Task 2, page 44

2. MAIN IDEAS

How would you summarize this article if a friend asked you what it was about?

The text Media in Motion is about how media and Internet has develeloped the last years. There is no doubt that the biggest development has been the rise of the Internet. In 2010 over 2 billion people were online, that is 30% of the population of the world. However, even though it has been revolutionary there are still some things that have remained the same. English is still the main language, even though majority does not live in English-speaking countries. 

Looking at the Internet users in the world, over 44% are from Asia. Therefore there are many Chinese useres out there, and the number of Chinese is the same as the number who speak English. But English is the lingua franca, and will probably continue being the most used language online. 

Sources:
http://access-internationalvg2.cappelendamm.no/c952793/sammendrag/vis.html?tid=952796 (10.09.14)

Interviews about Internet and social media

On Friday the 5th of September, we had a whole day with English. We started the day with learning more about media and social media. Before lunch we interviewed people around school and town,  and asked them the following questions:

• How often do you use Facebook? 
• Do you have Snapchat and/or Instagram?
• Do you think teenagers uses the Internet too much? 
• Do you know what an app is?
• What kind off apps do you know?
• How do you think the social media will be in 10 years?
• How much time do you use on the Internet?
• Do you have your phone with you all the time?

The people we talked to were in different ages, and it was clear that teenagers used more 
time on the internet, and social media, compared to adults and elderly people. 
The elderly people all agreed that teenagers today spend too much time on the Internet, 
even though they used the Internet themselves. Pretty much everyone had their phone 
with them all the time, but mainly for security. Just in case something happened. 
So, the conclusion has to be that teenagers spend more time on the Internet than the others. 

Tasks

1. DISCUSSION

Timeline on page 38 in Access

a) How much of this did you know from before? Did anything come as a surprise to you?

I did not know that the internet was called ARPANET when it was first created in the 1969. ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency. I also did not know that Apple Inc. was established in 1976, and that Apple introduced the low cost Macintosh in 1984.

b)  Are there any other events, inventions, people, etc. that you think should be included in the timeline?

I would probably include social media like Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat etc. It would be interesting to learn more about when they were launched for example.

Sources: 
Page 38 in Access (04.09.14)