#08-020: The Internet

Map of Internet users in 2015 as a percentage of a country's population
(Wikipedia)

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Note: No invention in recent decades has affected our lives like the easy access to information--or the ability to communicate with others via text, image, and even video--enabled by the internet. But how did it all begin?

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Get Ready: Where are you reading this right now? On a computer in your home, or at school or the library? On your phone (or someone else's)? How do you usually access the internet?

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#03-012: More Networking Jargon

Social networking "site"
(Wikipedia)

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Note: This lesson, like #03-011, was written in 2012. Although a lot of things have changed on the internet, lurkers still lurk, and memes are still fun!

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Get Ready: Are you ever a "lurker"? Where do you "lurk"?

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#03-011: Social Networking Jargon

Professor Jim Bucket's social links
(see live version at the bottom of the page)

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Note: This lesson and #03-012 were written in 2012. Social media is more popular--and more challenging--since then, but I think most of what you'll read here is still useful.

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Get Ready: Do you use any social networking sites? If so, how many friends (fans, followers) do you have? Do you think that's a good number? Why or why not?

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