is a force that continues to help improve communications between people, and it is barely just getting past its technological infancy. Expect more to come.

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR THE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS

The Television was probably one of the most influential means of expressing ideas of its time. Today, it is quickly being overrun by various Internet applications-blogging, video publishing, online broadcasting, and even online TV!

With the Internet anyone can express their ideas through web logging - or blogging for short. Free blogging services are available through the likes of wordpress.com, blogger, and many other possible choices. For those who wish to have their own domain name, all it takes is the purchase of a domain name, a web hosting service, and the installation of some blogging software like Word Press. Once setup, anyone can publish their idea and it becomes instantly available for the world to see!

Traditionally, only big TV companies like ABC, NBC, and CBS were capable of reaching the masses. Today, anyone can reach the masses with TV-like media using the Internet through web applications like those available at YouTube, UStream, and many others.

One doesn't have to spend years in theater or acting school to publish a video online. With YouTube and a video recording-capable camera, anyone can be the writer, actor, director, and publisher. All that one has to do is create an account (or channel) on YouTube and upload the video, and the video is online-available to the world.

For those that just want to do live video broadcasting, UStream.tv is one way to go. All one needs is a laptop, a webcam, and high-speed internet access service and one can be broadcasting to the world in minutes. All these used to take some real estate, massive transmission antennae, and a TV network using traditional broadcasting techniques!

The Internet has leveled the broadcasting playing field that practically anyone can broadcast their idea to the world. Without the Internet, this would not have been possible.

MORE ENTERTAINMENT ALTERNATIVES

In the past, people used the radio or the TV as their main source of entertainment. In some cases they would go to a movie theater. Today, all those and many more are available through the power of the Internet.

No longer is anyone limited to the reaches of a radio station's transmitter; anyone can listen to almost any radio station regardless of its location. The same goes for TV. More and more stations

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