Comparing ways of communication

After reading the article "Students’ Perceptions of E-Mail Interaction During Student-Professor Advising Sessions: The Pursuit of Interpersonal Goals" I often found my self agreeing with what the author had to say.  Comparing past ways of communication to now, it is easy to understand why the internet has become such a big part of the typical college students daily life.  The article quotes " Among traditional college age students,
those in the 18- to 29-year-old age group, 88% are internet users."  Shockingly this statistic was much lower then what I would have anticipated.  I live in a house with 3 other girls and there is never a moment when at least one of us is not on the internet, either by phone or laptop.

The assignment of logging communication usage through the internet and the phone, was really a huge eye opener for me.  I never realized how much valuable time is actually wasted doing pointless things surfing the web.  I do not think that I could survive without my phone and that is a huge issue.  Less than four years ago I did not even have this luxury!  Around that time it was not even an option to get my outdated flip phone even near the internet. It is disgusting how much of my life revolves around the social network.  Although I do enjoy different aspects of it, like keeping up with distant friends, or my sister who recently moved to Kentucky, I find it way less personal and way more invasive.  It is sad that this is what communication has come to.  We live in a generation where people find out news through facebook and cant go 10 minutes without sending a text message.  It is sad, and unfortunately it will probably only get worse.

Variations in the web

While working in class Paul and I came up with different examples of what we would consider to be examples of the various webs. 


Web 1.0- is considered to be the very basic web in which communication does not really happen.  It was typically only used to relay information, and it could never be edited by any external source, it only allows people to read from the internet.  An example of this type of web would be a blog that cannot be edited or commented on by other people.

Web 2.0- is considered to be interactive, including people and networking.  This type of web design is most commonly used today.  By using this people can create networks and link them to other sites.  An example of this are social networking websites such as facebook and twitter.

Web 3.0- is known as the semantic web which is going to be the way of the future generation.  The video describe this form of web as a continuation of web techniques that is more present and less visible. It is important to note how the methods of using internet went from huge computers and can now be accessed on small hand held devices.  An example of this is GPS and google.