... 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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... to quickly relay messages to friends or co-workers or simply play games at work, school or in our home. He describes being online for the most part an enjoyable experience. Richard Davis describes many symptoms of intenet addiction. Some include "academic/work or interpersonal problems, neglecting ... thoughts about it. Sometimes the individual my isolate themselves from their friends and family and only feel comfortable with the friends they have made online. At the end of the article he advises anyone with these symptoms to go see a doctor or psychologist who can help them. Internet .....

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... was Kimberly S. Young, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. She takes it so seriously, in fact, that she founded the Center for Online Addiction, an organization that provides consultation for educational institutions, mental health clinics and corporations dealing with Internet misuse problems. Psychologists now recognize Internet Addiction Syndrome (IAS) as ... 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...

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... of communication though, have opened the door into our private lives, for hackers and other people with malicious intent.. Every time we go online, we are taking the risk that somebody, somewhere could be looking through our important personal information such as credit card information or social security ... of their money. According to the Federal Trade Commission and Internet Fraud Watch, the most popular type of scam is those committed through online auction sites. These types of schemes have been known to offer Cartier watches, bean babies, and other items that are very appealing to...

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... 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 ... pages. It makes use of the same features as the interactive brochure, but interested consumers can browse through merchandise and purchase items online. Both large and small businesses have taken advantage of this particular aspect of Internet access. Perhaps one of the greatest barriers to ......

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... Creating sites visibility, targeting offers at interested consumers, generating sales leads through a rich shopping experience, and providing responsive customer service and support are critical to online direct marketing, selling, and service. Other important considerations are secure credit card authorization and payment, automated tax calculation, flexible fulfillment, and tight integration with ... cost, high-volume "indirect" goods for business maintenance, repair, and operations. These goods include office supplies, cleaning supplies, and replacement parts. The benefits of online c...

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... in the paper. Substitutes In this particular section of the External Analysis (Specific Environment), the Substitutes relate closely to the Potential Entrants. Traditional dealers were faced with the fact that online dealers had become partial substitutes to their brick and mortar business and could become full substitutes if two things occurred. First, if manufacturers were able to sell automobiles factory direct ... current laws or enact new ones that limited or banned the sell of new automobiles that are sold factory direct or through manufacturer owned dealerships. The substitution th...

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... once concealed inside government agencies and universities, has become the largest single form of communication worldwide. With a number of online individuals exceeding thirty millions and the number of networks that act as gateways for users exceeding fifty thousands, the Internet's ... lines used to dial in, all of which can be relatively cheap. One of the recent innovations the internet made available is online commerce, which includes online shopping, online banking, online trading and many more. This opens up a new international world of trading. Consumers, overcoming any kind of di...

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... methods. This paper will review the different aspects of e-commerce security and payment by looking at the different resources, which explain and elaborate their importance and significance to the entire online industry. It is first important to define both Internet security and Internet payment options. Internet security is often referred to the ability to protect the information your computer sends across ... . This is the reason why Internet security is such a hot topic in today's business world, being able to provide a safe and hacker-free environment for customers to use when shoppi...

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... games, shopping, etc. However, the Internet poses special challenge to the society. It opens a new door for children accessing pornography unintentionally or intentionally. However, some people believe that online pornography is just a form of personal free speech. Viewing pornography is definitely destructive to the body, mind, and spirit and brings a long-term impact on children's healthily growth ... processes. Therefore, I strongly believe that we need to avoid children from accessing the online pornography. Children growing up in our already overly sexualized culture are being expos...

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... tuition in order to hire private tutors. Nowadays, the Internet starts to play a more popular role as an educational source, and online lecturing is the product of such a trend. Online lecturing has the advantages of both a quality education and a convenient way of taking it. More and more educational facilities are starting ... people who dont have easy access to educational institutions. For example, Pasadena City College offered many computer courses online. The instructors post class materials and other resources on the Internet for students. The class meets in a virtual classroom, w...

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... the Internet connections entering Indian households, many things are available to consumers at a single click of a mouse. While some companies have introduced the concept of online shopping networks, others boast of essential services like online LPG cylinder bookings, payment of electricity and telephone bills, and airplane and railway reservations. Information Source: The Internet is a vast source of information with billions of ... books. In addition to these various other forms of information such as the latest news around the globe, stock quotes, updated scores of various sports go...

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... Internet coming to the forefront, and these are a common concern for most users. Such issues involve connection speeds and costs, security, online content and the lack of filtering and monitoring and the use of advertising funded Internet sites and may help to explain the changes occurring ... steps. Before long, companies too began to utilise the technology and within years were building their own internal networks. With such information available online it wasn't long before the emergence of the World Wide Web occurred. Two factors played a key role in this development. Hypertext and...

