Week 2-Topic 2-Is Email Dead?

Lecture:
In the week 2 lecture, we were trying to discover the answer of “Is Email Dead?” There had been surveys completed by the class. Out of 87 people surveyed, everyone uses email. Whether it is once a month, or daily, it still gets used. There are people in society that don’t use the internet or computer, so email would never get used. But for some people, it’s helpful to notify people. It is quicker and easier to use email than writing a letter. People save with cost and time by writing emails rather than letters.
We had also looked at another survey done in the USA about the internet and email. The numbers were different, but being able to compare the two surveys was helpful. Email is not dead; it is a faster way of communicating with the people around us in this high tech world.

Tutorial:
Web blogging is popular in today’s society. But for some, it’s like learning how to use a computer. I have never web blogged before. It is like learning how to use the internet. It is confusing and unknown. I have facebook, I have had it for two years now. Blogging is a new and different experience. It will take time to adjust to. Learning how to delete posts and find friends will be a new adventure which I will achieve with the help of my fellow students.

Reading:
‘Reporters without Borders (2005) Handbook for Bloggers and CyberDissidents’

In the long 46 page reading, I read parts of it. I discovered that people enjoy writing blogs. It doesn’t matter what their background is, it is a way for them to express themselves. Some people would say that bloggers are a type of journalist. In some countries, they are the only journalists there. People have the privacy of the internet and are able to express themselves. Blogging is its own world. It is always expanding and always changing. There are so many blogging communities out there. It is like Second Life for some people. It is where they can express themselves and be unknown to everyone else in cyber space.