The Modernization of America
by Pranav Mahesh
Impact on America
- The Internet changed the U.S. for the better - gets a 10 for change
- Overall, 84% of U.S. households own a computer, and 73% of U.S. households have a computer with a broadband connection to the Internet
- We have so much accessibility of information that scholars of the past would die of envy
- The number of Americans actively using the Internet from their homes in a given week in April 2006 was 113,644,910 out a total of 205,133,028 with Internet access, according to Nielsen
- Now, about 363,224,006 people use the Internet
- A total of over 30 million Americans get news via the Internet each day
- The Internet also helps with business
- Retailers such as Amazon (Amazon generated about $6.4 billion due to retail products)
- People can make websites to advertise their product
- The Internet sparked new applications, like Skype, that allowed you to communicate with others
