The Social Construction of the Internet

The internet is a relatively new concept created in the 1970s for the US Department of Defense to transfer encrypted data quickly and securely across the country in case of a nuclear attack and failure of phone landlines. Since then, the internet has evolved into a multitude of computer and wireless networks that are now accessible to the common family through the advent of micro technology that allows the computer that was once as big as a room to fit into the corner of a room. Users who log onto the internet can instantly communicate with people all around the world. Data about anything…