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Did You Know—T101 : 

Did You Know—T101 We are becoming the technology we create There are endless versions of ourselves through the media we create Media life perspective is no longer perspective…it’s truth The line between one’s private life and their public life is blurred What if nobody sees you as you see yourself? Individual expressionalism is now our main value DID YOU KNOW ????????????????? We experience a “filtered” life through media Family is no longer a substantial need, but rather a choice Love is becoming an industry Droste—No version is truly you, but it’s really not not you either! Did You Know—Mark Deuze Professor Deuze can be found on 13 different sites on the web He has an X-Box Live “gamecard” under the name ‘deusskinflower’ Mark has been associated with 42 different blogs in the past 2 years Did You Know????????????????? Has edited/co-edited 3 journals Has written a book and is writing 3 more currently Refered to “Slayer” 300 times since 1st lecture… …Just kidding… …But not really Did You Know—Internet Internet=Fastest growing tool of communication…EVER Radio took 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million people…FaceBook took 2 years Worldwide population of internet=1.08 billion…in 1995 there were 20 million…in 2000 there were 400 million U.S. has 199 million internet users Iceland has highest % of internet users (68%)…U.S. (56%)…Tajikistan (.1%) 89% of internet users in Chile have “3rd world” education…70% in China Women represent 42% of internet users A total of 30 countries account for 79% of the world’s internet use when they represent 18% of the total population 34% of internet users are in developing countries that make up 80% of world population Shanghai and Beijing contain as many internet users as the 15 least connected provinces in China that total 600 million people combined Did You Know—Cell Phones U.S. has 199 million cellular subscribers…55% of the nation’s population U.S. still not top 10 country with highest cellular subscriber percentage As of 2002, worldwide mobile subscribers outnumber fixed-line subscribers Asia has 450 million mobile subscribers…twice the # as the Americas combined Did You Know—Miscellaneous E-Waste U.S. contributes 220 million TONS of technological hardware waste U.S. generates more “e-waste” than any other nation Random Average American depends on over 264 computers/day First e-mail was sent in 1972 More than a billion transistors are manufactured…every second Cost of transmitting 1 trillion bits of data from Boston to L.A.=$150,000 in 1997…=$.12 today So What Does it All Mean?? OPPORTUNITY You are in control! You can change the world! Did You Know????????????????? Did You Know????????????????? Did You Know?????????????????