Asian Tsunami of 2004

During the aftermath of the tsunami, information was presented in a variety of different ways. Information was shared quickly to a number or people and organisations, for example once the tsunami had struck people all around the world found out this information as it was posted to websites and was on the television. Due to this wide publicity many people felt the need to donate money, which could be done online through the special websites and blogs which were set up. . This shows that there is a greater interaction between people and organisations because so many people helped with aid and looking for survivors as this could be done online. This is because when a survivor was found their photograph was uploaded onto a website and people were able to find out where they were. Information could also be sent quickly via email and SMS which was done to tell people that they were fine and many people email charity and news organisations, for example the day after the event the BBC received 30,000 emails.

Google Groups - Digital Divide

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I have found a discussion on the digital divide about how social networks may subvert the digital divide.

One limitation of this is that anyone can post and you can be unsure if it is a genuine post, however, one benfit is that anyone can post so you are able to find out what a range of people think about the subject.

Messaging Services

Compare the purpose and functionality of each type of communication service and record your reflection in your individual blogs.

The three methods of communication I have looked at today are SMS (Short Message Service), email and instant messaging. I am now going to look at each service in term.

Short Message Service (SMS) allows short text messages to be sent between mobile telephones. The most common usage of SMS is person-to-person messaging; however the messages are often used by business to contact customers or employees with marketing or other information, which is similar to email. SMS messages can also be used to cast votes on TV. The main disadvantage is the cost implications as the average price is 10p a text, however, many people to receive free texts.

Instant Messaging is web-based email. To use instant messaging, you do not need any email software - just a computer connected to the internet. Users simply sign up to a portal such as MSN. They are given a unique user name and a personal mailbox on the portal's email server, and they can then send and receive messages via a special web page. All messages are sent and received instantly, like having a conversation. Instant messaging is usually used between two people, however, in recent times you can now connect to a group of friends.

In my group we decided to you use email as our form of communication, this was because we all had access and it is free. In my opinion all these methods work for different purposes, for example a SMS message can only include 160 characters or fewer which includes spaces, which means only a few sentences can be sent. Whereas, an email can be much longer plus you can attach files to them such as documents. In addition, instant messaging is used to have a conversation with your friends over the internet, you cannot send attachments. You are able to send more text than in an SMS message.

My Haiku Poem

a hiku is hr
4 u 2 trnslt 2
txt lngu 4 me

A haiku is here
For you to translate into
Text language for me