... of Internet Usage."" Information, Communication & Society. 2,3(1999): 277-299. Lederman, Linda Costigan. "Assessing Educational Effectiveness: The Focus Group Interview as a Technique for Data Collection."" Communication Education. 39,2(1990): 117-127. Littlejohn, Stephen. Theories of Human Communication. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1999. Lunt, Peter and Sonia Livingstone. "Rethinking the Focus Group in Media and ... Phone #: _______ 3. Gender (circle one): MALE FEMALE 4. Year in School (circle one): 1 2 3 4 5 5. On average, how many times per day do you access th...

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... not seem to be a disinhibited behavior, but it still involves deception which forms the core of disinhibition in cyberspace. Online relationships allow individuals to perform activities which they otherwise could not enjoy, namely, cybersex. The frustrations that individuals may have encountered due to the lack of sexual activities in ... during real relationships. But this aspect of and individual's personality is only limited to the internet as they may not have the opportunity to perform it in real life. Therefore it may be referred to as an alternative personality of an individual an...

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... , 14+ years old, N = 8,280 ever accessed the internet Age As outlined in the Telecommunication Today: Internet Activity and Content report, age is a determining factor in the activities users choose to perform online. Data from Roy Morgan Single Source supports this and Table 2 shows that email is the most common application while banking transactions were also an important activity across all age ... newer communication activities at least monthly, if not more regularly. The most common activities include: email, used by 75  per cent news feeds (Really Simple Syndication or RSS), used ...

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... dimension of ethical reflection. When electronic computers came on the scene in the 1950s, they did so with much enthusiasm for their ability to do massive number crunching and to perform intensive data-management operations. Questions about the impact of computers on people surfaced only at the edges of thought. While the 1950s and '60s witnessed some discussion of the social ... "an enormous used book store with volumes stacked on shelves and tables and overflowing onto the floor, and a continuous stream of new books being added helter-skelter to the piles."(39) Efforts to manage this...

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... dimension of ethical reflection. When electronic computers came on the scene in the 1950s, they did so with much enthusiasm for their ability to do massive number crunching and to perform intensive data-management operations. Questions about the impact of computers on people surfaced only at the edges of thought. While the 1950s and '60s witnessed some discussion of the social ... "an enormous used book store with volumes stacked on shelves and tables and overflowing onto the floor, and a continuous stream of new books being added helter-skelter to the piles."(39) Efforts to manage this...

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... efficient means to conduct long distance transactions, as well as an effective way to distribute information. All the way back in 1968, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) allowed different companies to perform electronic dealings with one another.   However, there was no guarantee that Company A and Company B had the same transaction capabilities.   In 1984, when the ASC X12 standard was established, this guarantee ... mundane tasks, often ones that meant they wouldn't have to stand in lines. Almost 50 percent of America's community banks now allow their customers to view their balance...

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... recognition to enter new markets especially in Asia and Western Europe. Besides that, Amazon can also utilize its resources to enter untapped markets in the U.S. • With the score of 4.39, Amazon needs to increase its advertisements and promotions to enhance the market with its product differentiation and service differentiation. This would not only ensure the company remains competitive, but it ... recognition to enter new markets especially in Asia and Western Europe. Besides that, Amazon can also utilize its resources to enter untapped markets in the U.S. • With the score of 4.39,...

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... of sending a package. For example, a 50lbs. package with dimensions of 8x8x8, was sent from Las Vegas, NV to Bloomington, IL. DHL's price was $125.65 compared to UPS's price of $39.03. This is nearly a $84.00 difference. The delivery price that UPS offered clearly was a much better price than DHL. One of the main weaknesses of DHL is that they ... Ground. For example, a 50lbs. package, with the dimensions of 8x8x8, and was sent from Las Vegas, NV to Bloomington, IL. FedEx's price was $28.21 compared to UPS's price of $39.03 which was nearly $ 11.00 difference. The delivery price that Fe...

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... invented a digital apparatus that could not only add, but could also multiply. It was not until 1820 that a mechanical calculator, developed by Charles Xavier Thomas, was introduced that could perform all four basic arithmetic operations. While Thomas was busy creating the desktop calculator, Charles Babbage (a mathematics professor in Cambridge, England), began to design a more complex machine. In 1822, ... was to make semiconductor memory affordable; they accomplished this feat in the early 70's. This goal changed when Intel (contracted by Japanese manufacturer Busicom) designed a sing...

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... battle. Security should be baked in, not painted on. It should be an integral part of the life cycle process, beginning with design and continuing through development and testing (Patilla 39). Security for the Internet is improving; it is just that the usage of the Internet is growing much faster. Security is a key issue for every user of the Internet and ... ...

