The usage of ICT in different contexts : 1st entry

1^st entry

Search engine and human’s lifestyle

Due to the ever accelerated digital technology and advancement of the lifestyle, human beings are mostly surrounded by technology such as internet and computer or laptop, television and DVD player, and household electronic materials. As the innovation of the internet, we all can access it by using modem, broadband and wifi. This provide us an opportunity to search for the information we would like to know about by just one click on the keyboard and will be able to get the information we are looking for in just a minute. On top of that, it has also minimizes our distance between countries and people. Furthermore, by using the internet could also assist us to get the latest update from the company and the first hand data. 

The statistic below is about the percentage of Australian who accesses internet for basic use and the way they access internet in between the year 2006 and 2007: 

According to Australian Bureau of Statistics’ recent findings (2006-2007), 64% of Australian
homes had Internet access and about 73% of the residents had access to a home PC. As compared to the previous year, the proportion of households with Internet access jumped by four percentage points and the proportion of households with access to a PC increased by three percentage points.

Out of 5.1 million households with home Internet access about 31% had dial-up access and 68% had broadband access ; with broadband Internet connections increasing from 2.3 million to over 3.5 million households. About 72% of the people accessing the Internet at home used a broadband connection.

http://www.roi.com.au/index.php/internet_marketing/how_australians_use_the_internet_-_latest_market_data.html

The statistic below shows the percentage of level income and their access to the internet:

Rates of access continue to vary significantly with income. Based on equivalised household incomes, individuals living in households with equivalised income of $2000 or more per week are three times more likely to have Broadband access compared with persons with less than $600 per week income. The results are in line with recent related ABS surveys such as 2005-06 Household Use of Information Technology (HUIT), in which 22% of households in the bottom two equivalised income quintiles stated high cost as the main reason for not having Internet access, and only 34% of people in the bottom income quintile households had home Internet access, compared to 77% in the top income quintile.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8146.0.55.001

The statistic below shows the percentage of Australian access internet and their purpose of online:

61% of Australians now using the Internet to make purchases online.

Of the approximate 11.3 million people accessing Internet from any location, 61% used it to purchase or order goods of services for private purposes. Not surprisingly a higher percentage of people from more isolated locations such as Tasmania and the Northern Territory used the Internet to purchase / order goods or services for private purposes.

http://www.roi.com.au/index.php/internet_marketing/how_australians_use_the_internet_-_latest_market_data.html

According to these statistics, it shown that the percentage of Australian access to internet has significant increased compare to the year 2006. It is because in this modern society, people are encouraged to use computer for learning and even doing business. There are numerous internet resources which are very useful for learning such as Jstor, google scholar, and ena.com and normally people would like to search for general information via google or yahoo. On top of that, web 2.0 is the one provided people to get in touch with the social community through online such as facebook, live messenger, and skype whilst ebay is a site for trading purpose. Internet access also provided people to have a chance to discuss issues or to express their own feeling in their space such as blogger, wikispace, tumblr, and myspace. By using the internet, people not only can search for the information or share their points of view, but also can share their interest of music or mass media with others. It is very convenience for human being to access internet for education and doing business as it provided a high efficiency of searching tools and also reduce the waste of paper.