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What is the difference between an Internet user and a television viewer?

A person who uses the internet becomes an active audience as they are able to engage by becoming both a consumer as well as a producer, for example they are able to produces their own webpage, video etc and can consume a lot of information at the same time. An internet user is technically capable professional user of the internet and is able to control what they want to watch and what they don't. They are able to engage in different activities like forums and chat rooms where they can talk to people across the world in an instant. They can produce documents online and share with other people by user generated contents and can create profiles about themselves, allowing them to become an internet user.

A television viewer is someone who is a passive audience, this just means that what they receive from the TV is just information they can't alter or change but just receive and acknowledge it. A TV viewer is someone who watches the TV and isn't an active audience that can do something to change what they see or hear. However as the internet develops the TV starts to decrease as people are able to continue with their entertainment upon the internet. Although TV provides people with information and knowledge they can believe and trust unlike the internet as some sources are found to be wrong and people can't trust it.


Are people more active online?

I believe more people are active online as they can become producers of the internet and create aspects to suit their needs, for example it allows them to pick and choose what they want, when they want as they can interact with people across the world. The internet allows people to create their own webpage to allow people to view it a public or in private. The internet allows people to become more active as it consists of the three media platforms, rather than the TV as it is very limited. The internet is for all ages and can be accessed anywhere, and can share what they want to people they want to. Therefore I believe that the internet allows its audience and user's to become more active, as technology develops the audience develops with it.