| Online ticket booking for nights out, online chat | | | | an educational revolution. Imagine no more classroom |
| rooms to socialise, online newspapers to keep up to | | | | lectures! |
| date, online dating to meet lovers, online concerts to | | | | Of course it has been a matter of debate about |
| watch music, online shopping for weekly groceries, | | | | whether or not this kind of globalisation will be a |
| online universities for online education ...I could go on. | | | | force for good or a force that brings something |
| Considering that the Internet is a fairly new | | | | more damaging. |
| introduction to modern life, it is amazing to see how | | | | Many people believe that the Internet will help |
| much it has developed in such little time. The Internet | | | | eradicate any sense of national culture and identity |
| has gone from being a new and exciting commodity | | | | whilst some people argue that this would be a good |
| to an essential tool of 21st Century Life. | | | | outcome. |
| We are able to update the Internet instantly. Unlike | | | | It is useless to try to stem the tide of progression |
| print, the Internet is fluid, information is not bound | | | | and to do so would be to hamper science and the |
| into physical print never to be changed. This is why | | | | nature of humanity itself. It still remains to be seen |
| online newspapers have proved so popular with | | | | what the effect of the Internet will have because it |
| readers. They are able to check the news for | | | | is still growing and developing, a technology that |
| developments every few minutes, always being | | | | develops society whilst being simultaneously |
| rewarded with another snippet of information or a | | | | developing by society. |
| new breaking news headline. | | | | As I was saying before, companies are tapping into |
| The Internet has proved itself to be a powerful | | | | the market with online universities. Universities are |
| factor in the spreading of globalisation. Hundreds of | | | | partnering up with innovative businesses to create |
| countries, states and islands share the same bank of | | | | tailor-made online courses aimed at people who want |
| information, dipping their heads into the giant pool of | | | | to gain more qualifications but whom may have been |
| the Internet and receiving the same electric shocks. | | | | in the world of work for a long time already. This not |
| Scottish boys can race cars with kids from California | | | | only has the effect of enabling individuals to |
| and Italians can flirt with Brazilians on i-life. At the | | | | potentially earn more than before but it contributes |
| same time teenagers in New Zealand are listening to | | | | to countries as a whole by offering the adult |
| obscure Chinese musicians via My Space. All through | | | | population further education. |
| the amazing medium of the Internet! It is even | | | | This is just one part of how the Internet is |
| possible to attend university courses on the Internet | | | | developing communities for the better. |
| by reading lectures and listening to podcasts online in | | | | |