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... battle. Security should be baked in, not painted on. It should be an integral part of the life cycle process, beginning with design and continuing through development and testing (Patilla 39). Security for the Internet is improving; it is just that the usage of the Internet is growing much faster. Security is a key issue for every user of the Internet and ... ...

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... show pornographic images of children on their websites.38 "It is clear a new marketplace for child pornography has emerged from the dark corners of cyberspace,"" Attorney General John Ashcroft said.39 "There are tens of thousands of pedophiles out there swapping child porn on the Net,"" says Julie Posey [of] Pedowatch in Lafayette, Colo.40 [U.S.] Customs and [Denmark's] Save the Children ... ...

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... ) Hispanic .10 (.11) -.32 (.61) Asian *-.31 (.16) 1.64 (1.2) Less15 *.12 (.07) .52 (.42) Activity Scale .02 (.06) .04 (.08) Goals Scale -.02 (.04) -.02 (.05) Reasons Scale ***.32 (.07) ***.39 (.09) Less15*Activity -.01 (.14) Less15*Goals -.04 (.09) Less15*Reasons -.15 (.14) Black*Activity .09 (.08) Black*Goals -.01 (.06) Black*Reasons **.21 (.10) Hispanic*Activity -.29 (.19) Hispanic ... ...

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... area in London can sign up for a high-speed service of £33 a month, plus a very cheap installation fee of £50. Another option is BT Openworld's ADSL. At £39.99 per month and an installation charge of £150, customers living up to 5.5km away from an ADSL exchange can gain high-speed access. It's not cheap. But it ... ...

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... television and Internet usage? __ Government Regulation __Parents __Internet Service Providers __ Other ___________________________________ Based on this survey, here are the results according to each question asked: 1. 10 parents are 33years old; 10, 39; 2, 42; 4, 35; 2, 49; 2, 41; 10, 32; 4. 38; 4, 40; 2, 30; 4 parents blank 2. 50 females and 4 males 3. 17 parents with a year of college and above; 8 elementary level; 11 high school level; 18 ... ...

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... alternatives are short-term and offer only quick fixes. Companies may decide to outsource some of its work if the company feels that another company can perform the work better or if the other company can perform the work at a lower cost. Therefore, when a company that participates in outsourcing finds that it is in a situation where it might have to downsize, the ... ...

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... this is to prevent or reduce anxiety and distress, not to provide pleasure or gratification. The person feels driven to perform the compulsion to reduce distress that accompanies an obsession or to prevent some dreaded event from happening. In some cases individuals perform rigid acts according to elaborate rules without being able to indicate why they are doing them. By definition, compulsions ... ...

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... is not, and between what is right and wrong. Children often watch programs in which they 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 ... ...

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... promotional and advertising offers more accurately. (Promo, Psycho Analysis) There are many professional organizations that can be hired to research and consult business enterprises, but it is also possible to perform a research on it's own since information collected before and during every campaign can have a strong impact in evaluation of marketing mixes and strategies, measurement of past performance, and forecasting of ... ...

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... on how many cable subscribers in the neighborhood are currently actively using the network as well as load on the Internet generally. This "double whammy" suggests that cable modem will perform relatively slower during peak usage periods." 8 In addition to differing in raw performance, cable modem and DSL provide different levels of security. It is reasonable to assume that DSL service ... ...

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... . Bill Clinton can only prove so much to prove his innocence and probably isn't innocent, but nontheless it doesn't concern the American public since it doesn't concern his ability to perform in the Oval Office. (No pun intended.) Even though being in the spotlight comes with being a world leader, the media don't need to worry about the every move and the ... ...

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... dangerous if the user has administrative access to the operating system because the Trojan horse can do anything the administrator can. Trojan horses have the same level of privileges to perform functions as the user executing the program. This means that Trojan horses can delete files that the user can delete; transmit to the intruder any files that the user can ... ...

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... get into your network, once inside, they may be able to gain access to all of your data and systems. There are many different types of attacks that they can perform. Attackers can exploit weaknesses in network security and even in software. Every type of internet facility browsing, ftp, remote access est. requires access to ports on a user's computer. Even if ... ...

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Introduction This paper will perform analysis on the Open Source Software (here by referred as OSS) business model implementation in software industry. For in depth assessment, we will look into Red Hat Linux business implementation ... ...

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... download account information to their respective PFM or access Consumer eBanking from within the PFM o Direct Connect - functionality through Microsoft Money and Quicken allows end users to import account information, perform account reconciliation, and initiate transactions (book transfers, pay bills, emails) from within the PFM and independent of the Internet Banking product Developed on a foundation using Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) J2EE ... ...

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