The Internet has revolutionised the media Discuss On the 4th of October 1957, the USSR launched the world's first satellite named 'Sputnik 1' into Earth orbit. Beating the US to the great feat, the event severely dented the unparalleled sense of security Americans had had since the explosion of the first nuclear bomb thirteen years earlier. An immediate reaction was to set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) within the Ministry of Defence. It was …showed first 75 words of 1635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1635 total…found its solid place in many institutions around the world, and we are quickly becoming dependent on its speed and vast resources. Wars are now fought on two types of battlefield: that of mud and trenches, and that of cyberspace. Bibliography Adam Briggs, Paul Cobley2002The Media: An introduction Daya Kishan Thussu2000International Communication http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html A Brief History of the Internet http://www.glreach.com/globstats/ Global Internet Statistics