2. Mass Media – the Internet
What is the Internet
Information on the Internet
Usage of the Internet
Your life and the Internet
Favourite websites
Social networks
Danger on the net
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3. What is the Internet?
An international network of computers.
A system, which connects millions of computers
worldwide.
Developed quite recently – about 20 years ago.
4. What is the Internet?
Great source of information about everything.
The Internet is becoming necessary for everyday
life.
With the Internet everything is easier, cheaper and
faster.
5. What does www mean?
WWW – World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is the system
that allows to navigate from page to page
with the use of a browser.
6. What can we use the Internet for?
Visiting social networks
Following news
Downloading – music, films, pictures
Working from home
Shopping
7. What can we use the Internet for?
Conducting bank transactions from home
Informing about events around us
Sending or receiving emails
Chatting with friends
Playing games
8. What sort of information can be
found on the Net?
Politics
Weather forecast
Theatre or cinema programmes
E-books
Entertainment
Accommodation
Educational courses
Traffic jams
Famous people
Job offers
Hobbies
Holidays
Timetables
Goods
10. Google
Was founded by two students of Stanford
University in 1998.
With Google search you search the web, it helps to
find information.
Google Translate can translate into 35 languages.
With Gmail you can write e-mails.
Google Earth will take you all around the world.
11. Google
Google News brings the news from around the world.
Google Sky will teach you about the sky and stars.
With Google Maps you can study maps and plan your
trips.
You cna use Picasa for your web albums.
12. Facebook
Facebook is a social networking site.
It started in February 2004.
It is developed by Mark Zuckerberg with his friends.
Facebook has currently more than 600 million active
users.
It helps to connect people, make friends, share photos,
videos, links.
13. Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, multilingual
encyclopaedia.
It was launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry
Sanger.
Wikipedia is freely available to all users to share any
data.
14. Wikipedia
Anyone can edit and add more information to it.
Wikipedia has been created in 285 languages.
It currently contains 4,195,130 articles.
15. YouTube was founded in 2005.
It is a video sharing website where anyone in the
world can transfer (umístit) and watch videos.
People can share video clips through websites, blogs,
emails, mobile phones.
YouTube has more than a billion users every single
month.
YouTube
16. Seznam
Seznam.cz is a web portal and search engine in the
Czech Republic.
It was founded in 1996 by Ivo Lukačovič as the first
web portal in the CR.
Seznam has more than 4 million visitors per month.
Today, Seznam runs more than 15 different web
services.
17. Dangers of Using the Internet
Hackers
Phishing
Viruses
Identity theft
Spamming
Cyber bullying
Internet gambling addiction
Paedophiles
Pornography
Porn addiction
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