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Connecting the World Online

 **__Overview__**

In the modern world, you can almost do anything online. You are also able to connect with anybody throughout the world through the Internet as well. This is why Friedman considered it a flattener in his book //The World is Flat//. There are many people of numerous ages from different countries that are able to access this online information. Because of this connection, all kinds of different files such as pictures, videos, and text can be copied, downloaded, edited, and read by anyone in the world. But this has positive and negative effects.

Positively, you have communication with family and friends in other countries quickly and effectively! There are social networking sites, email, web cam, and even instant. These sites are a great way to stay connected with ones you don’t see too often. It’s also good for advertising. Additionally, it is said to help educate students. Furthermore, the Internet can help keep the government organized and well communicated, too. Plus, it helps advertise and spread the word about new and upcoming artwork or entertainment. Having Internet has also greatly impacted the science and health industry by providing an easier way of sharing work and research. Connecting the world online has had a huge positive impact, but every great thing has some bad sides.

Negatively, you have invasion of privacy and copyright issues. By sharing everything online, you loose the power of deciding who knows what. It also makes plagiarism an easy method for students. The Internet can also give false information about the science and health world, which in the long run, negatively affects people as well. media type="custom" key="12893732" []

=**__Current News__** =

Over the years, connecting people all over the world has become as easy as cutting through butter with a hot knife. With so many different Internet sites, the connectivity is incredible. Companies like [|Facebook] and [|Twitter] allow people to be-friend and “follow” their favorite bands, athletes, performers, movie stars, etc. Big international companies like [|Google], [|Yahoo], and [|Bing] all have an e-mail based system that allows you to send messages to and from people all over the earth. The earth is around 21,600 miles all the way around, but with the Internet, the border between people is much less distant. Multi-National companies like [|Apple] created multiple devices for connecting people around the world. Devices like the Ipod (which uses WiFi, a wireless internet unit that allows a router to connect to the internet, to connect to the Internet), Mac computers, Iphones, Ipads, and Macbooks. All othese can be used to connect to the Internet and create an opportunity for people. Internet is becoming more than one big nucleus of the worlds information, but it is being revolutionized into the worlds biggest online communicator.



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=**__Education__** =

Why would education be a flattener? It’s probably the simplest thing that will ever happen to one’s life. It really causes no harm on the world so how can it affect us? Education runs the world, you can say. Without being properly educated and without learning how to do certain things the world would be chaotic. With all of these kids that are graduating and moving further in their life amen to them but for the others that are getting held back that is not only affecting them but our society and more and more people are dropping out every day due to all of these controversial issues. The world’s newly gained connectivity has helped and hurt education in various ways. One thing that the new-found connectivity has given us is a way to increase work-speed and find things easier. Another thing this it has given access to many different types of information from many different types sources. This has also made it so you can either adjust your learning experience or you can just take yourself out of school and learn at hom

 One horrible thing that this has done is make it so that plagiarism can be participated in. With everything in easy access, students have the temptation of just copying and pasting. This means the connectivity has made people lazier. This is bad because it means that less people are thinking and more are piggy-backing off of others’ work. Also, studies show that students learn better when they take notes, and they don't learn fully if everything is being taught of the Internet.

__**Government**__

Online connectivity has made the government take drastic measures to protect copyrighted work. One thing that is being done is the SOPA act, which stands for **S**top **O**nline **P**iracy **A**ct. This act, if it is passed will censor much of the internet. This will also affect the people who use the Internet because it censors things out and makes it harder to gain access to certain web pages. The worst part about it is that the people who are participating in piracy know enough to get around these things. They can run a web page off of an IP address or maybe they can hack into the web page. The government can also use the Internet for selfish reasons. One example of this is when Egypt’s president shut-down the Internet when he went to bed. This shows that the government will shut the Internet down if they want to counter campaigns that go against them. This also means that people won’t learn what they need to learn until morning when things like this happen which can be disastrous. It even shows that the government is more aware, to the fact that people get information around without social networking sites, than it would be thought.

There are good things that this has done though. One is the increased connectivity has made the possibility to get, make, and circulate information so much easier that now people will be able to access more information,but that can be, partially, a problem for the government because people will know more than what is expected and that can affect many things in government affairs. Another thing that increased technology has done is make it easier to connect to each other and start communities that can talk about whatever they want. This is possible because the increase of connectivity has made many people able to connect to the web easier and that means that online communities, whether they are about games, politics, or other things, are getting bigger. This makes it possible to see more peoples’ opinions about the government and politics which also means that if the government doesn’t stay in line it will be easier to rebel against them than it was in the past. When it comes to social networking, [|Facebook], [|Tumblr],[| Myspace], etc are important roles when getting employed. Some people who are “in charge” look at your personal page and check out your background information and or your personal information such as your pictures and statuses you post.



**__Arts, Entertainment and Leisure__**  The world is connected online in many ways. We use websites like [|Facebook], [|Twitter], [|Tumblr], [|Youtube], [|Myspace], and many other social networking websites. These websites allow people to share their ideas about a certain subject or just communicate, and make friends with people around the world. Websites like [|Facebook], [|Twitter],[| Myspace], or emailing sites are mainly for conversing with each other. These websites are more for communicating and collaborating, while Youtube, blogging sites, and video sites are more for entertainment and gaining ideas from what you watch. These websites are all about entertainment and connecting with people from around the world. Leisure seems just like another relaxing day, but can it really hurt or harm the world and make it flat? Taking those days off of work and just relaxing or staying home from school and just chilling all day long and not having a worry. Wouldn’t everyone just love to have that kind of day everyday of the week and not have to do anything or get up and not listen to your boss of teacher yell at you? One way that leisure can lead to the word flattening is that you cannot have a job than what happens if you don’t have a job and you’re a construction worker of what if the whole construction workers got fired than there are no houses to buy than no more room for people and their growing families.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">**A) Overview: [|Dominic Orlando] [|Kaela P.] [|Sarah Quinn]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> **B) Current News: [|Dominic Orlando] [|Trevor von Hake][| Aja Nixon]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> **C) Education:Ryan McGill [|Kaela P.] Cierra Jacobsen** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> **D Government, Politics and Employment: Jenny Park Ryan McGill** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> **E) Arts, Entertainment, and Leisure: Cierra Jacobsen [|Trevor von Hake][| Aja Nixon][|Christian Ramos]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> **F) Science, Environment, and Health: Jenny Park [|Sarah Quinn] [|Christian Ramos]**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> ** Team Roles: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> ** Content Editor: Aja Nixon ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> ** Image/Graphics Editor: ****[|Kaela P.]** ** [|Sarah Quinn] ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> ** Discussion Monitor: Ryan McGill** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> ** Presentation Editor: ****Cierra Jacobsen** **[|Trevor von Hake]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> ** RSS Editor: [|Dominic Orlando] ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;"> ** Mind Map Editor: ****Jenny Park** ** Christian Ramos **

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