How much information is in circulation on the internet (in gigabytes)?
Eric
Schmidt, the CEO of Google, the world’s largest index of the Internet,
estimated the size at roughly 5 million terabytes of data. That’s over 5
billion gigabytes of data.
Internet
data heads for 500bn gigabytes, at 487bn
gigabytes (2009)
Digital
Universe report in 2007, reckoned the world's total digital content was 161bn
gigabytes. About 70% of the information is created by individuals and includes
phone calls, emails, photos, online banking transactions or postings on social
networking sites, including Twitter. The amount of information that must
be retained to comply with rules and regulations is expected to grow from 25%
of the digital universe last year to 35% in 2012.
Sources:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/18/digital-content-expansion
What proportion of the world’s population can now go online?
What proportion of the world’s population can now go online?
World population for
internet users in 2000 (360,985,492)
Latest World Population
for internet users (2,267,233,742)
Only
16.6% of world population surf the internet. An average of 389 million of
internet surfers each month
Sources:
The number of people who
could access the internet in 1995?
In
1995, the Internet had a worldwide user base of less than 40 million.Internet
users in 1995: 16 MillionSources:
The number of people who
can access the internet in today?
Internet
users in 2012: 2,280 Million
2.3
billion Internet users (2,279,709,629) worldwide in the first quarter of 2012
Sources:
http://www.newmediatrendwatch.com/world-overview/34-world-usage-patterns-and-demographics
Nature of Information
Nature of Information
With the internet becoming so popular and people having more of a responsibility i.e people changing information on Wikipedia, some information may not be accurate or up to date, therefore providing false info and therefore the internet changing the nature of information.
Communication
I think
that internet has changed the way we communicate as applications such as
‘Skype’ has allowed users to communicate more efficiently across the world as
users can communicate via webcam. Also the internet has allowed people to find
and communicate with old friends from the past with sites such as ‘facebook’.
Privacy
Community
“"The Internet stole my body, now a lifeless form hunched in front
of a glowing screen. My senses dulled as my greedy mind became one with the
global brain we call the Internet.”
“The
Internet has changed my thinking about my ability to reach out to people, and
about one’s ability to build communities and to influence incremental change.”
I think
that the internet has changed communities, especially the younger generation as
internet has opened new doors for the young, it has given many opportunities
for people. However possibly effecting them negatively as some people may be
glued to the internet, causing them to lose their social skills due to the
unhealthy amount of internet usage .
Online
Safety
http://ezinearticles.com/?Kids-Internet-Safety---Protecting-Your-Kids-in-a-Changing-World&id=4660019
"Children, especially adolescents, are sometimes interested in and curious about sexuality and sexually explicit material. They may be moving away from the total control of parents and seeking to establish new relationships outside their family." - FBI, A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
"Children, especially adolescents, are sometimes interested in and curious about sexuality and sexually explicit material. They may be moving away from the total control of parents and seeking to establish new relationships outside their family." - FBI, A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
I think
that the internet has changed online safety, as with more and more businesses
going online it would mean that the internet would need to be safe and secure
for people to input their bank details, also online safety has changed as there
has been a decrease within bullying on social media platforms.
Copyright
http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/internet.html
"Today's generation of youth have got used to downloading files and getting things instantly. They expect a great deal of information for free, making it hard for marketers to promote pricey products online"
"Today's generation of youth have got used to downloading files and getting things instantly. They expect a great deal of information for free, making it hard for marketers to promote pricey products online"
I think that the
internet has allowed millions of people to illegally download films and music,
therefore being a factor contributing to the illegal activity of downloading
and breaching copyright, however recently broadband providers such as ‘virgin’
and ;BskyB’ have banned certain sites such as pirate bay, therefore reducing
copyright issues.
Culture
"Thanks to the Internet, people can directly choose what to promote and share, and therefore what becomes culture"
I think that the internet has allowed people to understand different cultures, as people can easily research different cultures, therefore changing culture as people can understand more about different cultures
Business
I think that the
internet has changed the way businesses operate as it has opened up many doors
for businesses as it has opened up the e-commerce market, where businesses sell
products via the internet, examples being ‘eBay’ and ‘Amazon’ the dominant
e-commerce market leaders.
