Wired+World

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Introduction
The term **Wired World** is a broad one and can mean many different things. We can break this phrase down for greater clarity. The term **Wired** generally gives an impression of something that is connected with something else. When using the term wired, wires generally come to mind and the technology they connect. Things like [|television], [|telephone], [|computer] and hundreds and thousands of similar technologies are good examples.

What it means
If the term wired means or represents connections, a "wired" world would most definitely have something to do with a world that is connected via a multitude of technologies. A wired world doesn't necessarily have to mean something with wires but it can be connected to the connotation of the [|internet]. Though wires are not needed these days to stay connected (such as with [|wireless] Internet), the Internet plays a very important role in connecting people across the world to communicate and interact with each other easily.

Effects and Examples
Part of the expansion and revolution of the internet had to do with the creation of the World Wide Web by [|Tim Berners Lee]. The [|World wide Web] is what has founded the interconnectedness and communication that crosses spaces and geogrpahical boundaries for all people and companies. It is what has made the internet into a world and space where people can go on and interact in a combination of ways, through chatrooms, discussion boards, forums and keep informed and updated on anything and everything that is important and of interest to them.

Youth and The Wired World
Technology has shaped the modern younger generation socially and economically. It has become a part of every youth's daily life in terms of communications (cell phone, MSN, E-mail) or accessing information (Internet, E-book, television, radio). Everything they do is relate to technologies like watching television, dirving, listening to music on an mp3 player, or taking picture with a digital camera. All of these activities involve the use of a piece of technology. We are living in a wired world in which people rely on technolgy for their social and economic gain. There are numerous technologies that the modern youth need to meet their social need. One of the most significant of these technologies is the internet. The Internet has a positive and negative impact on the youth. The following chart lists a few impacts of Internet:

Outcomes

 * Positive**
 * Connectiveness globally
 * Instant Communication (MSN or E-mail) >
 * Express themselve through website or chatting
 * Accessing informations


 * Negative**
 * Youth lost contact with their social environment
 * Youth lose interest in traditional media
 * Youth spend more time working at home
 * Youth spend less time shopping

The internet has wired our world with the latest communication technology such as e-mail,online chat, websites, and web cams that allow users to communicate with one another instantly with a click of a mouse. Internet has consumed the youth of their social activity and convincing them that everything they need is within the internet. Many of them are traped in the world of the internet because there is so much to do as the results above show.

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