Advantages
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Availability of mainly free information
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Low cost of initial connection
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Reduces the costs of divulgation
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The same protocol of communication can be used for all the
services
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Facilitates rapid interactive communication
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Facilitates the exchange of huge volumes of data
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Facilitates the establishment of professional contact
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No barriers to divulgation
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Facilitates access to different sources of information, which
is
continously up-dated
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Facilitates management of companies information system
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lt is accesible from anywhere
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It has become the global media
Disadvantages
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Danger of overload and excess information
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It requires an efficient information search strategy
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The search can be slow
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It is difficult to filter and prioritize information
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No guarantee of finding what one is looking for
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There is a lot of apparently unconnected information
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Net becomes overloaded because of large number of users
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No regulation
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No quality control over available data
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The ease with which information can be constantly up-dated
can
cause problems of referencing
......Done by Faith Gabriella.
