... telecommunications would be "a democratizing force that will give voice to diverse social, economic, and cultural groups, to members of society not frequently heard in the public sphere " (Introna and Nissenbaum, 2000, p. 169). The world was never more than a mouse-click away, and therefore the masses of all races and socioeconomic classes would be empowered by this abundance of information ... 2000). However, some site owners turn to outside design firms to boost their rankings through a technological 'slight of hand.' These independent consultants employ certain tactics that can manipu...

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... study, 55 percent of U.S. companies have done nothing to customize their websites for foreign users. Those that want to be players in the global e-commerce market of $1.6 trillion in 2003 had better ramp up fast on the technical, legal and cultural issues that must be met to make global e-commerce work. For instance, language is a very important issue for internet users and ... example a palm-forward wave is a nasty gesture in Greece and Nigeria. And the thumbs-up signal and thumb-and-index-finger "OK" sign are insult signs in Iran and Brazil, respectively. Colors, too, carry different ...

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... gives people a sense of meaning. Our roots and history originate from our culture, if we forget our culture will we lose who was are (Masuda)? Globalization causes cultural change. According to Christopher Chase- Dunn in the Journal of World-Systems Research, people around the world are more connected than ever before. Information and money flow move faster than ever before. Goods and services made ... of culture across national boundaries (71). Globalization is working in a compacting way, causing homogenization along Western lines. In other words, a new culture is in the making that r...

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... with an opera-singing alien, as did Blade Runner with its Egyptian architecture in a futuristic setting. Both films blurred geographical and cultural boundaries with androids, replicants and multicultural communities intermingled due to circumstance. The Matrix was highly stylised and contained a direct link to capitalism, that we are subservient to the system ("the batteries in the flashlight"). When Neo is shown what reality really is by Mobius he ... says "Welcome to the desert of the real", a term from Baudrilard's (1983) Simulation. In the Matrix the real world is one ... ...

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... problem faced when transferring dance or theater to film. In the case of the performing arts, the motion can be captured on the screen, giving a sense of the space and the people and objects in it. For sculpture, it seems a similar mechanism is called for to add multiple, moving views. Because of the memory requirements and technical difficulties involved in producing such views, this solution has not yet been ... is impossible to do so. This loss is extremely important because sculpture is tactile in origin, and many times, in intent. Another problem area in virtual museums is the dif...

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... operations " (Glenn, 4). There are two different ways to manage the working-memory-capacity. One way would be (As Miller stated it) "chunk " information. The second way would be to manage the attention so unwanted stimuli does not crowd the memory (Glenn, 4). A common metaphor David Glenn uses in his essay "Divided Attention " would be of a night-club bouncer as controlled attention, keeping unneeded information from getting to ... the working-memory. Glenn also states: "[P]eople who differ in working-memory-capacity differ in other things is that higher ... ...

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... technology strategy or discipline which links economic and social development efforts at the community level with emerging opportunities in such areas as electronic commerce, community and civic networks and telecentres, electronic democracy and on-line participation, self-help and virtual health communities, advocacy, cultural enhancement, and others". Michael Gurstein Technical University of British Columbia As ... we read these very words, the world is going through continuous technological advancement; internet is rapidly changing the face of society and its many aspects. Corporate A...

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... interconnection agreement that may work to its disadvantage. Digicel, the Irish-based Company, appears to be ready to assert its position as the new kid on the block, eager to compete in the new business environment. The other newcomer, AT&T, is actually already a household name around the world, thanks to cultural penetration from American satellite TV. While AT&T packs the clout to pursue a more vigorous, if not forceful public ... campaign for the interconnection with Cable & Wireless, it is instead "entering our ... ...

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... Hispanic households will be online compared with 33 percent in 1999 (Scanlon, 2001). Jupiter expects the percentage of whites using the Internet to grow from 47 percent in 1999 to 76 percent in 2005 (Scanlon, 2001). The numbers can even be higher if companies start to target ethnic groups using different languages and their cultural issues. Companies need to make a special effort to ... to a language (Scanlon, 2001). The companies need to speak the culture. An example of his is what Ahmos Zu-Bolton and Michael Warren hand in mind when they launched regional portal magazine Blacktexas.co...

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... those he had, he didn't rely on them. Poe was an obvious alcoholic and a rumored heavy drug user. Suprisingly, he had a well-established college career, the short time that he attended. His activities included athletic and artistic abilities, and he was also a member of the debate club. In his later life, he used fake identities for reasons unknown. (ex. Henri Le Rennet). Answers to ... that are long enough to fill a small book among Poe's works (Deocoder, Internet). Other famous works by Poe are included in the following list: "The Fall of the House of Usher "The Pit and The Pendulum" "...

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... their way into every aspect of human existence. In a sense, technology has become the norm in which everyone feels that they must own some form of technology to keep up with cultural values. Social media is a major factor in this culture because it emphasizes the importance of using technology to stay connected. However, this influx in the advancement of technology is not as beneficial as one ... may believe it to be. Some may argue that it will never get to the point of a dystopian society because American ... national data warehouse containing information about everyone who lives in...

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... counts, but what he couldn't see was all the benefits of writing and creating knowledge on paper. Thanks to writing, ideas and information can be disseminated in an extraordinary way (Carr). So, has the age of the Internet brought the same thing? An information explosion? Michael Wesch, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, believes this very thing ... : that if harvested, the Internet can change the world. The problem, however, is that it's often not utilized. In a Ted Talk lecture, Wesch tells the story of ... Seymour Papert, cofounder of the Artifici...

