... domain of the elite as the information available on World Wide Web is available freely to anyone who knows how to use the Internet. Hence, online learning becomes a new trend for the students nowadays. It becomes a pathway to provide educational information via computer network as an alternative to a physical ... sharing of ideas and information. Healthy competition and interaction with peers is vital as the motivation for students to promote positive learning environment. Online learning can be a lonely experience because it is a solo act and the students have to study on their own mos...

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... of communication remains primarily textual. Despite the widespread use of emoticons, the medium does not provide an emotionally rich environment. This key difference provides a large disparity between online and traditional relationships. Online relationships can be viewed as a form of personal or emotional escapade or even a pastime. In both cases a relationship in a virtual environment can rely upon disinhibition. ... the case of a traditional relationship all of these factors play an important role since an assessment of these three aspects leads to the formation of traditional relat...

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... that e-tail sites did increase their use of photographs significantly between 1995 and 1997 (Palmer, 2000). Specific product and customer service information play a crucial role in the online apparel purchase decision, due to their ability to decrease perceived risk. Information seeking and handling is a useful strategy to cope with uncertainty and risk. It involves three processes ... ), the quality of a Web site is described by information quality, response time, and system accessibility. However, additional information that may enhance the shopping experience can be presented online. ...

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... to be sent, half the time you would have spent looking for the gift, and an address. However, as opposed to purchasing items online, traditional shopping may take more time, but have the convenience of actually interacting with the item. Also, traditional shoppers have the advantage of customer ... service, which would be very difficult if at all to find online. So choosing a certain shoe or belt size, or returning an item would never be a problem because having the handiness to try on the items ... , and a sales associate would prevent purchasing the incorrect one. Secondly, online sho...

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... is to be sent, half the time you would have spent looking for the gift, and an address. However, as opposed to purchasing items online, traditional shopping may take more time but have the convenience of actually interacting with the item. In addition, traditional shoppers have the advantage of customer ... of merchants have made way onto the Internet, thousands of items that are in stores can be found dramatically cheaper on the web, because of the online competitors. Nevertheless, consider the other half, which is, the items have to be delivered and paid for by a credit card. For exam...

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... how "virtual communities" is not necessarily the best terminology making this explanation. The existing literature is limited because most of it doesn't connect people's online experience with their daily life functions, which is a big part of the public vs private interest as stated above. However these previous studies seem to ... come with the non-virtual world. The main concept of this material is the use of the term "virtual communities" in studies on online internet use. The authors argument, and supposed hypothesis, is that the use of the word community is not accurate because th...

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... almighty advertising dollar. The New York Times Company, Times Mirror and the Times Tribune Company have joined together to form Careerpath.com to bring the battle to the home of online foes. (Carlson, "nibbling") The newspaper industry has also responded to the Internet threat by joining the numerous other news sources in putting their information on the net via their very ... -dailies offering full service and 8.4% are national dailies offering limited service and subscription fees. (Meyer, "More Get Caught up in the Web"). The web and online editions of newspapers vary mostly in their...

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... . In fact several Vegas casinos are looking into the possibility of starting their own online casinos. Technically yes, Internet gambling is legal. But there many issues to think about and to resovle before you venture out and begin gambling ... work best in a regulated environment, professionals say. Internet gambling can be performed in almost all traditional manners. The most popular types of betting are online casinos, which feature just about every game available in physical casinos, and sports wagering. In May of 1999, there were over 250 ... online casino sites and 139 online spor...

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... so-called Usenet groups, which allowed computer users to post messages in bulletin board fashion, developed and blossomed into thousands of "newsgroups" focusing on a very wide spectrum of subjects. Online Communities allow us to chat and argue, engage in intellectual intercourse, perform acts of commerce, exchange knowledge, share emotional support, make plans, brainstorm, gossip, feud, fall in love, ... it is the primary or normative purpose of the community's existence. * Performance Examples: alt.pub.dragons-inn Story-telling, drama Individuals find friends and groups find shared ide...

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... have dramatic effects, not only on the company's revenue but on its very existence. Many brand owners and managers are still ignorant of the concept of Online Reputation Management (ORM) for businesses. Search engines are powerful online reputation drivers. If a significant number of top listed search results on a company are negative, customers are likely to click on a rival company's entry. Good ... need to dedicate themselves to. Negative news about a brand, whether true on not could dominate search engine results for years. It is important that a business takes control of its brand...

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... sites to check out what new, what currently happening and check out any news about my friends. Sometimes I use the internet to read books online which practically same as reading in the old fashion with real books. This is currently the technological age in which almost everything is done through ... for E-Books E-readers could be a difficult task, because you need to have the proper application and the time to send an entire book to another online takes a lot of time. Another downside for the E-books is that they cost so much more than conventional textbooks, textbooks usually range for ...

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... story into another distinct and unique story. Digital storytelling creates the possibility for everyone to be a participant in the story-building process (Tosi, 1999). Through such activities online communities, where readers can share and remember the happenings of their lives become established. Digital storytelling supposedly shares many of the qualities that make traditional storytelling successful. In ... to share their stories in a congenial, accepting, and trusting environment. Such stories also offer the storyteller feedback and a sense of being heard and appreciated for example...

