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= The Impact and History of the Internet and Social Media =

Internet Users and Social Impact
For most children, the idea of the Internet has always been there. Every time someone with internet access open turn on a device, they can simply go to any website they'd like and go from there. The the word internet has many meanings. "Internet, a system architecture that has revolutionized communications and methods of commerce by allowing various computer networks around the world to interconnect. Sometimes referred to as a “network of networks,” the Internet emerged in the United States in the 1970s but did not become visible to the general public until the early 1990s. By 2020, approximately 4.5 billion people, or more than half of the world’s population, were estimated to have access to the Internet."

History of the Internet
To the surprise of many, the internet has not been around for very long. The history of the internet starts in the 1960.

1900's
Long before the idea of technology existed, there was always the idea of "connecting" Scientists always have had this interest; Nikola Tesla messed around with the idea of a "world wireless system" to be able to connect and reach out to people and system to create a new and revolutionary thinking of technology.

1960's
In the early 1960's, an MIT computer scientist named J.C.R Licklider came up with the idea of a global computer network that would connect anyone and everyone who was able to access this. He shared this idea with his colleagues at the ARPA (Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Scientists named Leonard K. Thomas M. and Lawrence G.R came up with a theory called "Packet switching" and the discovery of this was the start of one of the most innovative discoveries of all time.

1970's
In the early 1970s, Robert Khan and Vinton Cerf had the idea to collaborate and develop a protocol for connecting multiple networks together. This idea later becomes the TCP/IP protocol. This protocol is the reason why we are able to connect to many different networks. The TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) was also designed to help each other out, so if one network was to collapse, another one would be available as soon as possible.

1980's
In the early 1980's, Dave Farber of the University of Delaware brought up the idea for a project to build cheap and affordable networking for the common people using dial-up phone lines. The idea of Local Area Networks (LAN ) was also implemented. In the mid 1980's the first domain was registered as "symbolics.com "

1990's
In the early 1990's Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues at CERN develop HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and URL (Uniform resource Locator). After developing these, this gave birth to the first version of the World Wide Web (WWW). After this was discovered all the puzzle pieces came into place. Microsoft launches Windows 95 ; Amazon, eBay Yahoo, and Internet Explorer launches; Java is created which allowed animation on certain websites and in all of these being created was the start of a new generation of technology.

2000s
The year 2000 saw the evolution of society. Many people are richer because of how much easier it was to access different opportunities. Google had a astronomical rise to dominate the market of search engines. This decade saw the invention of Wi-Fi which is wireless networking as well as mobile internet devices such as phones and tablets.

== History of Social Media ==

The very concept of "social media" has been around since the 1800's

1840's
The first documented use of social media was done by Samuel Morse. Samuel M. sent a telegraph from Washington D.C to Baltimore. This message read "What Have God Wrought"?

1960's
In the late 1960's, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPAN) wanted to connect Universities and collages on a "pronto internet" which meant a fast a reliable way for students and professors could communicate with each other. This method was working great for its time. At the time it was only able to transmit two letters at a time.

1990's
Starting in 1997, a company called "sixdegrees " had a peak of about 1 million members who were able to create profiles and add friends to each other. This was a big step at the time because of the fact that internet was not as common at that certain time period. Later on in 1999, a platform called platform was a place where users could add blogs and type updates for their added friends and family. Later on Facebook used this as another way users can do the same as "sixdegrees".

2000's
In the year 2002 three men named Peter Chin, Jonathan Abrams, and Dave Lee created one of the first official social media cites. This site was called Friendster and within the next year, they rejected a 30 million dollar deal from google which was considered one of the most tragic business decisions in social media history.

In 2003 a company named LinkedIn gave users a place where they were able to post important information in regards to a career. LinkedIn gave users the choice to post their resume's and private message people with a business oriented mind which was a very important step in every career path. By the year of 2004 the number of users would reach 1 million and 13 years later they would break 500 million users.

In 2004, google created its own mail service that soon became a trademark recognized around the world. This mail service would be known as Gmail. As of today, Gmail has a number of 1.8 billion users worldwide.

In the year 2004, Facebook was launched to the public by Mark Zuckerberg along with his roommates in Harvard. At first this site was only exclusive to only Harvard students but in the later years, the amount of people who used it has skyrocketed to around 2.2 billion users in 14 years.

In the year 2005, the idea of creating a social media platform where users can watch videos and also comment and create a community was brought to life. YouTube is a platform where users can share and upload videos, as well as comment on them and give their opinions.

