Unit 1: Social Networks (1ère Générale)

 (At the follwing of what we did last time)

Pigeon Post:

First used in 1140s. They would use homing pigeon to send their messages. Pigeons were raised in a certain location so that they became very familiar with the place. The next step was to travel with one of the pigeons to another place and whenever we needed to send a message to our original location we had to attached a message to one of the feet of the pigeon and thanks to its homing abilities, the pigeon would naturally go back to its original home.

Printer:

Invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1436, the printing press with replaceable wooden or metal letters.

Writing machine or typewriter

Invented around the 19^th century. The ancestors of our current keyboard and computer. It facilitated writing any kind of documents. Mainly used by professionals: writers, journalists, secretaries… Before starting to be used for personal correspondences.

The Mail Post:

Since the mid-19^th century, national postal systems have generally been established as government created fees on some articles.

The Telegraph:

It is to send telegram, that uses electrical signals conveyed by telecommunication or radio transmission of coded messages: Morse. Created in the mid 19^th century.

All the other inventions made to communicate from afar:

The landline phone, text messages, e-mails, fax, RSS, newspapers, the TV, the radio, Wifi, Bluetooth, cellular, cellphones, smartphones, Social Media…

The Dangers of the Internet

The document under study is an article published on the Daily Mail on November 30^th 2013. It is about a picture posted by Julie Anne Culp, who posted a picture on her Facebook account to teach her students about Internet safety. In fact, her picture was liked more than 300,000 times and shared more than 30,000. In addition, her picture was even reposted by many celebrities and Photoshoped/modified. It became quickly viral to a point that it became instantly a symbol and an important example of how dangerous Internet is. Especially on how quick information circulates and the vastness of viewers that can repost and modify our posts.

(We will continuen the study of the article next time.)

Homework: Learn the lesson. Be ready for an Oral Comprehension of the theme of the Chapter.