The World of

Global
Communication
 The World of Global
Communication
O Well going to talk about the
the worlds global
communication, like the
Internet, the press, telephony
(which developed to radio),
telephone, mobile phone,
television and so on.
 The World of Global
Communication
O We live in a world of global communication. That
has a number of alternate communication
infrastructures in place, many of which are
global in nature. While the Internet is the most
pervasive and recent of all global
communication solutions, other older systems
such as international mail and telephony have
also played a huge role in bringing the world
together, like the press (magazines, newspapers,
radio, television, (...)).
 The World of Global
Communication
O The very nature of global
communication is one of the driving
factors behind globalisation, and as
the technology that drives these
changes gets smaller and more
efficient international
communication gets easier and
faster.
 The Internet
O The Internet is the
most visited mean
of information in the
world. It is a global
system of
interconnected
computer networks
used to serve
billions of users
worldwide.
 The Internet
O Consists in millions of private, public,
academic, business, and government
networks, of local to global scope, that are
linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless
and optical networking technologies.
O The Internet carries a vast range of
information resources and services, such as
the inter-linked hypertext documents of the
World Wide Web (WWW) and the
infrastructure to support electronic mail.
 The Internet
O The pros of using Internet in todays
society:
O You can have freedom to view whatever
content you want because have much
information that you can access quicker;
O When youre bored, it comes in handy for
keeping you occupied;
O It helps you to find much information that you
want for school works, research, things that
you like, etc.
 The Internet
O You can keep in contact with many people over
the websites and MSN in all the world;
O You can do shopping on the Internet vs. going to
the stores;
O You can access to the Internet anywhere;
O You can collaborate in many projects with people
far away from you;
O Companies can work with others and their
colleagues anywhere;
O The information was democratized;
O Its ecologic: lower consumes of resources like
paper and plastic.
 The Internet
O The cons of using the Internet in
todays society:
O The internet is not controlled and is very
insecure if you dont know how to manage
it;
O It has many illegalities like stealing,
pornography, pedophilia, abuse trough
blackmailing, spam, (...);
O It can be dangerous for children and naive
people;
O It can become addictive for some people;
 The Internet
O If you register in web sites and dont read
the informations, you can be mistaken
and it can be very expensive, so you
mustnt reveal your personal
informations like phone number, address
and passwords;
O Some bad people can hack into your
computer and steal or modify something;
O Dispersion of information;
O If you are careless, everybody can see
your informations;
 The Internet
O The cons of using the Internet in
todays society:
O The internet is not controlled and is very
insecure if you dont know how to manage
it;
O It has many illegalities like stealing,
pornography, pedophilia, abuse trough
blackmailing, spam, (...);
O It can be dangerous for children and naive
people;
O It can become addictive for some people;
The Internet
The Internet