of room. Archiving has helped many people
because of its free storage space which you can expand by buying more space if need be.
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31. Archiving will always be a necessity as humans need to store a their history and all the things
that help them develop financially and be successful. This is best done through the internet as
it is cheap and affordable. Rather than buying filing cabinets to store all your information
which governments and official legal firms still do today. However if it is all online where it
is backed up onto separate servers then it becomes a whole lot easier to support the needs of
your customer as their information is easily accessible. This principle is also valid when
dealing with storing information for private use online. iCloud allows you to store
photos, emails, reminders, documents and notes which you can access on any
iPhone, tablet, and computer in the world (as long as iCloud is not blocked). Download
services can also be synced onto all of your devices once you have downloaded a song. This
will automatically be downloaded onto all your devices which saves time. Upgrades and
software are just the infrastructure of the digital world being made more sophisticated but all
of them are completely useless without the internet as there is a limited way that you can
entertain yourself with these products if the internet is not available. Download services have
been made more widely accessible thanks to the devices that we use and soon everyone will
have made some form of download.
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1. Communication
2. Change
3. Banking and Shopping
4. Information Age video
5. Education
6. Safety and Security now
7. Safety and Security before
8. Employment Opportunities
9. Entertainment and Leisure
10. Entertainment
11. Conclusion of the Information Age

33. Communication
Communication is changing the way we conduct our lives as now we can communicate with anyone anywhere in the world as long as we
have a data signal, cellular network or connected to Wi-Fi! 'As the world continues to move, so does the advancement of technology. Every
year sheds light on improvements to yesterday's devices and new inventions appearing on the horizon. At the centre of it all is a desire to
speed up communication across the globe, with the intention of making inconveniences a thing of the past.' This was an article talking about
the improvements of devices and inventions. The further we go the more easier it is to communicate with others. Means of communication
exist mainly through mobiles as there are many platforms that you can use to keep in touch with one another. Social lives can now never
break apart as even when not in person you can still have contact with the people you care most about! Professionally it has taken a massive
leap forward as now you can communicate with your colleagues over twitter for example. Sending updates or on Facebook inviting people to
events. You can also message people on apps such as Viber. Viber will even allow you to make free calls over the Internet, therefore enabling
a way of cheap voice communication. Life in the Information Age has truly revolutionised communication as now we can even talk face to
face on a live webcam. This can be used socially or for business, FaceTime is a prime example of this as it allows you to contact anyone
through the webcam built into the front screen of your phone. This makes technology portable which in 2008 was not possible!
I personally use communication in apps the most such as: Viber, Facebook messenger, Whatsapp, and iMessage which is pre installed on an
iOS device. These apps allow me to stay in touch with anyone I please. Another method of communication would be online gaming on
platforms such as Xbox although this is more trouble than its worth and its easier to get in touch with someone on an app. So game console
communication is not practical source of communication. I also find that Skype is a great method of communication as recently it was
integrated into Facebook so they could reach out to millions of users who use Facebook, information had changed as I used a USB dongle
with 3G data and could still talk for hours online with just 500mb of data.
Facebook is also rolling out voice chat on their messenger app, this will allow people to communicate using voice chat over the Internet. This
can even be done over 3G however as it is not as fast as Wi-Fi the connection is poor, although there is the other but more expensive option
being 4G however this is rare in the UK.
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34. 1452-Printing Press
1790- Semaphore
1837-Telegraph
1876-Telephone
1890-Radio
1895-Film
1940-Television
1940-Computers
1973-Internet
Telephone was a
breakthrough as
it gave us a
direct link of
communication
using our voices.
Which was evenly
printing ink onto
any writable
medium.
An alphabetical
flag waving
signal system
A method used
to transfer a
message across
a wire.
A method used to
transfer a voice
message using
radio waves.
A series of
moving pictures
without sound.
Television was
used to transmit
moving image
picture on live
TV, for example
a news report.
Computers
were used to
send emails but
this was more
typical of the
business sector.
Is the most ultimate method of communication yet, as it offers
everything the previous technology did and more. Including a quite
recent instalment in the technological world called video chat.