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... learn anytime they want to and there is no specific duration for them to complete their learning. Due to the flexibility of logistics, learners can learn wherever they are as long as they have access to the Internet. Whether they are home, in the public library, at their workplace or even at a cafe, online learning can be done during their spare time ... from various educational background, personalities and geographical origin. This feature of online learning would allow learners to share creative ideas during online discussions and experience cultural differences in regards to thinkin...

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... that is not how the computer industry operates. Everything in the internet industry is done by a few major companies such as: operating systems, software, printers, browsers, computer manufacturers, scanners, monitors, and speakers. "The idea that there will be a great multiplicity of rating systems may also be deceptive. Despite the possibility of an infinite variety of rating systems for a multitude of different cultural perspectives, everything we know ... about the computer and internet industries tells us that pressures lead not toward multiplicity but toward concentration" (Marsha...

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... in stride and thought nothing of it. It is a way of life for us and without it where would we be. Would we be better of with it or without it? Computers played a significant role in opening a new era of communication. Connecting computers together not only brought the world of information together and at your finger tips but it also opened up a cross cultural ... connection for the world to begin to explore each other. I am able to speak to a person through a chat room ... who may live in Egypt, or have an audio conversation with someone in Japan and even see him or her online with a w...

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... use it as a form of empowerment. When user connects onto the Internet, it is not obviously as commercial intention. The Internet is an international network of computer but also a human network. Human has to communicate and to interact with one another; across cultural, religious, ethic and geographic barriers. In 2001, nearly 410 million people communicate by different modes. This communication is a key for minority ... cultures. We can set up the following problem: what is the influence of the Internet in empowering small business and minority cultures. The next part of this report wi...

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... place of residence but still even in 1999 less that 3% of the population in south Asian non-OECD countries own a main telephone line. These disparities in infrastructure restrict access as we gain more and more accessibility to information and technology the developed countries are left behind. It's this accessibility that makes arts even more elite. Cultural Suppose we could overcome the funding issues there are still fundamental ... problems with the existing IT infrastructure most software and content has been developed ... ...

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... we post on social media and how it is affecting our freedom of speech. There have always been pros and cons in the way that government is governing the country. Some people assert that there should be limits on the amount of materials people post online. Further, they believe that because it is nowadays easy to create websites, anybody can post according to their ... consentment. If there was an arrangement perhaps vote about censorship they would not be complaints and less negative content on the internet to censor from. The opponent argue that the government should censor the internet...

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... for an excessive amount of time increases one's risk to become addicted to other things as well (Fulps). Too much time on the internet can cause family problems, problems in school and relationship problems because the addict will become withdrawn and far less social. Some people feel more comfortable talking to their online friends than they do talking to their real friends. With ... of a button, one can enter a different world. Children and teenagers who lack social skills may feel more comfortable in the online world they have created. Lonely people are more likely to become addicted...

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... improved our children's education. As Lefkowits argues, "Together, stakeholders' contributions to school improvement strategies could grow exponentially and virally in the same way one adds friends on Facebook." Although I think was she's saying is true, I believe more firmly that the internet has been damaging to our children. I would not want to compare school improvement strategies to anything like Facebook. There ... turning to drugs, guns, hateful Web logs, or other powerful "tools," rather than digging deep within themselves or searching out others in the community for support." Th...

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... may take a few days to get to its destination, as long as it does not get lost in the mail, while an email is instantly received. Many servers also provide information stating when the email was received and when the receiver has read it. Reliability is a big issue in the business world, and as stated before, mail gets lost, as well as stolen, destroyed, misdelivered and ... even thrown away. This is not saying that email is flawless, but it is much more reliable. Also, with the ability to check the status of an email, you can personally see if it was lost in the World Wide Web, and if ...

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... children from such occurrences. Often times pornography sites will ask for a registration and a major credit card number. Forms are sent in the mail and logging onto a pornography site can be quite time consuming. Also, parents can take an active part in the censoring of their own children's online activities. They should manage their child's Internet usage as they would determine ... groups, or speakers, writers, and artists themselves"(Davis 16). The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America guarantees the right to express oneself, essentially the freedom of s...

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... people or people with busy lives who have no time to go shopping. Other services the Internet has to offer are things such as Online Banking. This is often quicker and easier for people so that they can carry out transactions over the web to anyone in the world without the hassle of writing cheques. It can also help them to keep abreast of their ... Teleworking. This is where people work from home and send their work via fax or e-mail. They can make use of the Internet to communicate with the main work place and send their work through it. The information it provides can be viewed in a ...

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... then searching through books because it will save more time. Innovative techniques and strategies for conducting traditional marketing research are appearing online in increasing numbers every day. By 2005, Internet marketing research will account for about 50 percent of all marketing research revenue in the United States because many companies will resort to Internet research to save time and money ... . The following are some growth drivers of such research: • The Internet provides more rapid access to business intelligence and thus allows for better and faster decision-making. ... m...

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... FTP you can transfer binary files like programs, graphics and sound as well as text files. It is the way that files get transferred from one device to another in order for the files to be available on the Internet. When ftp appears in a URL it means that the user is connecting to a file server and not a Web server and that some form of file transfer ... 's branches (e.g. A chain of clothing stores could transfer a program for calculating discounts on items specific to that chain.) Advantages of FTP: q FTP can be used in order to access specific files which you often use without using the...

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