Quaternary Activity

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• Quaternary Activity

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Quaternary Activity

• activities which involve the collection,
  recoding, arranging, storage, retrieval,
  exchange, and dissemination of information.
• Ex Computers, Cell Phones, E-mail, the Internet,
  and Research and Development are some of the
  examples of new information technology sector.

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Factors Affecting Location of Quaternary Activity

• Populations of people who are concentrated in an
  area make the information sector practical -
  provides a workforce and market.
• Infrastructure is required for the communication
  of informationtowers, poles, cables,
  connectivity, computers, satellites, buildings
  and networks.
• Education of people is necessary for high-tech
  work.

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Factors Affecting Mass Communications Patterns.

• In global communications there are areas of
  activity and there are areas where there is no
  activity because of a lack of development and no
  connectivity. 
• The more development the more connectivity.

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Mass Communication Affects Workplace Location.

• Businesses do not need to be located physically
  near other businesses as we saw with the
  agglomerating tendency of the manufacturing
  sector.
• If Infrastructure improves to the point where it
  overcomes distances, information technology will
  be a new source of employment in rural regions.
  (Call Centers and people working online from
  home.)
• However, we may lose high-tech jobs to other
  countries educated people but cheap labour.