Thanks to telecommunication, we now increasingly live in a world where we can know all that we need - and maybe more than we want to.
The Information Society defines everything: education, family, work and culture. It changes the way we think about what we do and how we relate to others.
David Stonier, is a 71 year old retired chemist who grew up grew up in Stockport, Cheshire,
He first had a phone installed when his job moved further away from home in the 1970s.
Since then he has adopted new technology as it has arrived and looks at the advantages of e-mail and how everyone can use it without really knowing how it works.
Play the audio clip and view the transcript to learn more. A new window will open.The Internet Society is the organisation that ensures cooperation and coordination across the world over the technologies and applications of the Internet.
It was conceived in June 1991 at an international conference on networking in Copenhagen and was developed by a world-wide cross-section of individuals and companies.
The aim was to establish a body to control and regulate the evolution of the Internet and prevent conflicting technologies from damaging its progress. This would allow the network to be used across the world without any changes in technology from one country to another. These principles lead to the formation of the society in 1992.
Today its focus is to maintain and develop the Internet so that organisations and individuals can work, play and share ideas that feed their common interests world-wide.
