Research Paper Theme: Social Impact of the Internet 8 October 1997 ABSTRACT The Internet is the largest source of information in the world today. With its web sites and chat rooms‚ it is a means of communicating with people in places all over the face of the earth. Since its conception in 1973‚ the Internet has grown at a whirlwind rate. 51 million adults‚ were on-line as of the second quarter 1997 in the United States alone. Some say that the Internet is so enjoyable that it is almost addictive
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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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* 1. Managing Internet Misuse Inside the Company * 2. It is important to learn how to prevent misuse of your company’s technology resources and how to protect your business from legal liability for employee misuse of e-mail‚ blogs and the Internet. Managing Internet Misuse Introduction * 3. More than 25% of employers have fired workers for misuse of e-mail. 1/3 of employers have fired an employee for misuse of the Internet. More than 50% of employers have disciplined an employee for violating
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The Internet Revolution 0 Why a Revolution? Not very long ago‚ the only people talking about the Internet were the small number of individuals who were engaged in engineering it‚ building it‚ and nurturing its growth. That was during the 1970s. But even during the 1980s‚ as the Internet expanded its reach and diversified its information resources and services‚ the Internet’s existence went largely unnoticed by the general public and it managed to retain its quiet‚ remote‚ and unassuming
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Internet Pornography We all get up in the middle of the night to get a drink or a bite to eat. We notice a very small light is on in the computer room in the low lit corner. There is a small part on the monitor that is not blocked by your teenager’s head‚ and you get a glimpse of a woman that is revealing her breast. Now what can one do about this happening? We have the choice of the government regulations on the internet‚ or we can discuss with our teenagers that it is highly wrong to
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The internet is a global network of networks using universal standards to connect millions of different networks (Laudon & Laudon‚ 2012). With millions of people trafficking the networks everyday it is virtually impossible to monitor all unethical behaviors. Throughout the internet there are people who are publishing false information‚ using fake identification‚ hacking accounts for financial benefits‚ or countless other criminal acts and there is no way of stopping all of them. The internet is open
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Impact of Internet A network via which information is displayed globally. It is the best medium. The topic is both beneficial and detrimental. Definition: Internet is a network which connects the whole world‚ from which we automatically think of www which represents World Wide Web. It covers a wide spectrum. We must admit that it is one of the most astounding achievements of the 21st century. It is a medium by which people are virtually (intangible- unseen but it is there) connected. People are linked
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The Internet and Privacy There has been a lot of controversy about the internet and its privacy. Today‚ some say you have no privacy with anything you do on the web. They say that the government is taking away the public’s privacy because they can monitor everything that happens on the internet. Even though most of this is true‚ there are plenty of good things to come from it. In this essay I will be writing about the internet and its privacy. The lack of privacy that comes with technology
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Introduction The importance of Internet is enormous and it is largely increasing. It connects people worldwide‚ and it provides possibilities that are impossible without it. This importance can be viewed in few aspects‚ most of all importance for the global economy. Considering this aspects it is of great value to make Internet accessible for all people. The difference in accessing the Internet between rich and poor countries‚ or the so called "digital divide" is stunningly large. Efforts to outcome
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Internet Addiction A New Clinical Phenomenon and Its Consequences KIMBERLY S. YOUNG St. Bonaventure University Center for Online Addiction New research identifies online users who became hooked on chat rooms‚ interactive games‚ and even eBay only to see their lives become increasingly unmanageable because of the Internet. Prior research explores the addictive qualities sustaining drug and alcohol abuse‚ pathological gambling‚ and even video game addiction; however‚ given the relative
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