Role of internet in communication

Concept of internet when came to existence somewhere around 1960s, it was based on the purpose of connecting as many people as possible. The start of internet was slow but today internet undoubtly connects whole of the world. Contribution of technology and science towards the communication among people began with inventions such a telephone and telegraph. Ever since communication identified itself as apart of human life, inventors and scientist have been trying to exploit technology to renovate communication process and make it as easy as possible.

If you go by the practical definition of communication you will come across a long list of meanings and explanations given by various scholars of the field of communication. One such definition says that communication is a process of sending and receiving. It may sound technical but in reality this is what we all do on our daily basis, with some face to face while with others through a medium. For example if you talking to your friend you are sending a message and your friend will receive your message and if required give back a response or a reply.

This is where internet comes as an important part of communication. Internet acts as a medium for many to send their message across a receiver, which can be either a friend or family.

But apart from the basic communication and building a touch among people internet also helps us to communicate with different culture, histories and geographical aspect of the world we live in. we can easily find about information on any place, country or anything and almost everything on internet.

Internet is an educator as well as an entertainer thus with internet you can access any field and communicate about things you know or things you need to know.

The speed and ease of communication given by internet is one reason for the decrease in trend of sharing letters and postcards among friends and relatives. Where a letter may take more than two days to reach your loved one, an email takes less than two minutes to do the same.

You don’t just learn a lot and stay in contact with people, communicate but also get to share your likes and dislike and daily routine. What more? Internet has been technology’s favorite invention and thus we today we find internet with videos, television, radio and more.

Internet is now a global power which is why countries all across the world is using internet as much possible as they can. Tourism department of many places uses internet to communicate with people around the world and let them know what is in store for them.

The innovations of internet such as radio, videos and more are used by much government to communicate with its citizens. They spread their message on radio which is also available on internet. Government also releases its press release or official announcement on internet.

It’s a jet age and internet is now a part of everyone from every age group to every culture and religion internet has its influence and thus while some use it to communicate as fast as they can, some feel it’s an entertainment section but the truth is internet may have changed its color and look but somewhere inside this new technology the basic purpose is still communication.