How We Connect
The Internet has changed the very way humanity communicates. It allows near instant communication through email, instant messaging, interactive video calls, and social networking. People are connected and updated to each others lives with ease, at the click of a button.
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One Million Women from Around the World Discuss Issues Via Social Media
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The Information Era
With the creation of the Internet, the information era began. A huge turning point in how we receive news today, a vast amount of information is sent and received daily between people all over the world in seconds through the Internet. People have gained the ability to easily and quickly obtain information on almost any subject. Current news is updated and obtained almost instantly online.
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Cisco World Technology Report 2011
For most, accessing the Internet through their computer is their primary information and news source and an integral part of their daily life.
•Roughly half of students (49%) consider the Internet to be close in importance to water, food, air, and shelter in their lives; More than half of students (55%) indicate they could not live without the Internet
•College students indicate that their computer, specifically their laptop, is their primary way of getting information and news rather than other devices such as TV or print media.
•Roughly half of students (49%) consider the Internet to be close in importance to water, food, air, and shelter in their lives; More than half of students (55%) indicate they could not live without the Internet
•College students indicate that their computer, specifically their laptop, is their primary way of getting information and news rather than other devices such as TV or print media.