More on internet usage #4

After reading some of my peers notes on internet usage I have realized that the internet has become a regular part of daily life. We are consistently checking sites like facebook, youtube, and hotmail throughout the course of a day. It seemed most everyone was one of these sites multiple times a day (facebook being the most visited). It’s also pretty amazing to see that most people check the news more than once a day using a website of his or her choice. Information like the news is becoming more and more readily available due to the advancement of technology. Things like smartphones and 4g have made communication instantaneous and precise which is also why the elapsed time someone spends on one website is so small. My peers generally spent under 30 minutes on a single website. I do not however think this is a bad thing. The progression of technology will continue to make communication easier for all of us. Our lives are already interrupted by things that were mere ideas years ago such as text messages, phone calls, and twitter updates. Ever wonder what will happen next? I sure do but I won’t try and predict anything. I will say that this progression in communication is allowing our society to grow at an astounding rate and that we now depend upon these means of communication almost as a necessity. We cling to our phones and computers as if they are our lifelines not because they are but because we put tremendous value on the information we receive from them. As far as I’m concerned the more information something receives the smarter it becomes