What is culture about? I think culture is made by a group of people’s behavior, same language, similar appearances and dresses. By these points, we can easily have a general idea about a society or a culture; as for every culture has its unique way to let their population live, I suggest that people need to learn how to respect other cultures and try to enjoy what these cultures could bring you a new vision of the world. There are two examples to support my opinions.
The first one is when we are going to travel to other countries. Nowadays, traveling has been a popular activity that most of the people will choose to do to have fun and relax or maybe they travel because of business needs. To this point, we may have more chances to be able to meet more people all over the world, and there is a saying goes “do as what Rome’s do”, this means when we are in a new environment or a society, we’d better learn to live in their ways. For example, western culture has a lot differences than eastern cultures. Take Chinese cultures for example, in Chinese families, when we are invited to go to other people’s houses, we tend to bring some fruit or food for the host because we think it is the way we show our gratitude to them and thanks for the invitation. And if we didn’t bring anything, we will be considered impolite. Furthermore, this is what we called a society custom.
Another example is about dress code. In the Middle East countries, such as U.A.E,, Saudi Arabia or Afghan and so on, women there are all being demanded to wear a scarf around their neck and cover their hairs. I have a friend from U.A.E. who is always wear a scarf on her head. Because I have been curious about her hair for a long time, one day, I asked her if she could put down her scarf and let me see what her hair color and hair style look like, but she said no. She explained to me it is because their culture; the Middle East women can only let their husbands to see their hairs and they are not allowed to let other people see them. That was the time I realized that why the Middle East culture are somehow more conservative than any other societies in the world.
In conclusion, we already have a brief idea why we should learn and respect other cultures. Learn more from other people’s behaviors, dresses, language and activities can help us to keep away from some embarrassing moment and help us to get along with other people from all over the world.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Internet Makes Everything Possible (Completed)
What is the most innovative technology that has been improved a lot recently? If you asked this question to anyone on the streets, workplaces or schools, the majority of people would say “It is the Internet”. And why would they choose the Internet as the most developed new technology? One obvious point is that the Internet brings population some new choices to do familiar things rapidly. The world has been changed quickly by the Internet use, there are three main different ways of doing things from the past: multiple choices of communication to other people, new business models, and ways of getting information promptly.
First of all, the diversity of communication to people is one direct way which they can see the differences from the past few years. One big difference is how people send their messages to contact each other. Nowadays most of the public tend to write a virtual e-mail or e-card on the computers then send a real letter or card through local post offices. Another point of communicational difference is people can use on-line chatting programs to talk to more people at one time. People installed these instant on-line chatting programs such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL, Skype and so on, so they could use them to communicate with their friends and not just one by one as old days. In the past, people could only use telephones to talk to a friend one time but now through these programs, they were not able to have a small group of meeting or discussion on-line together. That is why the general populace consider internet chatting are more suitable for them.
The second change is new business models have been created. Take the advertisements for example, ten years ago, if you were looking for a place to live, a car to buy, a place to eat or find a job, people usually look for the advertised pages on the newspaper or some kind of paper advertisements you got from your mailbox. The advertising was very simple and dull, which caused people to take a long time to find what they need; it felt like looking for a needle in a haystack. And now, we have a more sufficient way which could save us more time and to sift the exact information we want. Another main point is online shopping. It is the electronic mall with commercial videos, colorful pictures. The statistic on Virtual Marketing Blog shows that there are 71% of line shoppers they will browse variety online stores to make a purchase, and 53% of online shoppers like to survey discounts or exclusive offers for members as the most valuable of Frequent Buyer/Loyalty Programs. Besides that, online shopping has been risen 29% in 2006 to over $146 billion. (Virtual Marketing Blog, screen 1) As you can see through the statistic, the reason that online shopping consumers has increased a lot is because the Internet provides them a fully access and a less expensive of marketing a service or product. This is win-win situation for businesses and customers. (Larry Norton, par.9)
The last incredible innovation of the Internet is to get worldwide information instantly. In the past, when there’s the time without the Internet, how did older population get news at that time? There are tree main ways we are familiar with, one is TV, another is newspaper, and the other one is radio. Even they could use these ways to absorb the information but there is still a disadvantage part, which is time difference. It was hard for people to know what’s the other side of the word was going on at the same time. But things have been changed recently, with the Internet; people nowadays have multi-media options to have access to receive global information includes news, music, TV shows, and anything you want to know in a fast way. That is to say, the Internet has changed the way we stay informed and entertained.
