Online ticket booking for nights out, online chat rooms to socialise,
online newspapers to keep up to date, online dating to meet lovers,
online concerts to watch music, online shopping for weekly groceries,
online universities for online education ...I could go on.
Considering
that the Internet is a fairly new introduction to modern life, it is
amazing to see how much it has developed in such little time. The
Internet has gone from being a new and exciting commodity to an
essential tool of 21st Century Life.
We are able to update the
Internet instantly. Unlike print, the Internet is fluid, information is
not bound into physical print never to be changed. This is why online
newspapers have proved so popular with readers. They are able to check
the news for developments every few minutes, always being rewarded with
another snippet of information or a new breaking news headline.
The
Internet has proved itself to be a powerful factor in the spreading of
globalisation. Hundreds of countries, states and islands share the same
bank of information, dipping their heads into the giant pool of the
Internet and receiving the same electric shocks.
Scottish boys can
race cars with kids from California and Italians can flirt with
Brazilians on i-life. At the same time teenagers in New Zealand are
listening to obscure Chinese musicians via My Space. All through the
amazing medium of the Internet! It is even possible to attend university
courses on the Internet by reading lectures and listening to podcasts
online in an educational revolution. Imagine no more classroom lectures!
Of
course it has been a matter of debate about whether or not this kind of
globalisation will be a force for good or a force that brings something
more damaging.
Many people believe that the Internet will help
eradicate any sense of national culture and identity whilst some people
argue that this would be a good outcome.
It is useless to try to
stem the tide of progression and to do so would be to hamper science and
the nature of humanity itself. It still remains to be seen what the
effect of the Internet will have because it is still growing and
developing, a technology that develops society whilst being
simultaneously developing by society.
As I was saying before,
companies are tapping into the market with online universities.
Universities are partnering up with innovative businesses to create
tailor-made online courses aimed at people who want to gain more
qualifications but whom may have been in the world of work for a long
time already. This not only has the effect of enabling individuals to
potentially earn more than before but it contributes to countries as a
whole by offering the adult population further education.
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