The Differences Between Television and Internet
The differences between Television and Internet
Lecturer: Steve
Zhou Zhi Words account: 586
Television and Internet, both of them as mass media, there are many differences. On Oct 2 1925, the first Television is invented by a Scottish people John Logie Baird. “Television(TV) is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that are either monochromatic ("black and white") or color, usually accompanied by sound.”(Television, WIKIPEDIA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tv, accessed 30 October 2010) Nowadays, TV as a source of news and entertainment of mass medium has played an absolutely necessary part of people’s daily life. However, comparing with TV, the speed of development and spread of Internet is incredible. “Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide.”(Internet, WIKIPEDIA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet, accessed 30 October 2010) In the end of 1960s with military intention American scientists invented Internet to keep up correspondence after under attack by enemy. Despite in military fields, it is widely used in civil fields in next decades. Moreover, Internet as new and developing medium has been received an increasing number of attention from a wide publicity.
The first and most obvious difference is information of mode of propagation. To TV, it is a passive way to accept information. For example, if you want to watch a TV program which you are interested in. You have to follow the show time. You can only passively listen and watch news or any other TV programs. You can not be involved and express personal viewpoint on topical issue which you follow with interest. However, Internet is an interactive way to accept information. “In the aspect of daypart programming, the Internet allows people to do what they want when they want it. And given the
Lecturer: Steve
Zhou Zhi Words account: 586
Television and Internet, both of them as mass media, there are many differences. On Oct 2 1925, the first Television is invented by a Scottish people John Logie Baird. “Television(TV) is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that are either monochromatic ("black and white") or color, usually accompanied by sound.”(Television, WIKIPEDIA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tv, accessed 30 October 2010) Nowadays, TV as a source of news and entertainment of mass medium has played an absolutely necessary part of people’s daily life. However, comparing with TV, the speed of development and spread of Internet is incredible. “Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide.”(Internet, WIKIPEDIA, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet, accessed 30 October 2010) In the end of 1960s with military intention American scientists invented Internet to keep up correspondence after under attack by enemy. Despite in military fields, it is widely used in civil fields in next decades. Moreover, Internet as new and developing medium has been received an increasing number of attention from a wide publicity.
The first and most obvious difference is information of mode of propagation. To TV, it is a passive way to accept information. For example, if you want to watch a TV program which you are interested in. You have to follow the show time. You can only passively listen and watch news or any other TV programs. You can not be involved and express personal viewpoint on topical issue which you follow with interest. However, Internet is an interactive way to accept information. “In the aspect of daypart programming, the Internet allows people to do what they want when they want it. And given the