... uses and gratifications perspective to determine the motives for using the Internet and the needs met by using it. Flaherty, Pearce, and Rubin have investigated the use of the Internet as a functional alternative to face-to-face communication (250). Their study examined the relationships between motives for using the Internet as a computer-mediated-communication channel and ... permitted both because the members of the group understand and feel comfortable with one another, and also because they draw social strength from each other- (118). Lederman also notes five other assumptions. 1. T...

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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 among ... observable" (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 ...

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... , MIT's Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts and System Development Corporation (SDC), in Santa Monica, California, got a grant from ARPA for a study on cooperative networks of time-sharing computers to begin research on linking computers across the continent. Describing this work, Roberts explained: "Convinced that it ... was evidence that the use of networks had become more focused on interpersonal communication between individuals rather than the intended collaboration between scholars. "By the second year of operation, however, an odd fact became clear. ARPANET's users had w...

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... information transmitting and a new media, has become the focus being paid much attention by the whole world in the twenty first century. It has been changing the way in a striking speed that people work, study, think, communicate, and even the style of living. So, in this new ... Internet has changed the way people do business, communicate, entertain, seek information, and study. Without doubt, Internet has had a profound effect on almost every aspect of our everyday life. According to the data supplied by ChinaOnline (2002), "a new survey from Nielsen/NetRating finds that 56.6 million...

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... vision, or an imbalance of the eye muscles. Obesity--------------- the condition of being obese; increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat. Aping----------------- the act, practice, or art of copying the manner or expression of another Epidemic------------ as used in the study, is a widespread or scattering youth violence Negative Effects of Computer Games on Children People Are Reading Computer games can ... programmes are now widely available for individual and classroom use. However, there has been very little research reported on the effectiveness of such use. The...

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... the path of the White House without some emotion of envy or awe. This building epitomizes world leadership and unprecedented power. This renowned leadership may be the only association made by certain countries, while in the United States many see an other significance: Watergate, Whitewater, Kennedy's brutal and mysterious assassination, and today, Clinton's "zippergate" scandal. When the President of ... JFK has been linked," University of Virginia government professor Larry Sabato writes in his book "Feeding Frenzy," "not to mention a healthy dose of anonymous airline stewardesses, se...

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... ensued on the computer networks when the story was published soon gave way to a full-blown and highly political conflagration. The main focus of discontent was a new study, "Marketing Pornography on the Information Superhighway", purportedly by a team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, which was a centerpiece of Time's story. In the course of the debate, serious questions have been raised regarding the ... is the author of the network measurement software tools that Rimm used to compile his statistics. He had this to say about the Rimm study: "I have read a preprint of the Ri...

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... to advertise their products and services on-line. However, consumers are becoming hesitant as it relates to purchases over the Internet because of the fear of being deceived by online retailers. The following research study will examine a prosperous component of the Internet, Internet Shopping. Internet shopping makes sense; you can shop 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, at your own ... way, because people who are hesitant to make an online purchase will give their credit card to a waiter in a restaurant who walks away with it for 10 minutes . . . "(1). A study was conducted by the Unit...

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... easily seen that except for the customer relationship dimension most firms earn a cumulative score of less than 40% for all the four Ps. The results from this study give a general indication of the current understanding of the e-business contribution towards modern businesses. The Business Communications Review International (2001) quoting Andy Scott of the Confederation ... is so much confusion and lack of appreciation of its value to business. Figures show that e-business is growing very rapidly, Deitel et al (2001) refers to a study by the Centre for Research in Electronic Commerce ...

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... TIME Time magazine is a well read and respected form of media. It is known to be a trusted source of information and generally regarded highly by those of intelligence. Those they present, both businesses and individuals, they are said to considered to represent in an ethical manner to the best of ... the Time company. Fortunately, back then the Internet market was not nearly the size it is today which means fewer readers truly felt impacted by this story. On the other hand this article could have been responsible for forming many first impressions regarding the Internet and who exactly...

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... to the Sex On TV biennial report, the authors measure sexual messages that are presented to young audiences as such: For this study, sexual content is defined as any depiction of sexual activity, sexually suggestive behavior, or talk about sexual activity. Portrayals involving only talk ... on television programs geared for youth and teenagers, the chosen "937- of them, have been quantitatively studied by Kunkel, Biely, Eyal, Cope-Farrar, Donnerstein, and Fandrich. The top twenty shows from this study are as follows, from the highest ranking to the lowest: Malcolm in the Middle; Simpson...

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... have their own television. There is an average of 2.3 televisions in American Television Violence 4 households( Murphy & Tucker 1996, pg . 15 ). By the time your child reaches the end of grade six, he/she will witnesses 100,000 acts of violence from television, and who knows how much ... don't know the characters only exist on paper, or that their favorite character can't perform the moves and stunts in real life (e.g. Spiderman). A study was done that involves one hundred children. Fifty children were put into a classroom in which the students were shown a non-violent cartoon, and the .....

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... these behaviors and, consequently, encouraging them among teenagers. The Internet offers unparalleled access to hard-core pornography with just a few keystrokes. One recent study found that a child exploring the Internet may be trapped in an adult site by a new marketing technique that disables options such as the "back," "exit," or "close" navigation buttons. Soap operas, which are extremely popular ... with adolescents and preadolescents, might be one ideal place for responsible sexual portrayals, yet a recent study of 50 hours of daytime dramas found 156 acts of sexual ... intercour...

