Let's Think About the Internet and Social Media

Alex Woolf

Description

This book helps children to develop critical thinking and debating skills. It examines the topic of the internet and social media in a lively and accessible way. Information is presented to help readers deliberate, debate, and decide for themselves. This books looks at issues surrounding the use of the internet and social media, such as reliability of information, cyber-safety, and whether it is healthy to spend lots of time online.

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 11 septembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406282757
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Let’s think about

the Internet and Social Media

Let’s think about

Internet the and Social Media Alex Woolf

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Edîted by John Paul Wîlkîns, Clare Lewîs, and Kathryn Clay Desîgned by Tîm Bond and Peggîe Carley Pîcture research by Lîz Alexander and Tracy Cummîns Productîon by Vîctorîa Fîtzgerald Orîgînated by Capstone Global Lîbrary Ltd Prînted and bound în Chîna by CTPS

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Every efort has been made to contact copyrîght holders o materîal reproduced în thîs book. Any omîssîons wîll be rectîied în subsequent prîntîngs î notîce îs gîven to the publîsher.

All the ïnternet addresses (URLs) gîven în thîs book were valîd at the tîme o goîng to press. However, due to the dynamîc nature o the ïnternet, some addresses may have changed, or sîtes may have changed or ceased to exîst sînce publîcatîon. Whîle the author and publîsher regret any înconvenîence thîs may cause readers, no responsîbîlîty or any such changes can be accepted by eîther the author or the publîsher.

Contents

The înternet and socîal medîa: what are the îssues? . . . . . . 4

What are the înternet and socîal medîa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

How the înternet helps us wîth our work. . . . . . . . . . . . 12

How socîal medîa helps us connect wîth people . . . . . . . 18

Usîng the înternet and socîal medîa for entertaînment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Buyîng and sellîng on the înternet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Envîronmental costs of usîng the înternet . . . . . . . . . . . 38

The future of the înternet and socîal medîa . . . . . . . . . . 42

Debate ît!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Fînd out more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Some words are shown în bold,like this. You can ind out what they mean by lookîng în the glossary.

4

The internet and social media: what are the issues?

Sometîmes ît’s dîIcult to apprecîate a revolutîon when you’re în the mîddle o ît. But have no doubt, weareîn a revolutîon rîght now – the înternet revolutîon. And ît’s at least as împortant as the prîntîng revolutîon o 500 years ago.

Before the internet The înternet îs changîng almost every part o our lîves, încludîng the way we work, study, shop, socîalîze and have un. The easîest way to understand thîs îs to look at how we lîved beore the înternet became popular. Beore the early 1990s, î you wanted to research somethîng or school, your only optîon was to go to a lîbrary and nd a book about it. If you wanted to buy something, you had to go to a shop. If you wanted to communicate with friends, you could phone them, write them a letter or visit them.

A good thing? Of course, we can still do all these things. But the internet has expanded our options. At the same time, the internet has made everything much more convenient. And that makes it a good thing ... or does it? This book will look at the ways in which the internet and social media have changed our lives for the better, as well as the problems and dangers of the online world.