... , death rates, or anything else even semi-controversial the filtering software would take precedence and shut down the browser. As a matter of fact the computers issued to students in this Digital Arts program here at Thompson Institute have a net filter installed on them. This very filter has made many students research difficult by filtering words such as: sex, hacker, games, manager ... rights have been infringed upon. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non-profit group of passionate people, lawyers, volunteers, and visionaries working to protect digital rights. On their we...

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... bullied it was in person and we were being called names. Now with social media bulling has risen to an all new level. Cyber-bullying is defined as deliberately using digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information about another person. In a poll from 2013, 52 percent of teens have reported being bullied over social media at one point in ... find that teens "are obsessed with sex". Sexting is defined as "sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or images via cell phone, computer, or other digital devices" (qtd. In Gordon). A rece...

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... phone lines. Some of these services include Prodigy, CompuServe, and America Online. Businesses, universities, government agencies, and the like, often have direct connection to an Internet provider over high-speed digital lines. Some of these providers include Netcom and PSI.1 The number of adults online in the United States by the end of 1998 has been estimated as low as 44 ... ...

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... an example of how influential mass media can be on society. For many years television has been advancing beyond norms. Television now has various controls attached to it via satellite, digital and cable means. If there is an emergency, there's a broadcast system that notifies the receiver of what catastrophic event is on the way. As for the Internet, in a split second ... ...

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... with filters though. Since there are new sites added to the internet every day, the programs have to be constantly updated, meaning there may be sites that can slip through a digital loophole. Net Nanny is an example of one of these filtering programs. Its latest version, Net Nanny 5, uses a screening process where it matches keywords and can prohibit entrance to a site ... ...

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... . "Other red flags include dollar signs and hot-button terms like XXX and nude. Trust me, it works." All these things and more are fast becoming stepping stones towards a better digital tomorrow, today. In conclusion, it is easy to see that Internet crimes are increasing, through child porn, Internet stalking, and email scams. It would also be concluded that there are ... ...

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... today's world influences public perception quite as heavily. Unfortunately, however, most of what is broadcast or transmitted in the news today is with reference to the chaotic condition of our planet, or something else that society as a whole sees as detrimental or damaging. But the news on television is not the only type of media taking the criticism of society. Other ... ...

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... today's world influences public perception quite as heavily. Unfortunately, however, most of what is broadcast or transmitted in the news today is with reference to the chaotic condition of our planet, or something else that society as a whole sees as detrimental or damaging. But the news on television is not the only type of media taking the criticism of society. Other ... ...

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