... and narrative is the fact that they offer more interactivity, mainly through hypertext and hypermedia. Hypertext can be defined as "Words, images and sounds linked by multiple paths in an open-ended perpetually unfinished form (Hypertext, 3) Words and images are not only a part of the "page" in front ... the story branches and the themes of the tale unfold. In effect, the story line becomes non-linear and the story literally is invaded by the user (Hitchcock, 1997). Initially CD-ROM titles such as Myst and Phantasmagoria were seen as interactive movies. Lev Manovich explains the way ... ...

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... of the Kosovo people can be seen on TV in Kathmandu or Lima, which was unthinkable in the 19th century. Radio, television and feature film media are about to become classic with the introduction of Internet and digital electronic media in the recent years. Now, one can get the information almost for everything such as; advertising, shopping, selling, banking, weather report ... what the president of the US says, what the vice-president says, what the Pentagon says, what Tony Blair says, and every once in a while newspapers run an op-ed by an anti-war critic, or hire a token columnist wh...

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... no technology payoff without the proper training in the new information technology era. They suggest that in our current economy, learning at work is becoming a continuous process. This article starts by emphasizing a point that many companies are having a hard time adapting to the fact that "computers are changing the way we work and produce". The article suggests this is a larger problem ... an investment. The authors believe this is because companies are not investing enough time or money to train their employees to use these new tools. The article notes that a study by Coopers and L...

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The technological explosion of the last few decades has taken mankind to heights it never dreamed possible. One of the most controversial topics of the internet debate is that of ownership. ... a massive a scale is badly damaging sales of legitimate music. The victims are the hundreds of thousands of people currently employed directly or indirectly by the music industry, and governments who lose millions in tax revenue every year. Local artists and culture also lose out, as piracy undermines investment ... IFPI) is the Interpol of the Internet. They are the international organization respons...

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... engage in discussion. Face-to-face learning is generally trusted as the best portal to gain knowledge since time immemorial. Even so, teaching and learning process has been profoundly influenced by the universal access to information. The Internet plays a vital role for the advancement and development of education. The Internet, a colossal network of computers from all over the world that ... to a physical classroom in a campus or a school. There are various types of applications designed for online learning and these applications are normally used to download educational contents such...

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... such as email and instant messaging. Modern technology has made staying in touch easier than ever, but the tradition of personalized contact has gone by the wayside. Nowadays most people either have or know someone who has a computer and/or cellphone. It was not so many years ago ... out on interaction with the people that are around them. In "Pearls before Breakfast: Joshua Bell on the Subway", Gene Weingarten notes that although one of the best musicians in the world was playing violin for free from the Metro at the L'Enfant Plaza station, most ... affect on the other person can't be...

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... has become a necessary social component is modern academic institutions. It plays a major role in today's academic society with substantial communication and knowledge transformation activities ongoing. By helping people to increase awareness about their environment, information technology improves people's lives through the provision of educational benefits. As a result, life has improved rapidly ... create well developed programs that have benefited societies both scientifically and economically. Computers can serve as a learning partner to those who have difficulties with learning by ...

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... to express it in it's own post, with a clearly defined heading. All these criteria were achieved satisfactorily. I can now assume that the channels used by the receivers reading my message are Seeing; all the viewers of my post would have seen the topic heading on the main page of the message board. ... Then Touching; inquired as to the rest of the message by physically clicking the heading to get into the message itself. Hearing would have been utilised in the receiver's heads as they spoke the message out, ... see, all addressed the topic at hand as much as they could. There seemed to...

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... course of this scrutiny it would be appropriate to rely almost exclusively on sources available from the Internet (as well as my lecture notes). Habermas sees the public sphere as the essential vehicle for the furtherment of democracy. In his approach he combines the liberal view ... -building discussion occurs among the participants, who overcome their at first subjectively biased views in favor of a rationally motivated agreement- (Habermas, quoted by Bass). "The bourgeois public sphere may be conceived above all as the sphere of private people come together as a public; they soon claim...

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... distinguishing feature of an Intranet is that access to information published on the Intranet is restricted to clients in the Intranet group. Historically this has been accomplished with LANs protected by Firewalls. Web browser such as Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator, or Microsoft Internet Explorer is used to display Web pages that contain links to company stored information. Those links consist ... , the Web is used extensively with intranets. Similarly, the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) developed to format Web pages on the Internet. Intranets can be access only by individu...

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... that a reputable, recognizable organization is willing to attest to that (Martinez). Certified individuals also earn more than their non-certified counterparts, according to several studies. A 1998 survey by Lotus Development Corporation showed that 64% of Certified Lotus Professionals saw an average 30% salary increase within six months of their certification. A more recent Microsoft Corp. study, Financial ... Benefits to Supporters of Microsoft Certification, reported that companies pay 12% more to certified workers. In each of those studies, as well as another by Novell Corp., employ...

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... the power of the Internet. For many businesses the Internet is becoming integral to their operations. Imagine the ability to send and receive data: messages, notes, letters, documents, pictures, video, sound- just about any form of communication, as effortlessly as making a phone call. It is easy to understand ... his ideas to get something put into print. With the advent of the Internet, anyone who has something to say can be heard by the world. By letting everyone speak their mind, this opens up all new ways of thinking to anyone who is willing to listen. A very important ... and more...

