Chapter 2 The Internet and Its Importance

Within our internet structure presently, its all about “big business”.As we all know our braodband connections are wonderful technolgical tools that can be used daily.Compared to dial up, broadband is much more efficent and expendient.Our broadband systems connects users to the web.Now, this web, I speak of is heavily depended on and upon millions, and trillions of individuals like you and I.

Let’s take a moment and realize how important our internet connection is to each and every individual who relies upon it.If the internet did not exist, not only you personally, but how would this change the world, or even history at that? We must consider our political awareness.How would people know what’s going on in the World, if they were use to being internet “additcs”? I can remember being in a computer class in grammer school, and the computer instructor was informing us to “click, here, or there”,in doing so I was learning how to use the computer and at the same time do math practice problems.Before learning in school about computers, I was one of the “have nots” citizens of America.My family didn’t own a computer, so the only time I seen one was in school.So I began to take advange of the oppprtunity I had been given, and I learned of its greatness.Today I am able to be open minded and opinionated about how the computers and the internet has its good assest, and negative assests.Personally I belive each and every individual throughout the whole world should deserve a chance at working hands on with computers and learn of the internet, so they too can gain knowelgde and later use it to the best there abilites.

Our e-mail for example is the “most popular use of the Internet”.My guess is a lot of reading of newspapers, and writing of important documentation would occur.If you need information  sent out then the poatal service will be the rite way to go about handleing your duties.Fax machines will be used heavily, therefore, we will become customed to using tons, and tons of paper.Will that effect our environment?,Our country?Yes!!! What would “we Americans do?”.There can always be ways to go around things that are no longer in existance any more.This would merely be an act of change.This could be a “cultural media change”.It’s all up to those who are willing to make sacfrices and accept e-mails being no longer apart of our “social media”.

Chapter 1 -Review "Electronic and Digital Eras"

In our fast paced driven society, we are given the oppportunity to learn and be exposed to "the World of Digital Media".Each individual throughtout the world utilizes different type of Media devices on the daily bases.We are living in a Mass Media Era.I find it highly important to stay the pace of our up and coming digital avenues to come.



Throughout our country's history it has been shown that new advances has arose over past eras.For example, when the telagragph was invented it gave birth to one of the first communications that is used or atleast can be used  not only in America, but in other countries throughout the world.I began to question the third world countries, and how there are many countries who haven't advanced much at all.My question is what would it take for these countries to be on the same level as the United States or the other first world countries? At this point presently, is it even possible for  the third world countries to even come close to advancing as U.S?

As a college student, I personally understand the signficence in being a well-rounded, progressive, and knowelgdeable media reader, viewer, and listener.Though sometimes we all may take a grasp to our own personal forms of media, being able to keep the balance of the media in general is an highly important asset to have.