Term 4 - Online Communications

• Definition  
• Case study/ real world example  you have Facebook, emails, msn, phones, tweeter, MySpace
• personal opinion of the important role it plays on the internet  people use it a lot more than you really have to, and you have keep the internet up to speed with the world today, making it faster, making it better to use for people

The Internet

The internet is made up of millions and millions of small computers networks. It is a place were you search for information (research database), powers the email system. Allows you to go on Web sites and pages that are on the webs sites. Its funny because no-one owns the internet lol.  

Social Effects

Is sounds that are added into the videos that make it sound louder then it is or make something sound cool. Like in movies they have you put explosion sounds in cause the real one is not loud enough. I recon it really helpful it can make you sound like you have a deeper voice :).

Computer Misuse act

Is when you act on the web to harm someone or brake the law. It covers unauthorized materials, hacking computers, cyber bulling etc. People always use the computers to by drugs, guns and others ell-eagle things.   

http://www.lawteacher.net/criminal-law/essays/computer-misuse-act.php

Data Protection act

It protect you from virus that try to hack and brake down your computer. A program that blocks any kind of harm to your PC and tell the internet police where it came from. 

http://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Privacy/privacy.html

Computer Crime

Is when you have commented a crime on the internet or the computer. If you hack a person computer and you get all the persons bank info and withdraw all there money. People use viruses to do such crimes as that
http://able2know.org/topic/133259-1

Piracy

Is unauthorized copy's of software, movies, music etc it is mostly called software piracy. Lots of company's like Adobe are being robbed of the software, most people choose to download free fake programs then the real one, witch make Adobe loose lots of money 

 http://www.spa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=338&Itemid=351

Social Media

Is where you can connect with people and chat to them from over the world. Facebook, MySpace are a type of social media. you can access from your phone in this day of age. You don't really need it but it is good for when you want to chat to a person and not a big bill.