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    Chavannes‚ 27C CH-1007 Lausanne-Vidy Switzerland Impacts of Information Technology on Society in the new Century 1 Introduction In the past few decades there has been a revolution in computing and communications‚ and all indications are that technological progress and use of information technology will continue at a rapid pace. Accompanying and supporting the dramatic increases in the power and use of new information technologies has been the declining cost of communications as a result of

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    The people of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea have been a source of interest to anthropologists since the early 1900s‚ when Bronislaw Malinowski first studied them. In a time when anthropology was "barely established as a formal discipline" (Weiner‚ 1988)‚ Malinowski had an intense interest in ethnographical field work as well as the fascinating culture of the natives of what was then called Papua‚ the southeastern part of mainland New Guinea. The Trobriand way of life is extremely different

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    have also been many arguments as to why people need to be different and the need for social classes is essential. Conformity and individuality are very important in society. Aldous Huxley uses the lack of uniqueness‚ the dangers in group decisions‚ and the lack of innovative ideas to display how conformity is a major threat to society. Huxley uses the lack of uniqueness when he mentions the test tube babies to show that there is no individuality in the World State. To support this‚ “One egg‚ one

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    do so with the full confidence of HP’s name. Its mission is to revolutionize the daily activities of the traveling business person by offering all of the amenities of his or her office in one easy to carry laptop case. Our business creates a new market for business travelers by allowing them to carry their “office” with them wherever he or she may travel to‚ without needing to return to the office for printing contracts‚ receipts‚ invoices‚ or completing transactions. Our fundamental

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    Zoe Collins 1993 DBQ: Chesapeake vs. New England 7/9/13 Although during the 17th century the British colonies still recognized themselves as European or English‚ they managed to develop unique characteristics through the expansion of colonies‚ and the escalation of population. Through this expansion‚ new information‚ customs‚ and new ways of life were learned and practiced daily‚ and with these changes came the separation of the two societies. While the settlers of the Chesapeake region

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    In the article “Paradoxes of Modernity‚” Abreu and Martins detail some of the spatial changes that took place. “The physical boundaries began to expand rapidly . . . the cultural life of the city underwent significant changes” (pg. 534). Likewise‚ “the spaces of the city were reorganized to fit a new model of urban society . . . the Price Regent created an Academy of Arts . . . the French style was also applied to the design of new buildings” (pg. 544). Yet‚ the more significant

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    "Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two different societies‚ why did this difference in development occur?" For different reasons‚ settlers chose to inhabit the regions of New England and Chesapeake. The social economic and political reasons separated these groups. This was mostly because of the different founding purposes; New England being founded on religous values and the Chesapake being

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    News in American Society News is defined as “a report of recent events” or “previously unknown information” (Websters Dictionary). News should be something that has a specified influence of effect. For instance‚ good news would be the end of a war and bad news would be the beginning of a war‚ and so forth. “News has two priorities: it must be current‚ and it must mean something to people” (Media Awareness Network). What is the purpose of this news though? There are many objectives of news‚ but

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    Aldous Huxley’s "Brave New World" has several striking similarities to today’s society. The World State and today’s world utilize comparable methods of promoting consumption and they also experience some of the same problems in society‚ though different practices are used to prevent or suppress them. There are also other significant differences that inhibit our society into becoming a dystopian society. In the World State‚ the government overpowers everything; it is a totalitarian government. All

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    During the seventeenth century‚ in response to the change of; environment‚ social structure‚ family nature and society itself the diversities in the New England and Chesapeake cultures grew immensely. Some differences proved to be too much of a challenge for some and prosperous for others. New England families kept the traditional family structure known as a nuclear family‚ consisting of the head of the household‚ the father‚ mother and their children. The religious traditions carried over from

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