Contribution Of ICT To Media Development
Folorunsho Opeyemi
With the breakthrough technologies ( Better Internet Browsers, 3G/4G Phones, blogs, youtube, social forums) and a fast Internet connects to the world has brought about a speedy way and great opportunities to share information and express oneself.
Throughout the twentieth century, people received most of their information by word of mouth and from letters, broadcasters or publishers of newspapers and books. For example when US President JF Kennedy was assassinated Washington could not certain precisely what happened.
What is ICT
ICT (information and communications technology – or technologies) is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning.
The above subject (ICT) can also be refers to as technologies that provide access to information through telecommunications. It is similar to Information Technology (IT), but focuses primarily on communication technologies. This includes the Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums.
Form the two above views I can conclude that ICT could be in something very useful, handy faster than a jet to reach thousands of place in minutes; then what is media
What is Media
Communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, data, or promotional messages are disseminated. Media includes every broadcasting and narrowcasting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, and internet. Media is the plural of medium and can take a plural or singular verb, depending on the sense intended.
The combination of these two great words and activates (ICT & Media) has given everybody the ability to set up a website and begin publishing or broadcasting content has led to fundamental changes in the media. Companies and individuals can publish anything from text or images to a video using high speed and broadband technology. They can then deliver them direct to computers or mobile devices worldwide.
This makes an Asian know what Is going on in USA vice versa and also properly can see someone else’s rooms.
The Good
-Information spreads around the globe in seconds. Information is now published that might otherwise never have been made available.
-Lives are saved through large campaign against an evil act
The Bad
-The legal framework of copyright do not have much effect in the era of ICT
-It is almost impossible to recall a publish material in case of error, misleading information.
The Ugly
-Media is also a tool for terrorist to show case their terror act.
-lately media is used as a tool to scare people.
Above all ICT and Media has many face, we individually choice which face we want.
