New News?

How do you obtain your news? Radio, Television, Newspaper or the internet? Information is now being obtained in various ways around the globe and the ABC has decided to use this knowledge along with the internet to create a program called ABC Earth. It’s a trial that consists of video, images and content developed by the ABC with a layer that includes national news updated every 5 minutes by clicking on a 3D globe of the Earth…

 

Kathryn Jensen spoke to Cyberworld expert JEN SEIFERT who’s been trying out the new technology…

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Can you leave home without your mobile phone?

Mobile phones are being used more often than the home phone these days, and it’s also taken over other functions like internet access and tv viewing. Jen Seifert explained how the mobile is changing our lives…

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More time on the web than watching tv!

A new survey of internet consumer trends has found that people with braodband internet connections spend more time on the net than watching television. It found that broadband users spend on average 22 hours surfing the net, 14 hours watching tv.

Jen Seifert told Katherine the results weren’t that surprising really.

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This Friday 23 May on Cyberworld

Last week we chatted about robots and the various things they are doing in society eg. medical procedures, conducting an orchestra, exploring new planets and being used in the armed forces.

This week we will discuss the idea of the internet taking over television….

A new survey of Internet consumer trends has revealed that people with broadband connections spend more time on the net than watching television.

The survey compared the entertainment and information consumption patterns of 864 Australian broadband users with those of more than 3,600 users worldwide.

It found that Australians with broadband spend an average of 22 hours per week on the web. They spend 14 hours in front of the TV and only three hours playing computer games.

Cyberworld expert JEN SEIFERT from the School of Communications at The University of South Australia joins Kathryn Jensen to discuss the concept of the Internet now being the major resource and information consumption media for people in society today.

 

If you have any topics for our Cyberworld segment please feel free to leave comments for Jen and Kathryn to discuss below