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Development of the Internet and the effects on mass media and society

Development of the Internet and the effects on mass media and society. Presented by Katie Felong. Development of the Internet. December 1969

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Development of the Internet and the effects on mass media and society

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  1. Development of the Internet and the effects on mass media and society Presented by Katie Felong

  2. Development of the Internet • December 1969 • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) went online and connected 4 major American universities, which provided a link in case a military attack that destroyed communication systems • 1973 • Electronic mail introduced by a scientist in Cambridge, Massachusetts • 1976 • Jimmy Carter and his running mate use email to plan campaign events

  3. Development of the Internet (Continued) • 1982 • The term “Internet” is used for the first time* • 1985 • America Online debuts email, electronic bulletin boards, news and other information* • 1989 • Dial up internet • Tim Berners- Lee dubs “The World Wide Web”

  4. Development of the Internet (Continued) • 1994 • White House Launches their website • http://www.whitehouse.gov/ • Mass marketing campaigns launched via email • Term “spamming” is introduced • 1995 • Vatican launches their website

  5. Development of the Internet (Continued) • 1996 • 45 million people using the Internet • 30 million in North America • 9 million in Europe • 6 million in Asia/ Pacific • 43.2 million households own a computer and 14 million are online • 1997 • The term “Weblog” is shortened to “Blog”*

  6. Development of the Internet (Continued) • 1999 • Napster launched • Myspace launched • 2000 • “Down like a dot-com” • 2002 • 58.5% of the US population uses the internet • 2003 • Facebook developed • 2004 • Google goes online • 2005 • Youtube launched • 2006 • Twitter launched

  7. “Global Village” • Term coined by Marshall McLuhan • Explains how the world is connected because of electronic technology • People are able to be connected at the click of a mouse • Colleges • Scientists • Hospitals • Friends • Family • People half way across the globe using the Internet

  8. Mass Media • Cellphones, Blackberries, iPhones, AIM, Skype, Chatrooms, MySpace, Facebook make it easy to connect.

  9. Societal Impact • Children born after 1985 don’t remember a life without cellphones, computer and the internet • Some studies show that too much screen time can be damaging to a child’s physical health (such as obesity) and cognitive development • Children under the age of 5 shouldn’t need play with anything “electronic” • Impairs creativity

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