Activities for Saturday, October 22nd ,2022

The effects of the Internet

1 Will the rise of the Internet mean the death of traditional business and media, such as shops,
bookstores, cinemas, theatre, recording companies and publishing houses?
• Use the grid below to briefly record your predictions about what sorts of businesses and goods
that we can see today will still be ‘extant’ (still alive) or ‘extinct’ in 20 years’ time. Give reasons
for your predictions, supporting your answers with examples from your own experience or
from other sources.
Still extant in 20 years Extinct in 20 years
 2 Are we using the Internet or is the Internet using us? In other words, are we actively using the
Internet to socialize and spread ideas, or are we becoming numbers in a global database that
advertisers and governments can use to make greater profits?
Record your thoughts in the table below, individually.

Ways in which we use the Internet Ways in which the Internet uses us