According to the Internet World States, as of June 10th, 2007 1.133 billion people use the Internet. (Steven Cancel, par.4) And the number of the Internet users are still continuing increase nowadays. The Internet makes everything possible in virtue of its which are complex of online communication, Internet marketing and diversity ways of getting informed through network. Broderick Booth Goran pointed out “the Internet is such an incredible invention because it not only simplified everyday tasks, but it also transformed the lifestyle of an entire culture. People can now shop, research, work, and learn faster than ever before.” (Broderick Booth Goran, par.4)
References:
1. Steven Cancel. “How The Internet Is Changing Communication.” Ezine Articles
< http://ezinearticles.com/?How-The-Internet-Is-Changing-Communication&id=662004 >
2. Broderick Booth Goran. “BBG Communications – The Internet has changed our Lives.” Articlesbase Dec. 28, 2009. < http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/bbg-communications-the-internet-has-changed-our-lives-1631782.html >
3. Larry Norton. “Changing the business model.” OregonLive.Com Oct. 05, 2009 < http://blog.oregonlive.com/oldtown/2009/10/changing_the_business_model.html >
4. “20 Internet Marketing and E-Commerce Statistics.” Virtual Marketing Blog
< http://www.virtualmarketingblog.com/20-internet-marketing-statistics/ >
First of all, the diversity of communication to people is one direct way which they can see the differences from the past few years. One big difference is how people send their messages to contact each other. Nowadays most of the public tend to write a virtual e-mail or e-card on the computers then send a real letter or card through local post offices. Another point of communicational difference is people can use on-line chatting programs to talk to more people at one time. People installed these instant on-line chatting programs such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL, Skype and so on, so they could use them to communicate with their friends and not just one by one as old days. In the past, people could only use telephones to talk to a friend one time but now through these programs, they were not able to have a small group of meeting or discussion on-line together. That is why the general populace consider internet chatting are more suitable for them.
The second change is new business models have been created. Take the advertisements for example, ten years ago, if you were looking for a place to live, a car to buy, a place to eat or find a job, people usually look for the advertised pages on the newspaper or some kind of paper advertisements you got from your mailbox. The advertising was very simple and dull, which caused people to take a long time to find what they need; it felt like looking for a needle in a haystack. And now, we have a more sufficient way which could save us more time and to sift the exact information we want. Another main point is online shopping. It is the electronic mall with commercial videos, colorful pictures. The statistic on Virtual Marketing Blog shows that there are 71% of line shoppers they will browse variety online stores to make a purchase, and 53% of online shoppers like to survey discounts or exclusive offers for members as the most valuable of Frequent Buyer/Loyalty Programs. Besides that, online shopping has been risen 29% in 2006 to over $146 billion. (Virtual Marketing Blog, screen 1) As you can see through the statistic, the reason that online shopping consumers has increased a lot is because the Internet provides them a fully access and a less expensive of marketing a service or product. This is win-win situation for businesses and customers. (Larry Norton, par.9)
The last incredible innovation of the Internet is to get worldwide information instantly. In the past, when there’s the time without the Internet, how did older population get news at that time? There are tree main ways we are familiar with, one is TV, another is newspaper, and the other one is radio. Even they could use these ways to absorb the information but there is still a disadvantage part, which is time difference. It was hard for people to know what’s the other side of the word was going on at the same time. But things have been changed recently, with the Internet; people nowadays have multi-media options to have access to receive global information includes news, music, TV shows, and anything you want to know in a fast way. That is to say, the Internet has changed the way we stay informed and entertained.
According to the Internet World States, as of June 10th, 2007 1.133 billion people use the Internet. (Steven Cancel, par.4) And the number of the Internet users are still continuing increase nowadays. The Internet makes everything possible in virtue of its which are complex of online communication, Internet marketing and diversity ways of getting informed through network. Broderick Booth Goran pointed out “the Internet is such an incredible invention because it not only simplified everyday tasks, but it also transformed the lifestyle of an entire culture. People can now shop, research, work, and learn faster than ever before.” (Broderick Booth Goran, par.4)
References:
1. Steven Cancel. “How The Internet Is Changing Communication.” Ezine Articles
< http://ezinearticles.com/?How-The-Internet-Is-Changing-Communication&id=662004 >
2. Broderick Booth Goran. “BBG Communications – The Internet has changed our Lives.” Articlesbase Dec. 28, 2009. < http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/bbg-communications-the-internet-has-changed-our-lives-1631782.html >
3. Larry Norton. “Changing the business model.” OregonLive.Com Oct. 05, 2009 < http://blog.oregonlive.com/oldtown/2009/10/changing_the_business_model.html >
4. “20 Internet Marketing and E-Commerce Statistics.” Virtual Marketing Blog
< http://www.virtualmarketingblog.com/20-internet-marketing-statistics/ >
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