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... 's mind to absorb. It allows people to socialize in groups on interest based on socialization, technology and global issues somewhat than beneficial. Some even find that new relationships are made online, often resulting in their meeting each other. These new relationships can add new "ties" to existing relations, creating the "global village". The Internet provides entertainment, education, information retrieval, social interaction ... . The World Wide Web can be known to give off a negative effect, leading Internet users to become depressed. Although the Internet provides friendship acr...

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... there are few companies that do not use, in some way, e-commerce. To emphasis the point that the effect of the Internet is so widespread in today's business communities, one online article stated that more that one hundred thousand companies have Internet addresses, and twenty thousand companies have home pages on the Internet as of February of 1999. (DataQuest 1999). These ... things over the Internet. Although this is one description of its possibilities, e-business also may include things such as electronic filing of your tax return, online services such as Prodigy, online billing fo...

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... , adult access code or personal identification number," to gain access into questionable Internet cites (Exon 127). Opponents of Internet censorship and the Communications Decency Act, feel that regulation of online activity is an immense threat to our First Amendment rights. Those against censorship worry that the use of blocking software at libraries will unnecessarily prevent "both adults and teenagers from ... their homes, any subject matter they do not agree with (Rheingold). These people propose that factors such as the global nature of the Internet, the ability to mask one's ident...

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... of identifying and apprehending actual users led to calls for legislation to specifically deal with child pornography on the Internet" (Bol 2). The government has recently passed the Child Online Protection Act. This act mandates the use of blocking technology on public libraries, however no existing technology effectively protects children against the harmful material on the Internet. Just like ... children's eyes. Where there is pornography there is an open doorway for pedophiles. These pedophiles disguise themselves so they can talk to children. "Pedophiles have easy access to childr...

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... towards a common goal and then dispersing when this or a singular protest is over. It remains to be seen whether groups will form online and then work towards societal change. It is likely that technology will enhance political life and democracy online. However, the internet itself is not inherently democratic. Most opportunities are limited to a privileged group, dating back to the democracy of ... Athenian times. Democracy seems likely to continue s it has been up to this point and will indefinitely unless the ambiguities associated with online politics are eradicated....

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... "disillusionement-. In November 1998 Thomas Middelhoff was appointed CEO of the company. Especially prior to the transition of power within Bertelsmann, the company had oftentimes been criticized for entering into online-markets in a very reluctant way leaving promising profit opportunities to competitors. This is why this phase can be called the "Too-late-phase-. Shortly afterwards, Middelhof was able to ... a couple of Internet-related problems as well as the overlaying trend the company ran into severe problems with a number of its Internet-businesses. In contrast to the second phase...

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... to free speech on the internet and point to some of the problems with these views. I will then state why laws which prohibit people from using their first amendment rights online should not be passed. Freedom of speech and expression can be defined simply as: The right to express any opinion in public without censorship or restraint by the government, and ... 21st Century. Here are some interesting facts from www.ebusinesshelpsite.com: **"Dozens of e-mail messages telling Harvard University applicants whether they had been admitted never arrived last month after America Online interpret...

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... work suffers because of it the company has a right to discipline them. Another problem that employer's face with their employees" misuse of the internet is liability for breaking laws while online. Activities such as downloading copyrighted music, distributing harassing e-mail, or mistakenly distributing viruses can cause an employer to be served with a subpoena. (Basset) Though many employers have started to monitor ... for invasion of privacy. Examples of these employers include, but are not limited to, law firms, stock brokers, or software developers. In John's case, he was explicitl...

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Since the arrival of the Internet as a popular medium to exchange information, concerns have been expressed about access to online content deemed offensive or dangerous. The absence of national borders on the Internet has an effect on the availability and proliferation of controversial information. Community standards are a local affair, and ... comprehensive systems of censorship on the Internet. Parents, schools and other entities have turned to privately manufactured Internet rating and filtering programs, with varying rates of success. The debate about online content is still very much a...

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... is gained within minutes. An event may happen and with a newspaper you may have to wait a day or longer to find out what happened, with the internet the information is online within minutes. No longer is one bound to the old ways of information, no wait is needed on the internet. Many internet sites that focus on news update, daily, hourly ... ...

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... rooms). However, the article states, participants; reported a decline in interaction with family members and a reduction in their circles of friends that directly corresponds to the amount of time they spent online. The article continues on to briefly describe the methods of the research. The sample included 169 participants from the Pittsburgh area. Half were followed through two years of Internet use ... ...

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... Rights Commission and the National Organization for Women due to their references to lesbianism, as well as cites containing the phrase "Don't buy Cybersitter". Organizations devoted to protecting children from online criminal abuse but still promoting free speech have a high on-line presence. They Promote a responsible policy of fighting against activities such as child pornography while still retaining Internet standards of ... ...

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