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Pros and Cons of the World Wide Web for Information and Communication

Explore the advantages and disadvantages of the World Wide Web in terms of information and communication, including free availability of information, rapid interactive communication, and potential overload of excess information.

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Pros and Cons of the World Wide Web for Information and Communication

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  1. 6. WHAT ARE THE MAIN ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB IN TERMS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION?

  2. Advantages • Availability of mainly free information • – Low cost of initial connection • – Reduces the costs of divulgation • – The same protocol of communication can be used for all the • services • – Facilitates rapid interactive communication • – Facilitates the exchange of huge volumes of data

  3. Facilitates the establishment of professional contact • – No barriers to divulgation • – Facilitates access to different sources of information, which • is continously up-dated • – Facilitates management of companies information system • – lt is accesible from anywhere • – It has become the global media

  4. Disadvantages • Danger of overload and excess information • – It requires an efficient information search strategy • – The search can be slow • – It is difficult to filter and prioritize information • – No guarantee of finding what one is looking for

  5. – There is a lot of apparently unconnected information • – Net becomes overloaded because of large number of users • – No regulation • – No quality control over available data • – The ease with which information can be constantly up-dated • can cause problems of referencing

  6. 7. CAN YOU MAKE A LIST OF BUZZ WORDS ABOUT WEB 2.0?

  7. Microblogging

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