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35. Banking and shopping
Banking and shopping has now been made so much easier thanks to online banking. Online
banking allows you to enter your account information and set up your security and password
so only you can access your account online. Online banking allows you to make online
payments too, so you can transfer money to different accounts at your leisure. Also Barclays
card is offering a new service that operates completely on you using a sticker that you place
on the back of your phone and you can pass over a scanner in a shop and purchase whatever
items you want as long as they do not go over £15. Online banking is available on smart
phones too, some banks such as Natwest, allows you to send money to your contacts by just
using their mobile number as long as they have a Natwest online banking account.
My life has a large amount of online banking in it. I use online banking to transfer my
income into my other account and sometimes even into my off shore account in Switzerland.
Bing able to bank is using the Internet is a major breakthrough in technology. 40 years ago
you would have to go to your bank directly in order to access your money. Plus even further
back down the line you wouldn't even be able to use anything but a cheque to give others
money so they can place it into their bank account. However there were many problems with
this system as many con artists took advantage of the frail banking system of cheques. You
could go into a store and pay them with a cheque, the cheque could bounce and you would
of got away with the goods whilst the shop owner got conned. Now a days the system of
payment is instant! Just one swipe of a credit card and pin will instantly draw the money out
of your account. However... Because the transaction is immediate, it makes it easy for
people to steal using a different method... Online fraud. They can pose as an institution and
when you give them your bank details, withdraw as much as they want from it! This is
called an account take over: 'An account takeover can happen when a fraudster or computer
criminal poses as a genuine customer, gains control of an account and then makes
unauthorised transactions.' These fraudsters will then purchase online goods that will be paid
with the money from your account. This is the main danger of online banking that affects
people from all backgrounds.
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37. Education
Life in the Information Age when it comes to education is far easier than how it was years ago. Today's computer technology allows us to access
a whole new world of learning opportunities. However it is most important that learning is done in ICT as the world runs on computers. Without
computers modern society as we know it would collapse, therefore it is paramount that the younger generation is taught via computers so that they
will not be a stranger to technology. Websites for learning which are most visited are: BBC bite size, academic earth, and iTunes which offers a
range of lectures and books to be downloaded absolutely free.
My education in the Information Age evolves around Apple products. I use ibooks to download the books I need for English; iTunes U to
download lectures whilst also downloading audio versions of books. You don't even have to download lectures and audio books you can stream
them straight to your apple device. Pages is an app that works like Microsoft word but in my opinion it is far better. Pages allows you to do your
work on your iPad or iPhone and have it sync in the cloud so you can access the updated version of your work on either device once connected to
Wi-Fi. It also allows you to finish your work on your Mac as it syncs in the cloud so you can finish your work at home. Little children can also be
educated on tablets with the learning apps it offers. Things to help them with everyday things such as Maths and English. Science is also available
on iPads as you can get an interactive iBook that can teach you about the different subjects in science. Education also links in with
communication because now you can email your teacher if you don't understand and get them to reply back explaining what to do. With class
projects you can webcam your friends and do the work together at the same time. Or use instant messaging if you can't webcam.
'Online schools offer flexibility with schedules as well as payment plans, but like any major decision, choosing an online degree program and an
online school requires a little research and asking the right questions. Is the school accredited? What credentials do they offer? What programs are
available?' This shows that Online schools are available but you must choose one that suits your means. Back before education in the Information
Age the only education you could Receive was from books and your teachers, now a days the information that was limited is now unlimited (with
unlimited broadband) allowing us to access all the information on any subject we need to research. I haven't stepped foot in a library for two years
now due to this vast change in technology. Books that I need I can get in less that 60 seconds giving me no reason at all to go to the library. So
education wise I always have the information I need with me.
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38. The law enforcement agencies uses information in the form of
radio so that they can direct and ambulance where to go or
police or fire department. This is all essential when in a case of
nation security such as the one in 9/11 where the emergency
response team needed to radio everyone to get them all
mobilised. And the airports received the information through
the telephone ordering them to ground all flights. The result
leaving the US closed to the world in a matter of minutes. The
whole world knew about the situation in an hour, this shows
the true scale of what technology is capable of when it works
together through the radio, TV, and any communication
device. It can shut down a whole country in minutes. Another
form of security would be ADT, when your house is being
burgled it sets of off an alarm which is relayed at ADT
headquarters and then in turn they call the police to that
location.
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39. Before the information age safety and security
would have to be handled by the local sheriff and
even before that there was next to no enforcement
of the law, this was called the middle ages.
