Mass Communication

MASS COMMUNICATION ECM 4(1+3)

Lesson 16: New Trends In Media And Technology

Internet

1. Internet is the world’s largest computer network.
2. The network of net works scattered all over the world.
3. It was created nearly 25 years ago as a project for the U.S department of defense.
4. Its goal was to create a method for widely separated computer to transfer data efficiently even in the event of a nuclear attack.
5. We live in the information age, where knowledge is power:

Definition:

Call the information super high way and the network of networks. It is basically a means as connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world.

The internet helps in 3 obvious ways:

1. To get information
2. To provide information
3. To compile information