GROUP 1

INTRODUCTION
The first ever website was published on August 6, 1991and its function was to
explain the world wide web project and giving information on how users could set up
a web server and teach people how to create their own websites.
A website is location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more web
pages.
It is intended to provide detailed information about an organization, or a business,
products and or services.
It is accessible and open to everyone.

www.ug.edu.gh
This is a website for the university of Ghana. The website publishes every
information with regards to the university in general. Has links leading to
information about staff, alumni and students.
Staff: has a database where you can get in touch with staff of the institution.
Students: information pertaining the student body
Alumni: information pertaining past students.
The general webpage has news regards the university mostly news with regards
upcoming events and announcements.
The university of Ghana website is an academic website and hence makes an impact on
its audience:
1. It informs students and the general public about upcoming events
2. It serves as the main platform for notifying students who applied and are admitted.
3. It has detailed information about the school in general, information such as the contact
details, information about the courses offered and the vacant courses in the university.

www.eBay.com

eBay is an American multi national corporation and e- commerce

company, providing customers to customer and business to
customer sale service via the internet. It was founded by Pierre
omidyr in 1995.

1. EBay enables more than 120 active users from all over the world, to
buy and sell nearly anything.

2. It provides a way for people to supplement their income by selling

used junks

3. It allows people to buy items at discounted price

4. Ebay encourages services to be honest as possible about any defeats.

www.facebook.com

Facebook is a social network that connects friends n family.it allows

people to share information with others around the world. Products can
be advertised there.

Impact of Facebook to the audience are.

1.

One gets into contact with lost family n friends.

2.

people get to know the relationship status of others.

3.

one can view pictures of events they were not able to attend.

4. people are able to send messages to each other through feature

known as messenger

www.ghanaweb.com

It is a news portal that publishes everything related to Ghana.

It seeks to educate audience by updating them with trending
news pertaining to business, sports, and entertainment.

This website however has a significant impact on its audience and some
of these are:

It is less costly- for instance, when the names of Ghanaians who

registered with Nhis card were deleted from the voters register, Ghana
web updated its audience with the deleted list thereby preventing the
audience to cue for verification.... therefore, saving resources (time and
money) of its audience

Provides 24/7 updates on every happening or event.

Allows audience to comment on the news without being censored.

www.myjoyonline.com

Myjoyonline.com is a Ghanaian website beset with information and news of

national concern, and that of the international scene.
The website is divided into several sections. The home section, which has
virtually all the news section combined and available on the front page. Other
sections include the news section, the politics, sports, world, business,
entertainment, and elections etc.

There is a subscription button at the lower right corner of the home page,
which when subscribed to, provides the subscriber with notifications on
every latest news posted on the website.
Assessing to measure whether the website had an impact on their audience:

The website had a good viewership compared to the feedbacks.

it was found that, the website was left hanging without feedbacks from
the public on most of the posts on the page despite the high viewership.

The audience were actively involved on the social media pages instead.

in addition to the website comments, there are other Platforms such as

twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn which are the pinnacle of
the new media and have in diverse ways given the citizens the chance for
interaction and airing of their views.
On the social media pages of the myjoyonline.com website, interactions
were spontaneous. The audience were actively involved as seen in the
afore video.

GROUP ONE MEMBERS

Baidoo Alexander Cobby BACS 18469

Okyerefo Eric Kafui BACS 18620

Vanessa Esinam Laarimong BACS 18592

Asiamah Serwaa Anita BACS18618

Gaga Josephine BACS 18358