However as time moved on safety and security did
the same, so as we entered the mid 20th century
safety and security were the prime topics of any
country. Police would patrol the street and as no
body had a phone if an attacked happen that person
would have to walk to the station to report it and by
then the attacker had got away long ago. It also
meant that when solving a murder there was no
such thing as DNA as they did not have the means
to detect such things, so almost always the evidence
that people were convicted of was circumstantial
and therefore people were wrongly prosecuted.
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40. Employment opportunities
Employment opportunities are in the Information Age are
very high as you could be anything from a game developer to
an IT technician. In an ideal world computers will always
need someone to control them and reach the peak of their
abilities. 'We are a leading online game development firm
seeking highly motivated individuals for the position of
Senior Net Web Developer.' This was a job opening in Artix
entertainment which games company that makes MMORPG
games. In order to apply for the job you had to send all your
qualifications including some of the work you have done in
your previous occupation in game development in IT all in an
email attachment.
You can also sign up to apprenticeships online that will pay
you whilst you train for jobs such as:
Logitech, Microsoft, and Apple. All those companies are
computer companies that train you in what you need to know
in hope that you might get a job with them at some point in
time after you finish your training. Another employment
opportunity online would be by going to job site which is a
place that can help you change jobs to make you happy with
your occupation.
Back before Internet you would have to go out and search for
a job yourself or go to the job centre. Which granted is still in
use today but looking for a Job on the Internet seems to be the
mode that most people choose today. There was also jobs that
appeared in News Papers too however these days not so many
jobs appear in the papers. I personally have not gone looking
for a job, but I would go looking for an apprenticeship online
one day if need be.
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41. Entertainment and leisure
Life in the Information Age has made entertainment far easier to come by. You can find entertainment
via: Consoles, Online movies, computers, tablets, smart phones, Apple TV, and MMORPG's. One of
my favourite methods of entertainment would be MMO games as you can play with others online and
anyone that you know can play as all they need is a laptop/ computer with Internet access and they
can play along with you. This gives way to a massive online multiplayer where multiple players can
chat and duel each other and gain experience and credits and level up. This gives way for competition
and is what makes this method of entertainment so addictive. However for more serious players who
want to be better than the rest, you can now buy points or memberships that can help you get the best
in game stuff possible to allow you to be better than all the free players. Therefore paying for
entertainment is much more rewarding.
Leisure wise would be music and ordering. You can order shirts from your favourite artists label such
as: YMCMC, oVoXo, Black Pyramid, MMG and many more. So due to being able to order their
merchandise you get what you want and pay online which relates to Online banking. Another form of
entertainment would be VEVO and YouTube. These sites allow you to stream videos, the most
popular form of video being music videos allows you to access music for free. You can even make a
playlist using VEVO.
Console games have been going for a few decades now. Now you can buy console games online and
download them straight on to your console and play the game... However it is rumoured that in the
upcoming PS4 you will be able to stream games straight through to your console without
downloading them and still be able to play and save on an online server. This will become a
revolutionary way of playing and adopt the way MMO games are operated but on a much larger
scale. 'Game disks would have an RFID tag embedded in them, and the gaming console would read
that tag to determine if the game could be played in that game console.' This tells us that games will
only be able to played by one console only. This will be the end of having pre owned games. Leading
to an era where people will be downloading games more often. So as memory is limited the need for
streaming games will become far more needed and widespread creating a huge gaming society that
has people from different places in the world who stream video games. It will also become part of
leisure as you can meet people on PlayStation network and talk to them and make friends. Interacting
with others on voice chat whilst playing games is always needed to make the game feel more realistic
this helps users to be in touch with the game and experience emotions as they grow attached to the
game and the people they meet inside it. A good example of this would be the plot in Spy Kids 3.
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42. Unfortunately the information age wasn‟t always around, so what did people do for
entertainment before the information age? People used to draw, write, read, play with other
people or spend time together as a community. However you must take into consideration
that working class people spent most of their time working and therefore entertainment
wasn‟t really anything that was needed. However we have seen since Ancient Greece the
creation of theatre and how that was used to entertain the people, also the use of coliseums
where a large crowd would gather to see men kill each other… Kind of like what we get
today in the cinema when we go to see an action movie. My most favourite type of
entertainment back before the internet would have to be learning how to play an instrument.