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... case for generations to come. Even a casual look at global employment patterns, for example, shows that these remain overwhelmingly national and regional in character and are still influenced primarily by national political and economic policies. The competitiveness of various nations' manufacturing and trading infrastructures still largely determines where the best high-value-added jobs are found. Interest rates, though ... certainly sensitive to global pressures, are still set by each nation's central bankers, based on their own national agendas. Budget deficits and government policy s...

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... mode for contact within family and friendships networks. The low cost, convenience of email has provided many users with an efficient mode of interaction with friends and families. Likewise a report by the "Pew Internet & American Life Project (2000), a survey data from 1,690 Internet users indicates that communication with family members and existing friends through email forms a significant portion ... and Varey 323). 2. Association: The network can evolve into a "virtual community", which is a new association. Interaction within this community may require new set of skills not possess...

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... and the cost depends on how recent the film is. According to New York Times, the first step in this legal direction was first taken by five major film studios who started offering rental feature films that U.S consumers can download from a website called "Movielink." These five studios include MGM ... million U.S. households swap files of movies and TV shows in file-sharing communities online such as Kazaa, according to research from the Yankee Group, which notes that a large amount of those files are encoded in DivX technology. About a third of those people downloading video files burn t...

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... ). Throughout history, governments have been extremely inventive in devising ways to execute people. Executions inflicted in the past are now regarded today as ghastly, barbaric, and unthinkable and are forbidden by law almost everywhere. Common historical methods of execution included: stoning, crucifixion, burning, breaking on the wheel, drawing and quartering, peine forte et dure, garroting, beheading or decapitation, shooting and ... for life forbids the use of the death penalty, while retentionists believe that respect for life requires it. Retentionists says the Bible (Genesis 9:6...

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... emotional dynamics are involved in these heroic acts of self-sacrifice? Combining with his study of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, he uses Emile Durkheim's classic statement on heroic suicide as well an earlier study by Blake on altruistic suicide in military combat. The data used are consistent with Durkhemi's views of behavior on heroic suicide; however, few more factors are ... altruistic suicides, meaning excess or lack of social integration. Then he briefly mentions his point on how emotion is another important influence in driving a person to commit altruistic suicide, ba...

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... the article lists the cost of the project ($1.5 million) and the organizations who sponsored it (many being technology companies). The article notes that both these organizations and the research team were shocked by the findings, because the Internet has been viewed by many as having actively social uses. Harmon goes on to compare the Internet to the passive medium of television. She states ... family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness. After this brief description of the study, the article begins by d...

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... Hence the emergence of a cyber-community, which in effect appears to live in the 'online' space of the Internet unlike that of the physical space presented by reality (Allan 2000. Sv "Cybersocieties"). As Beniger notes: "Cyberspace does not merely consist of material objects (such as the computer, modem or telephone line) but also has two major non-material components: relationships ... (McCarthy 2003. Sv "Basic questions"). The emphasis of Artificial Intelligence concerns itself with mapping 'intelligence', in a computed environment in terms of studying the problems the world presents. ...

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... for all students. Although society's needs have changed radically since public schools were first instituted in America, many outdated and ineffectual purposes and methods have been retained by schools. As workers are increasingly expected to weather multiple career changes, it is imperative for educational institutions to emphasize the importance of lifelong learning, strengthen students' thinking ... an interdisciplinary way. Since 1990, the nation has invested over $40 billion to bring computers, educational software, and Internet connections to America's schools. Whether success is ...

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... contract formation practices and requirements; consumer protection including privacy and local language requirements; and protection of databases and other information on web sites. International Legal Rules The internet, by its very nature, is borderless. This is a big plus for communications and for disseminating knowledge around the world, but it poses considerable difficulties for businesses trying to ... 3D games with proprietary graphic engines who have broadcast their work online during the construction phases of a game. In satisfying the online gaming community's demands for cons...

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... category includes attacks whereby an intruder gains access to some area or set of resources that are intended to be off-limits. Classic examples are a web site being vandalized or confidential data from a mainframe being stolen by illegal access. The hackers is using a well-based knowledge of the system he is using and possess the necessary programs to achieve ... Architecture includes the following components: Network Segmentation Firewalls Classification Authentication Encryption Intrusion Detection Host-based Security 3.1: Network Segmentation The deployment of at least one Demilitar...

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... points concerning critical thinking as it applies to modern research and the challenge of the information explosion we are seeing. The article opens by discussing some of the many problems that the vast information sea known as the Internet creates for the serious researcher: First the lack ... Discussion In the course of the article, the authors address a number of elements of critical thinking as they are laid out in the course notes. Assumption is important to how we work with information. In the course of researching, assumptions must be made about the relevance and reliability of ......

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... the international legal community. The lawful aspects of the internet and the dynamics through time from a historical perspective will be reviewed. Finally, the ramifications of an internationally regulated internet by exploring the challenges, pros and cons and future intent of the international governmental organizations and the control for cyberspace. History of the Internet The internet like many other dynamics of ... had the responsibility of managing many of their own infrastructure concerns. As the international community has grown closer, a need for standardization in many thing...

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... a phenomenon of capital mobility. Its two prongs are: (i) Foreign direct investment and (ii) international portfolio flows. Thus, a global economy is one which is dominated by transnational firms and financial institutions, operating independently of national boundaries and domestic economic considerations. The implication of deterritorialisation for African countries is that world goods, factors of production and ... for example it considers neither the country culture, nor the management skill aspect of corporate strategy (lynch 2000 pg131) In the economic sense, the model assumes a cl...

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