MediaICS16NGU


 * CC technology - Students will be able to **
 * 1) Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g. in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph or table.)
 * 2) Integrate visual information (e.g. charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital text.
 * 3) Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question).

Login to countryreports.org using the ICS account.
 * 1) In Country Reports, go to the United States. In the left column, go to Economy and finally to Media. Select 4 other countries to compare to the United States for the **number of cell phones, Internet users, Internet hosts and telephones. Try to include countries from different continents.**
 * 2) On the top right of the chart, you will see an icon to print or to export. Select Export to download the image as a jpeg image. Make sure it is a jpeg . Save it in My Document.
 * 3) **Find it in My Documents and change the name from Chart.jpg to Chartyourinitials.jpg**. (You cannot all upload a document called chart. The wiki will not differentiate and you will end up with someone's chart other than your own on your page.)
 * 4) Create a wiki student journal page called **Media initials and your code name**
 * 5) Upload and insert the jpeg chart file that you created from Country Reports in your media wiki page.
 * Research **
 * 1) How do the number of each of the forms of telecommunications differ in the USA and the other countries you chose? Obviously the data is influenced by the population size, so try to compare for instance, the ratio of cell phone users compared to telephone users or Internet users etc., rather than just comparing total numbers. **Write a summary list of sentences** ** describing the differences in the media in the various countries. **
 * While observing the data, I learned some interesting facts. India has more population than the United States. India has the population of 1,220,800,359 and the U.S. has the population of 316,668,567. But India has less telephone users than the United States. Japan is a small country compared to the U.S. The U.S. has the population of 316,668,567 and Japan has the population of 127, 253,075. But there are more telephone users in Japan than in the United States. China and India are the two countries with the most populations, but they both have less internet hosts than the United States, which has less populations than the two countries.Out of all of the countries, there are more cell phone users than telephone users.
 * 1) Can you explain the differences that you observe? Think of a question or two that might explain what you are observing. **Write a list of questions about the information data for the countries**. **Beside each question, make a note of the information that might help you understand what you are observing.**
 * 2) If China has more population compared to the United States, then why does China have less internet hosts and the United States have more internet hosts?
 * 3) India has more population than Brazil, why does Brazil have more internet users than India?
 * 4) Why are the most populated countries, China and India, have less internet hosts compare to all of the other countries?
 * 5) Why does Japan, has more population than Brazil, have more cell phones, internet hosts, internet users, and telephones than Brazil?
 * 6) Go back to Country Report. Select one of the countries used in your chart for additional information. Read the summary about the media in the country. Then read about education, population distributions, etc to find answers to one or more of your questions. **Write a short summary about what might explain the information you found about the country.**
 * 7) If China has more population compared to the United States, then why does China have less internet hosts and the United States have more internet hosts?
 * China has less internet hosts because the Communist Party of China has to approve the information before putting it out into media. This means the govenor of China controls everything, which is why they have less internet hosts. In the United States, we have a more free will. That is why the United States has more internet host.