Since the invention of the computer, people wanted a
way to communicate using the computers. Post-World War II unscented the US to
invent the Internet which transformed the world’s way of communication especially
with news, forever. According to class lecture and the class textbook, the
basic concept of the Internet is computers networking with each other by the
user. The concept of the Internet was first used during the Cold War, called ARPANET. ARPANET was the way the US decentralized their way of communication. If there
are five computers connected to each other, in five different locations, and
one computer becomes compromised the other four can still communicate properly (unlike the telephone).
According to class lecture, Vent Cerf “created a set of rules for data exchange”
which made the Internet more organized. Because of those rules the Internet is what it is today.
The Internet has become a global network of communication, connecting people from the western hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere and
people of a higher and lower income. Gustavo S. Mesch conducted a
research on “Minority Status and the Use of Computer-Mediated Communication”
focusing on social Diversification. Mesch examined how “minorities and
immigrants” use the Internet to communicate because of their lack of social
status. Analyzing Mesch research we can also indicate that minorities use the
Internet for “business” purpose where as people of our modern society use it
for social purposes. Majority of “minorities” use email than social networking
sites than chat rooms and fewest amount of people using weblogs. Through my own
observation, the way minorities use the Internet reflects how we use the
Internet in our modern society. Comparing the two societies, the Internet affects both societies the same way, by either being a source of communication
to connect people; whether for business or personal motivations. The Internet
has evolved into a source of information and communicating that information to
the whole world.
Mesch, Gustavo S.(2012). Minority Status and the Use of Computer-Mediated Communication. Communication
Research,39, 317-337.