Today we can play instruments on a computer my personal favourite being garage band on
an iPad. Nevertheless entertainment wasn‟t as vast and wide spread as it is today as you
would have to travel in order to find true entertainment. However in the 20th century people
would gather round the radio and listen to stories being told and the news, this typical of any
family. Then along came the television and families still gathered around the TV to watch
their favourite TV listings. „145 million people watch video online in the U.S., compared to
about 290 million who watch traditional TV.‟ This says that more people are beginning to
neglect the old ways and move on to watching TV on the internet instead.
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43. The information age has always appealed to most as being the age of change; rapid change that
you must be flexible about when entering, and open to new ideas that will eventually change your
everyday day to day life. The internet has obviously drawn us further away as a family but closer
together globally, which is a strange but true fact as most people can not go an hour without
looking at their smart phone this is including adults over 40. We can find out the latest sports
results, watch music videos, download book and far more. When we study the past and how
society was run it was more isolated… So isolated that the states in the south of America started
a civil war as they had overtime made a way of life for themselves and felt that they should
become an independent country. Today that would never happen as everything is so linked
together that at the first moment of a riot the police are straight on seen and everything is more
controlled and the situation is kept under wraps as the law agencies gather information and can
send it directly through to the cops radio so they can arrive where they need to be at that
particular time. So the information age has made a huge impact of safety and security, which has
to be one of the biggest changes that we have seen, as it is so hard to get away with a really big
crime, even if it is online. Such as: hacking into NASA, hacking into someone's bank
account, stealing codes, hacking into the CIA etc. You always get caught at the end of it due to
the age of information. So is the information age a good thing or a bad thing? It is whatever we
make of it.
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1. What is it?
2. Dismantling the Digital Divide
3. Motivation/ Fear
4. Economical
5. Special Feature: China
6. Digital Divide Geo
7. Geographical
8. Online and Offline
9. Measures taken
10. Digital Divide conclusion

45. The Digital Divide is economic inequality. It is were a some people do not have any access
to communication technologies or information, the Digital Divide in America is a great
example as some people do not have access to and communication technologies or
information such as the Amish community. However there is also Global Digital Divide as
the majority of Africa has no access to any of the technologies that is so widely available in
first world countries. Digital Divide will be extremely consequential on places without it
such as: Businesses, Hospitals, Schools, countries, and most importantly individuals who
seek information that is not available to them in their area. Countries will not go out and
spend tax payers money to make their country digitally accessible as they have other far
more important things to spend what little money they have on. When money is not spent on
building up the countries infrastructure, a Digital Divide is then created. This is through no
fault of the people but simply a result of capitalism. Farmers in first world countries are able
to use the internet to find a buyer and export their goods successfully to different countries,
this allows mass production and more income for farmers. However some farmers in third
world countries are forced to sell their produce locally and therefore they get a lot less from
doing so and it prevents them from going into mass production. This is an example of what
happens in the absence of communication technologies, which is a prime example of the
Digital Divide.
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47. The motivation to use the internet is very high! Since the internet was created over 3 billion
web pages has been set up, you can learn; set up a business; pay your bills; shop online; play
games; socialise; watch music videos and listen to music online all whilst never leaving the
comfort of your home. These would be the main motivations of using the internet. However
most importantly, the internet is the biggest archive centre in the world where anyone can
access anything they need to know. You can even find out about your own family
history, making the internet nothing but a huge well of knowledge just waiting to be tapped
into and accessed by who so ever needs it. People who fear it in first world countries such as
America would be the elderly as they have no idea how to actually use the internet therefore
they do not see its overwhelming benefits. In America „54% of people not using the Internet
in America think it would not only have no positive value on their lives but actually do them
harm.‟This tells us that America‟s Digital Divide is quite vast which is expected as it is such
a large country. The motivation for some people isn‟t enough and the fear of failure while
online keeps people away from using such a recent invention, the fact that the internet has
grown in popularity in such a small amount of time leads many people to believe that the
internet is in fact evil, which is why they would rather stay as far away from it as they
possibly can.
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48. The economical side of the Digital Divide
is that people without access to technology
are less likely to succeed in life. It
developed countries the internet is a key
component in civil life that they aim to
guarantee their citizens. Technology is part
of the information infrastructure as people
can use it to make productivity
improvements to their business. Also a lot
of trade is done online such as the stock
market where people will trade shares in
different companies. This helps the
economic growth of a country and allows
them to improve the lifestyle of their
citizens; giving them a competitive
advantage over other countries.
