INTERNET AND EDUCATION

The advent of the internet has tremendously affected man in almost all spheres of his life, life has distinctly undergone some very dramatic changes ever since the dawn of the internet era and with each passing day. There is a growing dependence on it. Those who are used to it would know the helplessness experienced when deprived or riding on this superhighway of information.

It has also had a tremendous impact on the sphere of education.

Modern Webb seal learning and computing spells a revolution in the way tutoring is delivered to students. Imparting education through the internet involves multimedia learning resources combined with D ROMs and workbooks, many educational websites use different features such as interactive examples, animation, video,, narrative etc.

Online education is growing too fast to track. Hundreds of universities have been putting some basic courses on the web. Colleges and schools have also incorporated some web elements into their curriculum. The day is not far when ours will be a society where education becomes a lifelong process with the young and the old pursuing some knowledge.

Students often surf through sites for supplementing information available in the textbooks to read extensively on topics that interests them and also aid project works they are required to do.

It is often about accessing online encyclopaedia and looking up a subject.

More so, educators can obtain learning materials from it, prepare courses online and deliver audio/visual information to students. For instructors, it is a valuable source for referencing materials and enhancing the knowledge of their students.

The internet also provides a great place for conferencing and collaborating with students from all over the world. Students can search for information regarding their school courses via electronic libraries who offer a great  verities of journals and scientific articles.

The resources available over the net cover almost every aspect of the school curriculum and students have a valuable machine for enhancing their knowledge and expanding their assigned work.

INTERNET AND ENTERTAINMENT

The entertainment  industry (also known as show business or show biz0 consist of a large number of subsidiaries devoted to entertainment.

However, the term is often used in the mas media to describe the mass media companies that control the distribution and manufacture of mass media entertainment. In the popular parlance the term show biz in particular connotes the commercially popular performing arts, especially musical theatre, comedy, film and music. It also applies to everyday aspect of entertainment industry: cinema, television, radio, theatre and music.

Much has been written on the transformation the internet has wrought on all manners of industries.

The internet has radically changed the way we live and do business. Most people find that the internet has benefited their life, it has among other things increased the availability of knowledge and information and connected people from opposite sides of the globe.

No industry has been more impacted by the emergence of the internet than the entertainment industry. Although entertainment related products and services have progressively evolved over the decades to take advantage of digital technology and better responds to changing consumer taste. The industry’s structure has remained relatively unchanged. This is due to several factors common to most entertainment sectors.

1.     The role of content ownership and licensing rights

2.     The traditionally high cost of content creation

3.     The necessity of a near ubiquitous distribution network in the applicable market and

4.     Scarcity of distribution outlets

In the case of the music sector, this has resulted in an industry structure characterized by

1.     A hig competitive upstream market of content creators

2.     A tight, vertically interrated oligopoly in production, ownership and distribution (Major record labels) and

3.     Scarcity in available retail and media outlets (TV, radio)

As such the major labels have acted as a bottleneck in the sector, mediating between the competitive upstream and scarce distribution outlets. This has traditionally placed record labels in a near-monophony role, permitting them to extract supra-competitive rents from upstream actors and limiting products control and innovation both in the upstream and downstream market.

According to Masnick, the argument that the industry is losing billions of naira every year is very entrenched. Its standard to preface any argument by pointing that out. I don’t think that will go away. Even though its accurate, I’ve tried to be very clear: online infringement is a problem for those who don’t adjust. If you do adapt and recognize what you can do with these things, you could be better off.