tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post604603403787976867..comments2023-10-05T06:13:48.018-07:00Comments on Media Studies 102: Effects of Mass Media: Internet InequalityAlenda Changhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808749949370769131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post-15978628249494631202012-11-07T23:20:04.806-08:002012-11-07T23:20:04.806-08:00I didn't have Internet access until around the...I didn't have Internet access until around the same age, too! I look back at those years and sometimes try to imagine how different life would have been had I had access. And maybe I'm just a quirky person, but I don't regret it at all! I remember my parents didn't buy cable tv, so I would devour books from the library like crazy! I loved going there every week, and picking out a whole stack of books so I wouldn't be without things to do at home :). While the Internet is very, very useful (how else am I writing this comment? ^^), I think my childhood would not have been the same. I would probably have done a lot of similar things, like learning to ride a bike or swim, but I probably wouldn't have biked as much or swam as much if I had the option of being on the Internet and playing games, finding other content, etc. I am very thankful for the Internet, though, especially as a student. So many things are indeed online - assignments, rubrics, homework, readings, entire websites - to have the Internet is indeed something we often take for granted but is a blessing once we consider its uses. Thank you for sharing!justjessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280625371238014512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post-79221154900779803072012-11-05T23:56:30.564-08:002012-11-05T23:56:30.564-08:00I find your post very moving, Brian, and a useful ...I find your post very moving, Brian, and a useful reminder that we cannot assume that everyone has equal access to that fabulous multi-tool we call the Internet. Laney's comment also reminds us that having access to the Internet does not necessarily mean that people are using it in "constructive" ways.Alenda Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808749949370769131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post-23876003635803206282012-11-05T22:40:18.032-08:002012-11-05T22:40:18.032-08:00I do agree with the points you are making! Howeve...I do agree with the points you are making! However, I look back to when I was a kid/growing up, and I didn't use the internet all that much. Television and the "educational" shows yes, but internet, no. Everything that I needed I found in books from the school library. I also really don't think that kids would be using the Internet to read the news or look up what's going on in the world. When I was younger I mainly used it to play games on Disneychannel.com or looking up recipes on foodnetwork.com. Out of all the people that have access to the Internet, how many of them actually use if to look up news? Then again, I do agree that people that have access to a computer/Internet from a young age will have a better understanding of how to use a computer/Internet than someone that had access to it later in life.Laney Diggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160889232543465767noreply@blogger.com