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... switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and governmental networks, which together carry various  information  and services, such as email, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked  web pages  and other documents of the  World Wide Web. Contrary to some common usage, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not ... are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order, with most recent posts shown on top. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more pers...

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... most common form of communication., partly because it's the most interactive form and is the most engaging and text based messaging has been the foundation on which modern forms of online communication have been built. The impact of computer mediated communication has long been a topic of discussion among many ... close friends. Similarly in another study, Nie and Erbring conducted a survey of 4113 Internet users and found that the more time individuals spend online, the less time they spend with family members in face to face or telephone communication (Knapp and Daly 543). Both of these...

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... minds to do certain things to younger girls. The term "sexting" is described as sending promiscuous pictures to another person over text messaging, instant messaging, or even by email. This is why parents must learn to trust and not be afraid to have these conversations ... the dangers of social media would be to recommend parents to fill in the participation opening in their home. It is important to oversee online behaviors throughout active contribution. There are several ways of approaching and preventing the negative consequences of social media on children today. First, start with ....

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... -. The above chilling example of how the web can be employed to garner intimate information about the lives of Netizens effectively illustrates the vulnerability of the right to privacy online. However reasons why such personal information is garnered must be first analysed in order to fully understand the phenomenon of constructing detailed personality sketches of individual Internet Users by ... this "clicks stream- generated by the user's browser activities can be aggregated , stored and revised.Further, -cookies- are employed as an invisible tool of collecting information. They are s...

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... to fail. The rapid increase in computer networks, with their millions of user exchanging vast amounts of information, has only made things worse. With word processing macros embedded in text, opening e-mail can now unleash a virus in a network or a hard disk. Web browsers can also download running code, some of it possibly harmful. Many companies offer ... Web site is an excellent way to reduce costs, improve customer service, disseminate information and even sell to your market. A very important fact is that the Internet supports online education. Online education introduces unpreceden...

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... dedicated Internet connection to be a valuable investment because it provides fast and inexpensive access to a large number of their customers. In some areas, businesses may reduce the cost of going online by leasing the use of a dedicated line from a local access provider for their World Wide Web site. Some providers now make this service available with a dial-up connection. The World ... about their companies, the products and/or services they offer and contact information. This is a good place to begin a WWW presence. Interactive brochures range from simple information provided in a ...

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... about 84 percent of postsecondary institutions in China are connected to the Internet (Sun, EduConnection). Concurrent with the growth of the Internet in China universities has been the development of online distance education. Beginning with four institutions in 1999, today more than 70 universities have achieved authorization from the China Ministry of Education to create "Network Education Colleges," China's version ... of an online-continuing education program for part time students, primarily adults. Also, like other institutions all over the world, universities in China provide stu...

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... million (Dearnley, J & Feather, J, 2001, pp30). In another words, the personal computers popularisation greatly enlarges the network of Internet as more people have a computer, the fundamental needs for Internet, to get online. As Kitchin, R suggests, with the increase in the number of personal computers, the potential number of users of the Internet has increased (1998, pp. 38). Also, the innovation of the ... overlooked for the rapid growth in Internet. This software enable computers using various carriers such as telephone line, cable TV and satellite channels to send different form ...

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... . There are many web sites devoted to tourism such as the British Tourist Authority's www.visitbritain.com site. The number of Internet users shopping online for travel and leisure services doubled in 1999 to 27 million. Travel has beaten computer software to the number one spot as the preferred product ... spontaneity of the experience and the element of surprise. There is also still an element of worry among virtual tourists about online privacy and when booking hotels or holidays online they are concerned about giving out credit card details and other personal information. The positi...

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... all users of computer networks. The language is currently spoken by people on the Internet, and is rapidly spilling over into advertising and business. The words "online," "network," and "surf the net" are occuring more and more frequently in our newspapers and on television. If you're like most Americans, you're ... format of one area of the Internet, the WWW (World Wide Web). The WWW is made up of millions of pages of text with "hotlinks" that allow the user to jump to another page with different information on it. "Hypertext," derived by adding the prefix "hyper-" to the ... word "te...

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... make it easier for us to realize it. People who produce intellectual property and the ones that benefit from it are currently discussing the implications this can have on the online music in the future. There are several main sides to the problem. There are huge corporations that deal with copyright infringement and push litigation. Overall recording industry principles say that ... is considered writing, as it is all written words and numbers. However, when executed by the computer, it functions like an invention, performing a specific task as instructed by the user. Online music falls...

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... the list goes on. It is only natural that the Web's functionality, popularity, and ubiquity have made it the seemingly ideal platform for conducting electronic commerce. People can now go online to buy CDs, clothing, concert tickets, and stocks. Several companies, such as Digicash, Cybercash, CarParts.com, and First Virtual, have sprung up to provide mechanisms for conducting business on the ... encrypt data so that its confidentiality and integrity are preserved. That is, the data remains secret to those who do not posses the secret key, and modifications to the cipher text can be dete...

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... could be on the other side of the globe or in the next block, you will get the image and the sound in real time. Online interaction is used to enhance face-to-face experiences. An online communication platform offers sophisticated ways to share information and debate ideas. A good example of an institution that uses this type of interaction is Keller School ... media as a place to put information. Today, interactive, multimedia technology provides us with a new way to draw upon children's natural impulses. These new media hold an abundance of materials including text, voice, music, grap...

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