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THE WORLD OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION

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Index.............................................................................................................. 1 Introduction.................................................................................................... 2 The World of Global Communication..............................................................3

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Introduction
This work is about the worlds global communication, like the Internet, the press, telephony (which developed to radio), telephone, mobile phone, television and so on. The Internet includes the interlinked hypertext documents of the ( orld ide eb ) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail. It has also enabled or accelerated new The press includes television, newspaper, radio, book and other print publishing, such as tabloids, maga!ines and "uality papers. The Internet is the most pervasive and recent of all global communication solutions. #ommunication is very important because people need it to know whats happening in the world, like news concerning to society, politics, health, sports, cultural news involving music, films, art and others.

forms of human interactions through instant messaging, Internet forums, and social networking.

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The World of Global Communication

e live in a world of global communication. That has a number of alternate communication infrastructures in place, many of which are global in nature. hile 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 $maga!ines, newspapers, radio, television, (...)%. 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 path from traditional postage to global wireless connectivity has been long, however recent developments have shown that it is exponential in nature. ith traditional paper *

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based postage, it takes a long time for a message to get through to its destination, and this was how the international communication worked for a long time. This situation evolved the first telegraphy and telephony systems, which were developed and put to use. The introduction of the telephone (apart from being of vital importance in its own right) also led to developments in what was to become the biggest international communication infrastructures the world has ever seen & the Internet. The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, which is also becoming integrated into mobile phones, digital assistants and mobile gaming devices. The Internet is a vital part of the communications solutions for many individuals and business enterprises, as it allows for practically instantaneous and inexpensive communication all over the world. via dedicated cables, satellites and wireless networks. The growth of wireless communication networks for mobile phones and the Internet are the latest evolutionary steps in global communication' besides, i()i, mobile broadband Internet, ith so many and mobile phones are now common in modern industrialised society. Internet infrastructure began on standard telephony wires, although today its more likely to be accessed

developments happening so fast around the technology that surrounds international communications, its hard to predict exactly what will occur in the future. *owever, current trends are leading us towards to a future faster and smaller wireless communication.

The Internet

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. It is a network of networks that 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
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The World of Global Communication Engli sh networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the interlinked hypertext documents of the ( orld ide eb ) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.
+ost traditional communications media including telephone, music, film, and television are reshaped or redefined by the Internet, giving birth to new services such as ,oice over Internet -rotocol (,oI-) and I-T,. .ewspaper, book and other print publishing are adapting to eb site technology, or are reshaped into blogging and web feeds. The Internet has enabled or accelerated new forms of human interactions through instant messaging, Internet forums, and social networking. The origins of the Internet reach back to the research of the /012s, commissioned by the 3nited 4tates government in collaboration with private commercials. The pros of using Internet in todays society:

5ou can have freedom to view whatever content you want because have much information that you can access "uicker' hen youre bored, it comes in handy for keeping you occupied' It helps you to find much information that you want for school works, research, things that you like, etc. 5ou can keep in contact with many people over the websites and +4. in all the world' 5ou can do shopping on the Internet vs. going to the stores' 5ou can access to the Internet anywhere' 5ou can collaborate in many pro6ects with people far away from you' #ompanies can work with others and their colleagues anywhere' The information was democrati!ed' Escola Sec nd!"ia de #on$e de So" % Ma& '()) ,

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Its ecologic7 lower consumes of resources like paper and plastic.

The cons of using the Internet in todays society:

The internet is not controlled and is very insecure if you dont know how to manage it' It has many illegalities like stealing, pornography, pedophilia, abuse trough blackmailing, spam, (...)' It can be dangerous for children and naive people' It can become addictive for some people' 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'

4ome bad people can hack into your computer and steal or modify something' dispersion of information' If you are careless, everybody can see your informations.

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Exam%les of Websites

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The Tele%hone

The telephone, often collo"uially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sound (most commonly the human voice), text messages and others. Telephones most basic function is to allow two or more people separated by large distances to talk to one another. It is one of the most common appliances in the world, and has long been considered indispensable to businesses, households and governments. The word 8telephone8 has been adapted to many languages and is widely recogni!ed around the world. The early history of the telephone became and still remains a confusing morass of claims and counterclaims, which were not clarified by the large number of lawsuits that hoped to resolve the patent claims of many individuals and commercial competitors. The evolution of the telephone took us to the great inventions ever7 the mobile phone. 9 mobile phone is an electronic device used to make phone calls across a wide geographic area. +obile phones are different from cordless telephones, which only offer telephone service within a limited range of a fixed land line, for example within a home or an office. 9 mobile phone can dial and receive phone calls to and from the public telephone network which includes other mobile and fixed line phones across the world.

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Exam%les of Tele%hones and #obile %hones

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Press" another #ean of Communication

9nother mean of communication is the press (tabloids, "uality papers and maga!ines). :uality papers cover serious topics such as political, financial and foreign news, are written in formal ;nglish, their articles may be longer but the range of vocabulary is greater and they publish few photos. Tabloids are popular newspapers that have a smaller newspaper format. 9lthough, they have big headings. They focuses on local interest stories and entertainment, tends to emphasi!e sensational crime stories, have gossip columns and scandalous news mainly about the personal life of celebrities' they also write news about sports stores and they publish lots of pictures. There are maga!ines about science and technology, history, international news, economy, politics, business, finance, technology, science, arts, animals, fashion, beauty, entertainment and lifestyle.

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Conclusion
Through this work we conclude that7 the Internet, the press, telephony (which developed to radio), telephone, mobile phone and television are some of the means of the worlds global communication' the Internet includes the interlinked hypertext documents of the orld ide eb ( ) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail. It has also enabled or accelerated new forms of human interactions through instant messaging, Internet forums, and social networking' the press includes television, newspaper, radio, book and other print publishing, such as tabloids, maga!ines and "uality papers' the Internet is the most pervasive and recent of all global communication solutions and has pros and cons' communication is very important due to its power of interaction with people, since it spreads whats happening in the world, like news concerning to society, politics, health, sports, cultural news involving music, films, art and others.

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