Plenary... =)

What is the difference between an internet user and a television viewer?

Internet users are more likely to influence the information they see or they need. For example, internet users are more likely to be producers as well as consumers, and websites such as Youtube, Wikipedia, and Ebay are examples of how consumers are also producers. This means that individuals are able to influence the information or content of a website that many other consumers and producers will visit.

This differs from televison viewers as there is likely to be a decrease in the number of people who influence what viewers watch. For example, we are less likely to have control over what people see or watch on tv as we don't have that advantage, and therfore tv viewers are more likely to be passive, as oppose to internet users.

This links to whether individuals are more active online... and the answer to this would be yes, as there are many more sites on the internet, more than the television would provide, and also as mentioned before, we are able and have the option to decide what we want to watch, read or browse. As well as deciding for ourselves, we are also deciding for other people, as we influence what they read etc. Thus individuals are more active online.