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Nowadays digitalisation has become part of our everyday life. We use our mobile phones (and other digital devices) daily and have the chance to organize our social contacts, work life and health with these small portable phones.
Technology made enormous progress and who knows how it will continue?
During the last few years, video calls on facetime or whatsapp with my family developed into an acquainted and enjoyable routine. Due to internet communication we are able to overcome distances of space and time only with making a few clicks on a mobile phone, a laptop or a tablet. Espacially during quarantine because of the coronavirus, apps where you can videoconnect with others are more popular than ever.
As a consequence of globalisation, we have the opportunity to travel around the world and meet people. Therefore, also in times where travelling is restricted everyone wants to stay in contact with his or her family, friends and colleagues. The difference between calling and video chatting is small but noticable, because you can speak to each other while seeing the other person on a display. It's almost like an ordinary face-to-face conversation, but with the exception that you can be in Los Angeles and your videochat-partner in Bali. Communication knows no limits anymore, even if the pacific lies between you. you are seperated by the pacific

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This statistic shows how much facial expressions and gestures influence a conversation. Quite interesting, what do you think?
(source: www.slideshare.net/bluejeannw/10-must-know-video-conferencing-stats)

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In general the internet offers great chances to connect with others.  It is well known that young people are more likely to make use of the internet: 50% of the young people who live in the European Union do video chats, but just 32% of the entire EU population make use of this feature.

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It is surprising how many ways to communicate we developed.

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Communication via whatsapp (or different messenger apps)

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Communication via whatsapp (or different messenger apps)

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Most of us use these messengers daily, because you can exchange news easily. Here are the pros and cons:
Advantages:

You do not have to create an account, you just have to register your telephone number

You can send text messages, voice messages, videos, pictures, links and your location

Quick exchange of messages and you can read and reply to them whenever you want

Disadvantages:

You could easily get lost in chatting and spend your time more wisely than being on the phone

It may be difficult to interprete texts in the right way because you do not speak to each other in real life and the communication just takes place virtually in written form

Your messages could be misused by the messenger itself, you do not know how much privacy is guaranteed

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In the 21th century we have great oppurtunities: we can make use of all the platforms available in social media and connect with people all over the world. But we also have to be careful what information we decide to share with others. There are many cases of data misuse, so you should take care.
Video calls and conferences are a great option to stay in contact not just verbally, but also visually. Besides, there are many great apps to chat with friends.
I hope you liked today's post.
Read you soon,
Elisa.

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Hi guys,
today we are gonna take a look on the results of the online survey and collect the different ways of everyday internet usage.
I hope you enjoy.

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The bar chart above gives information about which personal data the students share on social media. There are 10 bars presented and the amount of the persons is given in percentages. The majority  (25%) of the students share photos on social platforms. 19% of the participants of the survey state that they share their real name and 16% shares their interests. None of the participants reveal their relationship status. This shows that they

might think publishing their relationship status is an intervention in privacy. Furthermore, only 1% shares their email-adress and 3% share the name of the school they go to. Also 3% shares their mobile phone number.
Common data to share are superficial information e.g. photos of the landscape, which we like best and presenting the things we like on our accounts.

The question "What do you miss most during homeschooling?" were also answered. Many students miss their friends and daily routines and habits like there are some at school. Communication and exhange of ideas seem to be very important in daily life.

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My daily internet usage (´Keeping in touch in the 21st century)

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My daily internet usage (´Keeping in touch in the 21st century)

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The internet has gained a major role in today's society. The internet provides us useful data, information, and knowledge for personal, social and economic development and it is up to us to utilize our time on the World Wide Web in a productive manner.
I video-chat with my family, write text messages to my friends, watch YouTube, google unknown words or search for new recipes, check my feed on Instagram, check my mails, Snapchat with my friends, watch movies/series on Netflix and listen to music. Although I make use of the internet in so many different ways, I try to reduce the amount of time I spent using my phone or laptop. We are constantly so flooded by news, you can get overwhelmed quickly. I think it is not necessary to be updated all the time, because internet can steal so much time you could spend with doing things you like instead. My phone tells me that I spent an average time of four hours everyday on my phone. In my opinion that is a lot.
Furthermore, I have noticed that if you want to e.g. become a member at a tennis club you have to send them an email, because they are not allowed to guarantee a membership on a phone call.

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Graphs about the use of apps during COVID-19

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Graphs about the use of apps during COVID-19

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The article of ``The New York Times`` magazine shows some line graphs of how americans changed their habits of using apps during quarantine. I think this is quite interesting! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/07/technology/coronavirus-internet-use.html

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``Do you speak internet?`` - An article about the changes of the English language by Liam Peach (published in the `Bridge` magazine)

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``Do you speak internet?`` - An article about the changes of the English language by Liam Peach (published in the `Bridge` magazine)

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The universal language of the internet is uncontested English. But how changes the usage of English while surfing in the internet the original language? You can notice that the internet develops new words (e.g. selfie), the meaning of known words changes (e.g. nice) and words which already exist are combined in order to describe another new word, but there are also changes concerning grammar. Many users of the internet are familiar with using nouns as verbs and the other way around. There are also different varieties of English (e.g. Hinglish). It is unknown if these developments become part of the standard English. Moreover,  due to the limits and high prices of sending text messages in the 1990s / 2000s abbreviations became part of the internet language.

To sum up the article from Liam Peach informs about the developments of English during digitalisation. Changes of the grammar and meanings of words can be spotted.

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In nowadays society most of us communicate via the internet. When I send text messages I often use abbreviations in order to do not waste too much time (sometimes I also use them in real life). Furthermore, I do not spend much attention at the punctuation. My friends have a similar writting style. I often mix English and German while texting, because the English language is so present in the internet that I could not remember the German translation. But there are also changes in terms of the German language. Punctuation and the difference between small and capital letters are frequently ignored. I often use short forms or uncommon sentence structures.
In conclusion, there are many changes of the languages while communicating via the internet, but I do not think that they will have a large effect on real life communication.

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The cartoon criticizes the absence of face-to-face communication and the dependence of the internet. The caption of the cartoon is ''Our connected world''. You can see a woman and a man arguing and the man says that he was worried about her, because she did not update her location on different social media platforms and networking sites. She looks suspicious as the man is shouting at her. The woman asks shocked if he does not check Twitter. He apologizes and reads that she wrote that she would be in the bathroom. The woman’s shocked expression shows that it is unbelievable from her point of view to not check every website and platform. This preposterous situation represents the huge role the internet gained in our everyday life. The internet provides many advantages, but it is overwhelming and exhausting to stay updated all the time.
The cartoon addresses an important aspect of our digital age and its influence on interpersonal relationships. The cartoonist expresses that the internet is not always a blessing and could ruin relationships and overall the ability of human interaction. The exaggeration contributes to point out the criticism of too much dependence of the internet.

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This cartoon shows how face-to-face interaction decreases in value. It points out that real communication is not taking place, although it is so important for society in general and for e.g. parent-children relationships. I think it is not significant for development of children to introduce them fully and independent to the internet. The internet entails many risks, but neverthless this girl (estimated six years old) knows how to use and is known with it.