Isolated By the Internet Becoming one of few highly regarded people having great contribution to the establishment of the internet‚ Clifford Stoll an astronomer and computer expert‚ became highly skeptical of the internet and its beneficial or perilous effect on its consumer. He clearly states throughout the passage his views on internet use becoming hazardous to its users‚ making his argument by displaying multiple examples of social disconnection of obsessive internet users. Renowned psychologists
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What is the effect of time spent on the internet on a person‚ her family‚ her employer‚ the companies she does business with and the communities that they live in? The internet has become a powerful and widespread communication platform. The internet has started to change the way of society in a few beneficial ways. The internet’s usefulness‚ a person keeping up with her friends or family‚ and the ability to go to school without leaving your home are a few of the beneficial ways. There is little
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teens and Internet addiction Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a theorized disorder originally made as a satirical hoax by Ivan Goldberg‚ M.D.‚ in 1995. He took pathological gambling as diagnosed by the DSM-IV as his model for the spoofed description. Although IAD was meant to be a hoax‚ it is promoted as a real condition by some supporters. Supporters often divide IAD into subtypes by activity‚ such as pornography‚ overwhelming and immoderate gaming‚ inappropriate involvement in online social
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People can get lots of things done through the Internet‚ chatting with friends through MSN‚ shopping on Amarzon.com‚ settling the credit card bill‚ making new friends through the Facebook‚ reading newspaper on appledaily.com‚ etc. Besides‚ when we want to search for information‚ we can simply “Google” it‚ and we get what we want. It is no doubt that the Internet has greatly sped up the flow of information. In Hong Kong‚ the popularization of the Internet leads to the formation of different forums‚
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June 2006‚ pp. 107~123 A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF INTERNET USE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE* BAE YOUNG Soongsil University This study examined the condition of Internet use and social capital‚ as well as its effects on teenager’s academic performance. We analyzed survey data of 361 high school students. The study findings suggest that the Internet expands its reach to teenagers’ school life. First‚ students are more reliant on the Internet to access to information that is involved
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Today‚ the internet is regarded as the largest information base and it become an integral part of our lives. Not only can we access a vast amount of data on the internet but we can also use the internet as a channel of communication. However‚ there is a price to pay for this easy access to such vast amounts of information. I. How come that the internet has a negative impact to the netizens? II. What effects it may do to the society? To our children? And to ourselves? III. How can
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Web 2.0? Web 2.0 has brought many changes to our lives not only mentally‚ but socially and psychologically. It has affected the way we think‚ eat‚ and rationalize our ideas in our lives as we move from day to day. I have researched web 2.0 and it’s effect from daily usage and the results are not the ones we should really aim for. Its negatives out weight the positives in the many different forms of life. This has affected us in the way we think‚ our health and certainly distracted us from the many
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FRONTIERS OF E-BUSINESS RESEARCH 2004 315 An Exploratory Study of the Roles of Internet Communication in Business Relationships Nataša Golik Klanac Doctoral student‚ Hanken - Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration‚ natasa.golik@hanken.fi Abstract The development of successful business relationships relies greatly on interpersonal contacts. However‚ due to certain advantages of Internet communication‚ numbers of relationships start to relay increasingly on this impersonal
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How Has the Internet Changed the Way We Do Creative Research and Scholarship? Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I have come here today to talk to you about the effects of the internet on the education of your children. Although most of you probably see the internet as having a negative impact on today’s youth‚ I will discuss both the positive and the negative attributes of the internet. I assure you that the motive of this speech is not to convince you or in any way persuade you to think differently‚ but simply
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Thanks to the growth of information technology‚ we now live in the ‘Computer Age’. The Internet has many uniquely modern functions. Yet‚ there are risks and bad effects when using it. Four pros are going to fight against four cons below. Widely used in offices‚ research institutes‚ information centers and education‚ the Internet has greatly raised the accuracy and efficiency of work‚ and saved much money and manpower for human beings. This multi-medium assists us in our work in so many ways. It
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