The Internet and the World Wide Web have created a more democratic world. To what extent do you agree with this statement? In 2012 the number of Internet users worldwide reached 2‚27 billion. Considering not only the rapid growth in it’s use but also it’s incessent popularity‚ we might ask ourselves how it is affecting our society and whether it’s helping the world become more democratic‚ or the complete contrary. “The Internet is populated by second-rate amateurs that are destroying
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Internet Marketing: An Overview 1. Introduction During the past decade‚ the popularity of the Internet has been growing explosively. This trend is manifested in several ways. First‚ according to Cyberatlas.com (2002)‚ the Internet in the United States is growing at a rate of 2 million new Internet users each month; 143 million Americans (54 percent of the population) used the Internet in September 2001‚ a 26 percent increase over August 2000
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The Internet and the library Nick Moore Science owes more to the steam engine than the steam engine owes to science (L.J. Henderson‚ 1917). The virtual library Virtual libraries are frequently referred to as ``libraries without walls ’ ’ and it is the Internet that provides the ``windows ’ ’ and the ``transparency ’ ’ which makes this possible. It allows users who are physically isolated from the library to see in and it allows those inside the library to see out. Although the great dreams
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Strategy And Internet Michael E. Porter: Strategy and Internet After being developed in 1996‚ Internet continuously transforms world’s social interaction and activity. Nowadays‚ the importance of Internet in society is high that it is necessary for countries to have Internet access in order to be able to develop. One of the reasons is that Internet has a big impact in business industry since it’s discovery‚ for instance‚ in 2008‚ a study has shown that 77% of the US fastest growing companies
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have been major changes which are witnessed in the world and at the centre is the ever changing phase of technology‚ like advances in the way people communicate‚ do businesses‚ exchange of information. At the heart of all this lies the World Wide Web and the same has revolutionised the way people are communicating and transferring the data and information. The best part about being that there exists no single entity or person who owns the World Wide Web some organizations and other companies are
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Because of all these things‚ the "internet" is a gigantic library‚ as well as a world-wide message board‚ telephone network‚ and publishing medium. It is open 24 hours a day‚ and you can find anything you want there‚ and say anything you want. As well as current events and blogs‚ information about almost any subject is available in depth and up to date. This is incredibly valuable for every subject you can imagine. Almost every college and government research organization is "on the web"‚ along
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popular in past and Internet changed it since 1990. The fountain of information on the Internet provides us an easier way to find the information that we want. The article of “An Opposite View” wrote by Winn Martin talks about the effects of the mass media and the high technology. He mentioned that the effect is unpredictable so we should not reject it. However‚ some elders are rejecting the Internet that they prefer to receive the information from the mass media rather than Internet. No doubt‚ mass
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to guess what can be the story about. The same situation with the story “Boil some water – lots of it” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “…a single imperative sentence‚ spoken by a doctor. “Boil some water — lots of it.” ” To boil… this verb has different meanings: not only to boil water‚ but also be angry‚ be frustrated‚ it also can be a boiling point. The next point that can be strange “boil some water – lots of it”. The word some also has different meanings‚ but the first and the most pervasive – not
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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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Nationwide Internet Censorship and the right to freedom of Speech and Opinion. In nations such as China‚ the Government controls what journalists write and who they interview‚ what statistics you are allowed to know and what TV programs you can easily watch as well as individual access of internet. When all your channels of information are censored you can’t be certain about what is really going on around you – in your neighborhood‚ your city‚ your country‚ or the world which infringes
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