Chapter 2 The internet

How is it different from other media?

Novelty or development stage – The very beginning, it’s “new” Entrepreneurial stage – How can it be used? Mass Medium Stage – Getting it to everyone’s home Evolution of a new mass medium:

The US Department of Defense started the Internet in 1969 “Advanced Research Property Net” (ARPAnet) How did it start? (novelty)

  centralized decentralized distributed Types of Distributed Networks

There are three innovations that make the internet different: – It is interactive – We call up content on demand – We are producers, not just consumers Your book says….

All other media are accessible through the internet. Media Convergence

#1: Digital communication So what’s the technology?

#2: Microprocessors (they store and process electronic binary signals) (Moore’s Law: Computer chip power doubles about every 18 months.)

One cable the size of a human hair can deliver every issue ever made of the Wall Street Journal in less than one second. #3: Fiber optic cable – 1980s

– Congress, 2000 – Aim to protect kids from “inappropriate matter on the internet” on school and library computers Children’s Internet Protection Act

What’s the digital divide?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment

Is there anything online that is illegal? Anything that SHOULD be illegal?

Lori Drew/ Megan Meier

Telecommunications Harassment Law makes a telephone call or utilizes a telecommunications device, whether or not conversation or communication ensues, without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number or who receives the communications;

Megan Meier Cyberbullying Act Transmit….any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

Top Websites Yahoo Microsoft MSN Google AOL Mapquest Amazon Apple

Google Yahoo Facebook YouTube MySpace Windows Live Ebay Wikipedia Craigslist Microsoft Network Top websites 2012:

2005 vs 2012 Yahoo Microsoft MSN Google AOL Mapquest Amazon Apple Google Yahoo Facebook YouTube MySpace Windows Live Ebay Wikipedia Craigslist Microsoft Network

Website “baby” pictures:

How important is it to YOU? Social Networking

How important is it to YOU? It’s how we spend our time Social Networking

Pros and Cons of Social Media: Pros Cons

Re-create Yourself

Ryan Halligan

Political uses of Social Media

Tweeting the “Arab Spring”

Let’s Google “news” 1. CNN 2. Google news 3. MSNBC 4. FOX News 5. Yahoo news 6. CNET 7. ABC News 8. CBS News 9. NPR 10. USA Today

“Enemies of the Internet” Belarus Burma China Cuba Egypt Iran North Korea Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam

China blocks filters relating to Tibetan Independence Taiwan Independence Police Brutality Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 “freedom of speech” “democracy” “Catholic Church” International news sources

Google Maps Google News Google Co-Op Google Notebook Google Trends Google Earth Google Calendar Google Finance Google Video Google Blog Search Google Site Tracking Google Froggle Google Product Search G Mail YouTube Blogger Google Talk Orkut Picasa

Prohibits – Sexually explicit vidoes – Graphic violence – Hate speech