... serve in prison and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan separated. After his release from prison, in 1995, Black formed the first hate site online and called it Stormfront. This was a very important advancement for hate groups" world wide. This enabled them to communicate and advertise their beliefs over ... these hate groups are able to get their message out privately over the internet with no consequences. The internet bounds these extremists together in an online community where they can preach and discuss their similar beliefs. It takes the isolated person and makes them a part of the co...

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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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... , often have direct connection to an Internet provider over high-speed digital lines. Some of these providers include Netcom and PSI.1 The number of adults online in the United States by the end of 1998 has been estimated as low as 44 million and as high as 80 million. 2 At the ... Act was passed. Under this law, the distribution of indecent material on the Internet was made illegal. Another law, the Child Online Protection Act, pertains solely to commercial Web sites and focuses on material that could be damaging to minors. Under this law, a person could not view ... six months in jail ...

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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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... the electronic exchange of business data between two or more organizations' computers. E-commerce includes as previously mentioned, buying and selling any item over the Internet, electronic funds transfers, online banking, and any other digitally conducted business. The Internet brings together goods, services, and information rather than having to gather it from multiple sources of media. A specific goal ... Companies that are thousands of miles away can complete business transactions in a matter of seconds as well as exchange information. Companies have saved thousands of dollars by con...

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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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... 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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... intimacies and aggressive attitudes as they never would when face to face (Holland). A condition has even been classified called the "cybershakes," characterized by apathy, edginess, and irritability when not online. Internet addiction can obviously limit social development, not to mention the other effects, like mental and physical health risks, often associated with any type of addiction (Young). Besides true problems ... are very social in nature and, even more so than by the telephone, are often made easier and more social through their connection to the Internet. There are social g...

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... for disabled 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 bank details more quickly and sufficiently. As well as Online Banking, the Internet offers things such as home shopping. You can buy almost anything off the Internet and have it delivered to your door. The Internet ... is an end...

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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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... initially met on the internet (Campo-Flores). A 2002 London study at the University of Central Lancashire found that one in ten children will follow through with meeting someone they met online. However, these numbers have been grossly manipulated for the purpose of the media. Of the 1,369 children surveyed for this study, only 259 have even visited a chat room, and of ... these 259, 27 said that they had met someone in person whom they had originally met online. Of the children that used the internet, only 2% actually met someone they had originally met online (Hewson). The difference ...

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... , the Internet reaches to. It means to know how to build it. For that reason training or hiring professional are essential. As an example, an estate agency, which sells houses online has to present and has to update his products. Secondly, from flexibility and accessibility points of view, the use of the Internet is reduced. Only computer literate people are able ... view, competition is very important. Moreover, from financial status or reputation, some businesses are stronger. For instance, amazone.com is a famous online retailer, which has important product diversity and a good qualit...

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... be like if users do not have the privacy on the Internet they deserve. EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), a advocacy group that has been fighting the Clinton Administration for tougher online consumer protection laws, and other privacy protection agencies have formed to protect the rights and privileges of the Internet user. With the U.S. Government, EPIC has had to step in and ... the Internet, but now with the invention of the secure line and encryption capabilities people or now using the internet to buy more than ever. You can now bank online or buy stocks online if you w...

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... , Patty. pg 158). Also, mail-order businesses, as well as advertising, have been made easier with the use of the Internet. Businesses based on the web also exist, and the online shopping market has increased in recent years. Estimates predict that the total Internet revenues for 2001 are approximately 20 billion U.S. dollars (Clemente, Peter C. pg 44-45). These values show that ... the Internet has become a major component for businesses, and in the near future, almost every business will be available online. Now that the many current uses of the Internet have been discussed, one must qu...

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... was so that one computer could talk to another quickly and easily. For the first decade or so the ARPAnet was primarily used for e-mail, database access, file transfers and online discussion forums. In 1971 the ARPAnet consisted of around 20 sites but by 1981 this figure had grown to over 200 sites. As this growth continued rules were needed to ... electronic banks. Customers can manipulate their money, pay bills and fully run their accounts from their homes. Many banks merely offer e-banking as a supplemental service, but some banks exist entirely online (for example Egg) and have no b...

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... quite valuable to another, deprives people of their civil right to information. Pro-censorship advocates argue that some child might unsuspectingly stumble upon unsuitable information. This is not true. Online users are not bombarded with grotesque pictures and hate groups' paraphernalia. One has to deliberately go into such a site, and there exists software to protect children from such occurrences ... 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. The...

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... , this shows how the internet even though of everyone doesn't have access to it but it does affect most people. Now a day at least one out of every 4 persons are online at one moment each day. A lot of big companies such as Pepsi, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony, use the internet not only as a way to sell but also to advertise and ... can also be traveled from one business to the other over the internet. Many companies also only depend on the internet to make their business be cause they are an online only profit based company. Not only is the internet good to be surfing all the time and looki...

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... and involves many aspects - technological, organization and community. It influences not only the technical fields of computer communications but the entire society as we are shifting towards increasing use of online tools to accomplish electronic commerce, information acquisition, and community operations. 2. Origins of the Internet Walt Howe (2002.) states that the creation of Internet was the result of some visionary thinking ... technical aspects of computer communications but also the entire society as it helps in accomplishing electronic commerce, information acquisition and commu...

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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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... done by corporations which sell and advertise their products and services over the internet. (e.g. a company could place an advert on a website which, when clicked, will take the user to an online catalogue of the company's products and services.) Personal Leisure users mainly use of the web is for entertainment, as entertaining sites which get a lot of traffic can make large amounts ... of money from letting companies advertise on their site. (e.g. A home user could play free online games on a site hosted by a company that wishes to advertise it's product on that site.) For professiona...

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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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... .) This last report of sexual abuse is not a happy one. In Massachusetts, a 15-year-old girl was lured to her online predators home where they repeatedly raped, sexually humiliated, and abused the girl (ABC News.) The young girl met the abuser online, which is where they set up a meeting point at a local mall. Once they met, they went to the car where ... ...

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... computer software companies now have their own Internet sites on the World Wide Web, where customers can get immediate support directly from the experts or buy and register new software online. Even magazine publishers are joining the Internet to regularly publish special Internet versions of their magazines which are read by millions of people worldwide. The Internet attracts so many companies ... , but there are always channels in German, Japanese, and Finnish, and occasionally other languages. On the average, there are between five and six thousand people from many countries and cultu...

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