In the year 2006 social media platform called myspace became the most popular social media network in the US

2010's
Originally launched in the year 2006, social media platform twitter had a slow upbringing. This platform allowed users to post pictures, ideas, moments, receive news and many more. In the year 2010 65 million tweets were sent out daily, this is about 750 tweets every second.

In the year 2011 was the birth of social media giant, snapchat. snapchat is an image messaging app, which took off almost as soon as it was published. As of today snapchat has a mindboggling 249 million users.

How Many Internet Users Does Each Country Have?
The internet has been one of the most impactive and transformative/fast growing technologies of all time. In 2016, the number of internet users around the world increased from only 413 million (in 2000) to over 3.4 billion. The first billion users was recorded in 2005 and everyday over the last five years, an average 640,000 people went online for the first time around the world.

China and India take the top slots in the world, despite having only around 50 and 26 percent people online. For the reason of having dense populations this number is great. In 2016/17 the countries over 100 million users were:


 * 1) China = 765 million
 * 2) India = 391 million
 * 3) United States = 245 million
 * 4) Brazil = 126 million
 * 5) Japan = 116 million
 * 6) Russia = 109 million

Although there are billions of users around the world, around half of the world isn't able to access internet yet. Although the history of the internet just started, the rest of the world will hopefully experience it soon.

Use of Internet and Its Importance
From 2000 to 2009, the number of Internet users globally rose from 394 million to 1.858 billion. By 2010, 22 percent of the world's population had access to computers with 1 billion Google searches every day, 300 million Internet users reading blogs, and 2 billion videos viewed daily on YouTube. In 2014 the world's Internet users surpassed 3 billion or 43.6 percent of world population, but two-thirds of the users came from richest countries, with 78.0 percent of Europe countries population using the Internet, followed by 57.4 percent of the Americas. However, by 2018, Asia alone accounted for 51% of all Internet users, with 2.2 billion out of the 4.3 billion Internet users in the world coming from that region. The number of China's Internet users surpassed a major milestone in 2018, when the country's Internet regulatory authority, China Internet Network Information Centre, announced that China had 802 million Internet users. By 2019, China was the world's leading country in terms of Internet users, with more than 800 million users, followed closely by India, with some 700 million users, with the United States a distant third with 275 million users. However, in terms of penetration, China has a 38.4% penetration rate compared to India's 40% and the United States' 80%. As of 2020, it was estimated that 4.5 billion people use the Internet.

As time and technology progress there will be an increase of internet usage. "Looking ahead, Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that there will be 6 billion Internet users by 2022 (75 percent of the projected world population of 8 billion) — and more than 7.5 billion Internet users by 2030 (90 percent of the projected world population of 8.5 billion, 6 years of age and older)." As we can see, the usage of the internet rapidly increases with every year. Looking back at 2015 There were only 2 billion people who had internet. This number doubled from the last recording in 2019. This also goes to show how important the internet has been and will continue to be.

Internet Use In Third-World Countries
The Internet will also continue to reach areas where it is needed most. "Only about 35 percent of the population in developing countries has access to the Internet (versus about 80 percent in advanced economies)." This is an alarming number because of the fact that these developing counties would benefit from it more. The way that counties can benefit from expansion on the internet would be the fact that it can help them regarding health. Most of us can look up the reasons why we have a certain pain, but third-world counties can only imagine. This can be a problem because it can make simple complications more complex.

The use of the internet can help us greatly when we question why our body feels a certain way. In addition to ways, third-world counties can benefit from the internet is that they can use it for safety. For the countries that are already developed, they can have safety as a touch of an app or button because of internet. Universities have apps that can give them assistance such as campus security. Is someone was walking alone in a third world country, their safety is dramatically decreased because of the fact that they cannot simply bring up a safety mechanism to assist them in their time of need. Another way that third-world countries can benefit from the internet is the fact that the internet creates jobs and spreads job opportunities. There are hundreds of jobs that the existence of the internet creates. If these jobs were to be in third world countries, these countries would be reaping the benefits for years to come. They can provide for families and lower the poverty crisis.

They can also give opportunities for new technologies to be implemented into these communities. Internet reaching third world countries can also create new educational opportunities for children and young adults and even older adults. The Internet can open doors to new kinds of ways that people can learn and prosper from this learning. It can create jobs for teachers and professors as well as help students gain one of the best privileges on this planet. Knowledge. These are a few of many reasons as to why third world countries need the internet and how they can grow with it and reap its benefits.