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... Girls and Women (New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986)],5, i [though] fewer than 10 percent of child sexual abuse cases are reported to authorities.6 [A 2001 University of Pennsylvania] study estimated that in the United States, 325,000 children a year were subjected to sexual exploitation, including prostitution, use in pornography and molestation.7 "According to Unicef, a million children are ... military officers, computer programmers, attorneys, accountants, even a Broadway producer."" 12 Hollywood stars, movie moguls, politicians, judges and police officers [were] among those who [were...

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... universities, as the centers of advanced learning, is to provide students with wide-ranging knowledge and to conduct in-depth teaching and research in specialized academic disciplines. The term of study is usually four years. Upon completion, graduates are awarded a bachelors degree. Due to the effects of the economy and the expanding IT field, many companies are demanding a little more ... 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 ...

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... how has globalisation through the presence of multinational banks merge the Nigeria economy with other countries of the world. 1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The dissertation should enlighten people on globalisation as regard the banking industry in Nigeria what has happened in the past, what is happening ... wishing to invest in the banking sector and also the general public and student of university of Kent. 1.3 SCOPE OF THE STUDY This dissertation is to study globalisation in the context of the banking sector in Nigeria only. The relevance of this topic to management is that the ... n...

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... in developer communities but also for corporate markets 4. Encourage free redistribution of derived works, for instance KDE and GNOME, both are X Windows desktop for Linux. 5. Embraced mostly by globally distributed developer communities, collaborating primarily through internet voluntarily. There are estimated around 750,000 developers working on Linux-related projects (referred Appendix C for some Linux vendors). Same as ... different from those traditional software development methods, referred as Cathedral Model. Linux development has implicitly divided into two majors, there are kern...

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... was due to more than half of employees in the business world states, technology has made their job more complex. The other half stated technology made them more productive. A study by an accounting firm in San Rafael, California, found that the typical personal computer user spends forty-three percent of his or her time on the machine "futzing' with the computer ... -7). The second level of debate centers on how to use technology in delivery of teacher education programs. Some view technology as a tool to assist faculty in delivering traditional programs of study. In this model, teacher p...

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... has shifted the traditional, slow-hiring process to a digital, fast-hiring process. While employers spent $105 million in 1998 on online recruiting, researchers expect this number to rise to $1.7 billion by 2003 (Useem, 1999). Furthermore, since the Internet is a communications tool, employers are finding talented employees, as well as, executive-level managers. PROBLEMS WITH PRESENT SITUATION However, a vast number ... their hiring methods in order to fill key positions at a much faster rate than the traditional methods. According to an article in Fortune magazine, "For Sale Online: You...

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... business models When discussing eCommerce, it is good to have a frame of reference. As a result, it is interesting to review the common models associated with the field of study. Generally, there are two widely recognized business models regarding eCommerce. These models include the B2B (Business to Business) model and the B2C (Business to Consumer) model. The fundamental ... potentially lower inventory holding costs based on augmented demand predictability • Companies can reach more and more potential customers because the customer's ability to purchase is not bounded by geographical ...

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... capacity of the family for afford expanses of tuition fees, living costs in a foreign country and other related expanses. Students are also influenced by family expectation. In some cases, to study abroad was planned by the parents or relatives of respondents from the time the students were young because many people in China regard that overseas education have a higher ... Such that family expectation was based on the perceived advantages of students obtaining an overseas academic qualification, fluently using a foreign language and life experience. Competition: Students are encouraged ...

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... off-campus courses became available through the University of Alberta (Srivastana, 2002, ¶ 1), and in 1916 the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art offered five coal mining courses by correspondence (SAIT - Centre for learning, 2002, ¶ 1). It is quite evident that early Canadian educators identified the need of undereducated citizens and realized that the barrier of ... Kidd, 1979, 9). Perhaps two of the more well-known early educational radio broadcasts were National Farm Radio Forum and Citizen's Forum. National Farm Radio Forum was a national educational program created by E....

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... pressure and have an inadequate capability for self-regulation. Clearly the use of social broadcasting and technology should be restricted and supervised by parents to help decrease the potentially negative outcomes of social media. Instagram and Facebook are commonly used social networks that teenagers are ... show that students who attended middle school, high school and even college who check Facebook or another social networking site during a 15 minute study period attained lesser grades. Having an addiction to social media makes it difficult for many users to fall asleep at night. ...

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... quickly to meet changing environmental needs, has affected the way in which information systems are analysed, designed, implemented and evaluated within the business environment. Within increasingly dynamic environments, characterised by continuous changes, there is a critical business need to change and update, as rapidly as possible. Computers allow human resource managers to provide better services to line managers; enable personnel ... not take into account delays or complications that may arise as the development progresses. Increased cost may also be a result of specifications being...

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... terms as e-tailing and clicks and mortar as the popularity of shopping online becomes increasingly evident. Consumer-to-Business e-commerce This type of e-commerce is a reverse auction where by the consumer rather than the seller initiates the transaction. The business principle is that consumers join together to drive down the price of products through the benefits of bulk buying ... major cities have the luxury of working from home. Over half a billion people worldwide now have Internet access, according to new research from Nielsen-Netratings. The research company's latest study indic...

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