sadness (“What is Cyberbullying?”). A few words on a screen may seem harmless to the offender‚ but the victim could experience a multitude of emotions and may even delve into depression. In 2008‚ Lori Drew abused Megan Meier online by creating a fake Myspace account and using it to flirt and break up with Megan (“The Dangers of Cyberbullying” by Brett Warnke). This type of harassment can change the typical mood and behavior of a person. Megan being “broken up with” probably hurt her feelings and when
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AOL‚ encourages the butchering of the English language with abbreviations such as LOL‚ (lots of laughs)‚ and IDK‚ (I don’t know). The incentive for going out to make friends has disappeared because of the idea of hundreds of friends on Facebook and MySpace (Knapp‚ 2008). The dating world has also been completely turned upside-down. Just a couple decades ago chivalrous romance was the way to go about finding a date. Today one would send a friend request on facebook and the prospective date would look
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Famous Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda once said “There are always two forces warring against each other within us.” The forces that were mentioned are namely the “good” and the “bad.” What makes something good or bad? Can we stick to one mere definition of “good” and “bad”? Like in many situations‚ addictions to certain things can be perceived as having two sides. Most likely‚ these addictions are seen as being bad. One of the most popular examples for this is the way Internet usage has been categorized
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Are social networks detrimental to children and teenagers’ well-being? In the past few years‚ social networks have become more and more popular. More people join social networks every single day‚ and social networking doesn’t seem to be something that is a passing trend. The Nielsen Company has even reported that “people in the U.S. continue to spend more time on social networking and blog sites as well‚ with total minutes increasing 210% year-over-year and the average time per person increasing
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In this day and age of technology‚ social networking has become more popular than ever. People have the world at their fingertips with their blackberries‚ iphones‚ laptops‚ etc. Facebook‚ twitter‚ myspace‚ and all the other main social networking sites have become the main source of communication on the internet. Also‚ texting has become very popular these days as well. But is social networking breaking down our culture and our social skills? Or is it a healthy way to stay in contact with people
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Internet Trends March 18‚ 2008 mary.meeker@ms.com / david.joseph@ms.com / anant.thaker@ms.com Morgan Stanley is currently acting as a financial advisor to Microsoft Corp. ("Microsoft") in relation to their proposed offer to acquire Yahoo! Inc. ("Yahoo!")‚ as announced on February 1‚ 2008. The proposed offer is subject to definitive documentation‚ due diligence‚ the consent of Yahoo! shareholders‚ required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. This report and the information
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The influence of the internet on modern society. CSC 1015 By Ryan Foreman 091811594 Introduction This essay focuses on the impact that the interent has had on modern society. I will give a brief history of the internet‚ talking about its origins and the key developments that have occured up until now. Then look at how the internet has changed society so far‚ including how it has changed social interactions‚ e-commerce and jobs. Also discussing the advantages and disadvatages of the interent and
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ologyTechnology as a double-edged weapon. We live in a generation that relies heavily on technology and on the Internet. People spend much time online on the Web‚ whether for work‚ school or University homework‚ for fun or just for social networking. So‚ for this main reason this issue of excessive use of technology and the Internet is a topic of great interest for all of us. That’s why we decided to do our research project related and based on the different types of websites that are of main interest
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Annotated Bibliography Collier‚ Anne. “Amy’s Story.” NetSmartz. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children‚ and Boys & Girls Clubs of America‚ 2004. Web. 21 August 2010. This is an article telling the story about a girl named Amy (her real name was changed for the article) who gets involved with a man named Bill online through a chat room‚ and how he was able to manipulate Amy into thinking he loves her and that she was the only one he’d met online. As the story continues‚ Amy
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Internet websites that connect them with each other‚ and these websites was called social networks. “Any Web locale that permits communal contact is believed a communal mass media locale‚ encompassing communal networking locations such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ and Twitter”( Schurgin.G‚ Clarke.K). These websites take a long time from humans’ lives and leave them busy chatting with people they know or people they never met before. Adults and teenagers are mostly like to use these websites because they make
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