(UFPE -1996)INTERNET: AN INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA DI

(UFPE - 1996)

INTERNET: AN INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY?

Sally: Why has Internet boomed so dramatically? 

David: Part of the answer is fashion. Technology for young people today is new, it is exciting and it is the difference between ___(1)___ and the older generation. But the ___(2)___ fundamental reason is that Internet fulfills the desire to communicate with other people, through E-mail, File transfers and Telnet services.

Sally: Wow! Is there ___(3)___ missing from this electronic wonderland?

Clifford: Yes, human contact. Computers and networks isolate us from ___(4)___. A network chat line is a limp substitute for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display comes close the excitement of a live concert.

(Adapted into dialog form from "World Report Internet", SPEAK UP, October 1995, Nº 103, pages 6 to 8.)

The correct choice to fill in the blank space n° __(3)__ is: