Chapter 10 - The Internet

The concept of the Internet was developed by the U.S. military to keep in contact with troops abroad. However, the "computer" in which the Internet started in were very powerful machines and nothing like the ones we know today. Bill Gates developed the personal computer along with a team including Steve Jobs. The most used thing on the Internet is the World Wide Web which relies on a system of hosts to bring users onto a website. In the 1960's a public intellect, Marshall McLuhan, talked about the global village and how soon the world will become a world without boarders and that media will be an extension of individuals' bodies. Which is true, the Internet has compressed the idea of time and space. The internet is a weapon of the people for the people where freedom of expression is taken to another level with no one there to really regulate it. This has lead to governments censorship over pornography, protection of copyrights and threats to identity. Another problem the Internet has created is, there used to be a economic gap in societies, and now there is a technological/informational gap as well. The Internet has reshaped all of existing media which has made the world an interconnected place.