In China economic growth is made in
industry and a lot of the stock markets
industry is based in China. China‟s
industry would not be as huge as it is today
if it wasn‟t for computers. This is because
a lot of westerners have funded them and
the projects and made it a success through
using the internet.
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49. The diagram on the online and offline page will show you that less than a quarter of
China‟s population is online. It is said that the amount of people online reflects a country‟s
economic wealth, yet with only a bit less than a quarter of the people online china has still
maintained their place as one of the worlds largest economic powers. How does a country
loan out over 6 Trillion dollars to the US and still have pocket money left over? This is
because of China‟s vast population 1,344,130,000 to be exact. Therefore around 250
million people in China are online. Now that is more than enough to boost any country‟s
economic wealth. However this creates a Digital Divide as the rest of the 80-85 percentile
of China has no way of ever accessing the internet and therefore they are stuck in
permanent poverty, which is why the rich in China are so rich while the poor will live on
around £20 a month. The internet has made a large gap in class and the social hierarchy of
any country, as all you have to be is creative and very clever and you can make millions
online for example: Creating and designing an app can make you thousands and once you
invest that money into promoting your next app you can make millions in no time at all.
Therefore China‟s economic supremacy is largely due to the internet and all the other
investors from wealthy nations, who order products and pay China to make it happen.
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50. The diagram below shows how many internet users there are world wide:
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51. Locally in the United Kingdom the Digital Divide is not that wide spread as the whole
country is pretty much linked up together. This is because England is actually an island that is
separate from other countries and therefore we must always have contact with our interests
around the globe to maintain Britain‟s economic and military supremacy… However there
are places up in Scotland Wales which are known for their isolation and therefore broadband
providers do not see any need to go to those areas as there are only a few villagers living in
those areas. Globally it is a different story as some countries such as the majority of Asia do
not have access to the internet or any communication technologies. This leaves them
permanently isolated and the government does not have the funds to do anything about
therefore they are left in digital limbo. The excluded areas in the UK are left to use dial up
connections which can be extremely slow and makes it almost impossible to access the
internet or phone lines. People in California are using wireless technology (Wi-Fi) to access
computing skills to teach them how to use it effectively. The rural areas in the UK will can
obtain Wi-Fi but at their own expense therefore that can be a setback when it comes to
making it actually happen leaving the many parts of rural Britain in Digital darkness.
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52. The chart shows the percentage of people globally that have access to the internet.
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53. The measures taken to narrow the gap with the Digital Divide has been absolutely huge as
the countries that have made it so far in Digital success are now helping the third world
countries along by giving them old versions of technology that no one no longer wants.
However this will mean that they are still behind us in terms of technological standards. On
the contrary we are doing it to contribute to the future of those countries as we want them to
be able to advance in terms of education and to influence their culture with a western
ideology. This is because of the Americanisation that is taking place globally with America
introducing their idea of democracy and political power upon the world. If charities help
take developing countries out of technological exclusion eventually the world will be
interconnected. This will mean donating and helping to build governments so that they in
turn can shorten the digital gap in their country. It is not enough to give a few select people
a computer as we must consider the political aspects. We must build up the country‟s
economy so that they can provide that themselves and continue to do so in the later years to
come; improving the social, educational and cultural aspects of all developing countries.
Socially people will be connected to their friends and relatives abroad helping people feel
more connected than ever before.
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54. In conclusion, the Digital Divide is no where near over, the impact of war and poverty will
always plague humanity as far as the near future is concerned. Which leaves countries at a
disadvantage as foreign company's do not want to come and invest in creating broadband
services up and down a country if they are unsure of its safety, plus because of the poverty in
the country barely anyone could ever afford to even take that risk and set up their own
broadband company for a country. The extent of this will leave a country behind in terms of
advancement. However it is possible for a country to catch up, however it would take them
around 50 years and they would have to develop at a neck breaking pace in order to ever
catch up. However that would mean that the quality of the product will be poor as it was
made in a rush. However they could develop economically and get another country such as
China to make it all for them. This is very far fetched and undeveloped countries simply do
not have the resources to do that. The internet would make democracy work far better as
more people could take part in elections and find out more about politicians backgrounds, so
this could drive a country forward politically. „The accessibility of rural areas to the Internet
is a test of the digital divide. But nowadays there are different ways to eliminate the digital
divide in rural areas‟, which is power lines and satellite communications. All in all the Digital
Divide is making small progress but there are some countries that just don‟t have the means
to ever catch up.
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