Mobillity of the Internet, Gift or Burden?
Mobility is one of the most important aspects of many peoples life. This does count for media and in particular for the internet.
It all started when wireless internet and UMTS internet became increasingly popular due to sinking technology prices and growing availability of free WIFI networks in public places like coffee stores, gas stations, pubs, airports, train stations and many more. For these reasons it is possible to go online more or less everywhere in any halfway developed country in the world.
With the emergence of the so called ‘smart phones’, e.g. Apples Iphone, this phenomenon got even stronger as they provided the ability to go online only without carrying a computer around. Consequently one could say that it is just another tool that we carry around with us in our multi-tasking mobile phones, but it is much more than that. Nowadays people are heading for the ultimate goal of always being connected to the world wide web in some way.
This issue brings a lot of convenience to our everyday lifes, as it is possible to get almost any information from the internet. It can help in so many situations, just by providing information that is needed, and it gives one the possibility to provide content for others while being on the run. On the other hand it should be mentioned that it also makes us really dependent on our technology, since we are getting more and more used to relay on the internet as a never ending source of data and knowledge.
Furthermore it provides some possible dangers of backtracking and other misuse that should always be taken into account.
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