Friday, February 27, 2015

Network law and information five years from now

The law I agree the most with is the Metcalfe one. Why ? 
I think the more people we have on a network the more value that network has because relations, interactions and communications between the members strongly increase. Even if there are not that much communications through private message on facebook for example, people can still "like" or comment what members on their network share. At least, people see what members share. Connections are not all the same but I think that it's more the networks themselves which are not equal. For example, the more members there are on a website as online-dating site. The more guys or girls talk to another person, the more valuable is the website. That's why the Metcalfe's law is the one I agree the most with.

 In five years, I people will receive their informations through social media, for example with facebook or twitter. Newspapers will all be present on social media, they will share link of article on their website and it will be through their website that people will get their information. All articles will be free, newspapers will earn money with advertising. It means that way more people will have access to internet in the world in five years, with the quick expansion of internet, probably four billion of people. The television will be on the decline because we don't really believe to it no more for informations, it is controled by the politics and the big companies. I think that printed newspapers will increase as well, hopefully it will be the renewal of the printed reading. People will get bored of the way they receive information on television because it is only about entertainment even for the religious shows. That's why informations that would be well explained on internet or printed will increase as the sale of books about politics.

Friday, February 6, 2015

Why we blog ?

Through internet, people are able to talk about everything anonymously or not. According to statista, in 2006, internet had 36 million blogs; in 2011, it had 173 million blog. I guess today they are probably way more blogs than 173 million. People blog for many reasons, they all have an interest to blog, which may be economic, politic, social or just enjoying that. People use this freedom on internet to talk about every subject from their own thought or using several sources. They may create a virtual identity and become someone else, someone that they want to be. It may about fashion stuff, sports, politics or traveling... It may also be someone who just tells us his daily life or creates a story as a novel. For example, through fashion blogs, bloggers can earn money if their blog is viewed by a large amount of people who believe in it. Blogs allow people to have an easy access to information, for example if they want buy something they will look for reviews and they can find some in blogs. Or for people who want to get news about politics and laws that just passed. But blogs don't have only good sides, through this freedom of speech, some people may abuse of it. This is why we have blogs about Nazi, terrorist, mafia, klu klu klan, drugs… And that affect in a bad way the readers. But blogs can have great objectives, as fundraising for great causes as Cancer, orphans, sickness people. Or it may be a real story of someone living something bad in his life, and with his blog he may receive some helps through comments or online friendship, readers must cheer him. I think this is one of the most beautiful reasons of why we blog.