is the internet‚ bringing with it changes towards a more fluid flow of different cultures. The accessibility of the internet enables the differences and complexities among cultures to be presented to the world and be understood. If long ago‚ traditions of some ethnic minorities and far-flung societies were unknown‚ people nowadays could have a glimpse of what is happening at the other side of the globe. This proliferation of information and knowledge is one of the benefits of the internet phenomenon
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The Internet has been force into the attention because of its ability to allow information transmission to anywhere where there’s a computer and a phone line. The Internet‚ now households tag for a network of computers providing theoretically worldwide access to information. The Internet has changed ways of living in many aspects in the past few years. It has made the world available at your fingertips. You have the freedom to shop for just about anything without leaving the comfort of your home
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Internet penetration in Malaysia has increased steadily in the past 10 years‚ either through computers or mobile phones. Internet penetration refers to the percent of the population using the internet. It clearly means the number of people in Malaysia that have been using the internet since the internet was introduced to Malaysia in 1995. From that point on the internet usage of Malaysians has increased rapidly since 1995. Internet penetration in Malaysia has been divided into two groups. That is
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Journalism and the Internet The development of new technologies and mass media influenced dramatically modern culture. In actuality‚ people spend a considerable part of their life while watching television and surfing Internet. At the same time‚ today‚ mass media become more and more diverse offering the audience different products in order to attract a possibly larger amount of viewers. In such a situation‚ many companies operating in entertainment industry and television attempt to conduct marketing
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Lama Rifai Kathryn Stone English 101/ M09 10/05/2010 P: 258 - #3: Internet and Relationships The word “dating” and “relationship” differs a lot from old times and now. Technology made a huge difference of the comprehension of “hookups”‚ “friends”‚ and “friends with benefits”. Internet‚ cell phones‚ blogs‚ and many other resources changed the way teenagers think about the opposite sex or the same sex as well. Relationships turned out to be “the old fashion” and hookups are the best.
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society the internet has made one of the biggest impacts in our time. It’s a place where very close to almost anything can happen with something as quick as a click of your finger. Some people manage their business through the internet‚ others utilize it to socialize on networks such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Myspace‚ and plenty more. Then there are others who use the internet to create online bonds sometimes with complete strangers. There’s many ways you can meet people through the internet and create
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Internet Piracy has become a worldwide phenomenon and continues to grow everyday. Illegal music downloads‚ movie downloads‚ and now even video games contribute to the growing problem. In the U.S. alone more than 100 songs are downloaded every minute. There are 71‚060 jobs that are lost in the United States every year due to Online Piracy. We have to admit that people pirate a lot of data. Whether it’s for video games‚ movies‚ professional and costly products‚ or operating systems‚ people pirate stuff
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when it comes to how it affects their health and educational life. The Internet has also became a place where predators prey on innocent people. These predators are the people who you least suspect. The larger implication here is that there are more of a distraction in the world of web 2.0 and our demand to use it excessively will only lead to our downfall. This work increase our understanding of the negative effects of the Internet from the different aspects. These are Social Media and Facebook ‚ Gaming
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The Good and Bad of Crowdsourcing Terry Harrington Southern New Hampshire University IT-100-X3088 Introduction to Info Tech 15EW3 The Good and Bad of Crowdsourcing "...we are only as strong as we are united‚ as weak as we are divided" (Rowling‚ 2000‚ p. 723). This famous quote could not be truer when it comes to the world of internet and crowdsourcing—“ the practice of obtaining needed services‚ ideas‚ or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online
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go to the library instead of using the Internet for research? We all know that the Internet have opened us to many possibilities and helped us to save more of our time with this fast speed technology. However‚ there are still some specific tasks that Internet did not convince the users‚ things such as doing a professional research through the Internet‚ but instead they prefer doing it in libraries. There reason behind this is that even though the Internet brought us a lot of convenience for the
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