Essay:In what ways developments in transport and communication have affected man

Hello Angelgirl,

This is a very broad topic. Entire books have been written on them.

I believe that for this essay there are more positive points than negative ones. But again, I advice students always to talk about some negative aspects. This will show your maturity in discussing a topic.

In your introduction, you can talk about the old and modern means of transport and modern means of communication.
Old means of transport: ship, horse, cart, train
Modern means of transport: aeroplane, helicopter, car, buses, rockets, high-speed trains, etc.
Old means of communication: human messenger would deliver the letter, pigeons, smoke on top of hills
Modern means of communication: TV, radio, mobile phone, telephone, Internet, email, chat, audio and video conferencing

Advantages of modern means of transport [2 paragraphs]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport

Advantages of modern means of communication [2 paragraphs]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_systems

Disadvantages of modern means of transport
- fatal accidents (air, sea, land)
- people becoming ultra lazy e.g. taking car/motorcycle to go to nearby shop
- air pollution
- depletion of earth's natural resources at an alarming rate
- global warming

Disadvantages of modern means of communication
- people addicted to internet
- cause of break-downs in many relationship because now it's so easy to cheat on your partner (sms, email, chat)
- frequent usage of mobile phone may cause permanent damage to the ear
- we are surrounded by electromagnetic waves from different types of wireless networks (long-term effect on health is currently unknown
- school children using mobile phones in very indecent ways: spreading of indecent videos via bluetooth
- we have become slaves of our mobile phone (carry it anytime/everywhere), use it anywhere even in banks, hospitals, during talks, etc.

Conclusion
Summing up all your main ideas from your six paragraphs. It is encouraged to give your own point of view as whether it has more advantages or disadvantages. Any tool devised by mankind had both positive and negative aspects. We cannot possibly control how each and everyone will use communication tools. Although, these tools might be indispensable for many in their work, many will use it only entertainment or fun or simply to annoy others.