Bonding & Bridging websites

Bonding- myspace.com

facebook.com

aim.com

These 3 sites are ways for people to connect. Their made for people to communicate with friends and family all over the world, hence the word "bonding". Facebook and myspace are websites designed to visually communicate with people. A person can add pictures and even chat with their person of choice. Aim is a simple chat area where, like texting you can chat back and forth to the people you know with out using the phone. Its a little less personal but it still allows you to connect with the people you know.

Bridging- Aic.edu

youtube.com

TMZ.com

Bridging websites are sites used to connect people who not generally know each other, but have common interest. For example aic.edu is a school website that attracts students, fans, faculty, & staff. Places like youtube and TMZ.com are other sites where people can watch videos and get news. You can broadcast and watch videos and connect with people all over the world as well.

World internet Stats

According to the website www.internetworldstats.com 100% of the Americas use internet. That includes North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. 74.4% of the entire world use internet. That means 1,668,870,408 is the total population of people who use internet. The growth rate of the internet has increased from 2000 to 2009 to 361.4% of the world. Does that mean "3rd world" countries still have access to the internet? and are they actually 3rd world or are they just like we were in say the 1920's?

Just a thought.