Cyber Attacks

Cyber attack is a valid danger and it is everyone’s responsibility to be informed and take action to protect our cyber security and ourselves. There are dangers like virus erasing entire systems, intruders breaking into system and altering files, and intruders stealing confidential information.

Look at this website to see ways of protecting yourself from cyber risk http://www.ready.gov/cyber-attack

Weibo- Chinese Twitter

Lee, M.(2012, October 31). China’s Twitter-like Weibo poses danger, opportunity for new leaders. In the Chicago Tribune. Retrieved from http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-31/business/sns-rt-us-china-congress-weibobre89u1n3-20121031_1_weibo-tony-saich-china-s-jiangxi.

The topic of this article is about Weibo, the Chinese Twitter like social media platform in China. The author’s purpose is to inform her audience about how Chinese authorities are using this service to continue to control political speech, even while the government appears to embrace the freedom of expression of other social media. They block and sensor information about low level officials and they increase the internet monitoring when political events are going to happen which causes the internet to slow down. This text shows how media censorship is different depending the countries governments. In the United States we have freedom of speech and other countries don’t like china. Is it right to control what people can and can’t.

how businesses use the internet

"How Do Businesses Use The Internet." Industry Connect | Taking Your Business To The Web. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2012. <http://www.indconnect.com/how-do-businesses-use-the-internet.html>.

Business uses the Internet in many different ways. Advertising on the world wide web is interactive. It provides an informative and educational experience. Electronic mail is an example of how they communicate over the Internet. Businesses like to inform and entertain potential customers through the Internet. They find people to hire and also use the Internet for research. Selling there products and then supporting them thought the Internet and also training customers and others long distance. The Internet can be used in every aspect of business.

What happens if the internet goes down

Borenstein, Seth. "online Privacy Debate Has People Asking: What Happens If Internet Goes Down?." huffingtonpost. N.p., 12 Jan. 2018. Web. 12 Nov. 2019. <www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/no-wikipedia-what-if-the-internet-went-down_n_1215131.html>.

What would happen if the internet went out? There would be no email, no twitter, no Facebook, no buying online, and no stock trades. The world today relies so much on the Internet socially, financially, and industrially that if it where to go away it would hit the world as hard as a natural disaster. The Internet going out wouldn’t be the end of the world, however, it would change everyday life.  People would have to learn to adapt to a less social society.

Social media revolution 2012

way, the, and it&. "The Social Media Revolution 2012 - YouTube." YouTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUeL3n7fDs>.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUeL3n7fDs

Social media, in many ways, reflects the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a major turning point in human history. Changes occurred in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, technology, and many more. Changing the way everyday people did these things.  All of these factors that changed during the Industrial Revolution in some way influenced daily life. Today there is in some ways a second revolution, creating changes in the way we look at everyday life. Social media isn’t just a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate. Communication is key in a functional society, but in some ways it can be over used. Facebook for instance became very populated in just under a year, by gaining 200,000,000 users. It took the idea of the television 13 years to get only 50,000,000 users. Although social media is a very helpful tool for advertising, it does have its faults. People can waste days on these social media sites. There are better things to be doing with your time, being aware of what’s going on in the world, focusing on our environment so our society does not collapse. Think back when the internet did not exist, people didn’t write down on paper updates of what they were doing every minute of every day like what happens on Facebook today. When it comes to the work place there were less distractions to occupy your time when you are supposed to be working. Today, strict rules have been put into place in most work places because of people’s temptation to access social media. The temptation often prevents them from accomplishing what needs to be done for their job. Social media can be great tool for communication, but it can be a huge distraction