Y12 Internet Research HW

Complete for homework for either Mon 18/06 (Md12A) or Tue 19/06 (Md12C).


Use the internet to research the following questions. For each answer, provide the TWO different online sources.  Write the questions and answers (with links to your research) on your MEST3 blogs.

• How much information is in circulation on the internet (in gigabytes)?
• What proportion of the world’s population can now go online?
• The number of people who could access the internet in 1995?
• The number of people who can access the internet in today?

How has the internet changed the following? For each area, find at least TWO online articles that discuss these issues. Post up the links on your MEST3 blogs and select THREE quotes that comment on the area.  Then write a short paragraph about each of the bullet points saying what YOU think, in your own words.

• nature of information
• communication
• privacy
• community
• online safety
• business
• culture
• copyright