The media today can be scandalous and misleading. However,
the media provides much needed information. It can be helpful,
When you go online its almost as if a world of information
is opened to you.
The media plays a large part in this. Every time
a website is accessed an ad will pop up for some product or
service. There is as much advertising on the net as there is on TV.
There is advertising for the net everywhere. There are commercials
The net has become a major influence in life today. A part of
it has floated into almost every part of life.
Life is being made
easier by the net. There are so many services available to people
now that they virtually dont have to leave their homes. In fact
many people work out of their homes now. You can do just about
anything from your own house.
You can shop online for almost
anything. It is even possible to do your banking online.
A new service was started for college students. Its an
online book service called efolett.com.
This service allows
students to get books without going to the book store. Their whole
campaign is based on not having to wait in line anymore. It is just
another example of the many services available to people via the
Most schools have internet access now. Their students are
able to go online during school hours. This is great because online
services can be of great help to them.
There are chat rooms where
students can talk to teachers about homework, and get help. Online
libraries can help students with reports. The net can link you to
libraries across the country as well as internationally. Online
dictionaries and encyclopedias are also a lot of help.It has been said that there is a website for
everything.
Seeing as there are so many sites, it is obvious that
not all of them are appropriate for children. There is too much
pornography online. Parents cant monitor their children all of
the time. So they fear what their children may encounter online
when they are not around to watch. That will not always be a
problem. This is because there are new programs that can limit what
may be accessed online.
These programs work similar to the V chip
for television. Parents can make a list of sites that may and may
not be accessed. This makes it safer for children to go online.
It would be helpful if websites had ratings like movies do.
Then you could set your computer to only allow sites with certain
ratings to be accessed. It happens too often that the name of a
website is typed in , and when you try to access it a pornography
site comes up instead. If sites were rated you would not have this
The internet has become a huge part of the media today.
children used to be addicted to TV, now its online games and
email. Teenagers used to get yelled at for talking on the phone too
long.
Now the line is still busy, but its because they are in chat
rooms or on icq. Email has become so popular that its almost
unheard of to actually write letters.The media is changing with the times. As the popularity of
the internet grows so does the media online. With the average
computer it is possible to listen to music online, and even watch
film clips on your monitor. However, with the better computers you
can watch TV and entire movies.
There are live broadcasts over the
The possibilities of the internet seem almost endless. New
possibilities surface everyday. with each new possibility the media
is right there waiting to use it to its advantage.
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