Imagine a place where people interact in business situations, shop, play video games, do research, or study and get tutoring. Now imagine that there are no office buildings, no shopping centers, no arcades, no libraries, and no schools. These places all exist in a location called the Internet - 'an anarchic eyetem (to use an oxymoron) of public and private computer networks that span the globe.' (Clark 3). This technological advance not only benefits people …
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…everyone will meet each other. In other words, the world will gradually evolve into a 'global village' which can be defined as 'the world, especially of the late 1900's, thought of as a village, a condition arising from shrinking distance by instantaneous world-wide electronic communication.' (Nault 907). Thus, the Internet is a wonderful tool and medium in which people can interact with the information society. Afterall, information is like the building blocks of technological advancement.