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THE WORLD OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION

Alexandra Ferreira, Maria Raposo, Bruno Zanette |

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Index
Index ................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3
The World of Global Communication .............................................................................. 4
The Internet....................................................................................................................... 5
The pros of using Internet in todays society ................................................................ 5
The cons of using the Internet in todays society ......................................................... 6
Examples of Websites ...................................................................................................... 7
The Telephone .................................................................................................................. 8
Examples of Telephones and mobile phones ................................................................... 9
Press, another mean of communication...........................................................................10
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 10

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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 World Wide Web
(WWW) 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, magazines and quality papers.
The Internet is the most pervasive and recent of all global communication solutions.
Communication 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.

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The World of Global Communication
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 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. With traditional paper
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.

Internet

infrastructure began on standard telephony wires, although today its more likely to be accessed
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, Wi-Fi, mobile broadband Internet,
and mobile phones are now common in modern industrialised society. With so many
developments happening so fast around the technology that surrounds international
communications, its hard to predict exactly what will occur in the future. However, current
trends are leading us towards to a future faster and smaller wireless communication.

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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 networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and
services, such as the interlinked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the
infrastructure to support electronic mail.
Most traditional communications media including telephone, music, film, and television
are reshaped or redefined by the Internet, giving birth to new services such as Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) and IPTV. Newspaper, book and other print publishing are adapting to
Web 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 1960s, commissioned by the
United States government in collaboration with private commercials.

The pros of using Internet in todays society:

You can have freedom to view whatever content you want because have much
information that you can access quicker;
When 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.
You can keep in contact with many people over the websites and MSN in all the world;
You can do shopping on the Internet vs. going to the stores;
You can access to the Internet anywhere;
You can collaborate in many projects with people far away from you;
Companies can work with others and their colleagues anywhere;
The information was democratized;
Its ecologic: lower consumes of resources like paper and plastic.

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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;
Some 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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Examples of Websites

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The Telephone

The telephone, often colloquially 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 "telephone" has
been adapted to many languages and is widely recognized 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 ever: the mobile phone.
A mobile phone is an electronic device used to make phone calls across a wide geographic area.
Mobile 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.
A 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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Examples of Telephones and Mobile phones

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Press, another Mean of Communication
Another mean of communication is the press (tabloids, quality papers and magazines).
Quality papers cover serious topics such as political, financial and foreign news, are
written in formal English, 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. Although, they
have big headings. They focuses on local interest stories and entertainment, tends to emphasize
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 magazines 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 that: 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 World Wide
Web (WWW) 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, magazines and quality 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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