Isolated By the Internet Becoming one of few highly regarded people having great contribution to the establishment of the internet‚ Clifford Stoll an astronomer and computer expert‚ became highly skeptical of the internet and its beneficial or perilous effect on its consumer. He clearly states throughout the passage his views on internet use becoming hazardous to its users‚ making his argument by displaying multiple examples of social disconnection of obsessive internet users. Renowned psychologists
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What is the effect of time spent on the internet on a person‚ her family‚ her employer‚ the companies she does business with and the communities that they live in? The internet has become a powerful and widespread communication platform. The internet has started to change the way of society in a few beneficial ways. The internet’s usefulness‚ a person keeping up with her friends or family‚ and the ability to go to school without leaving your home are a few of the beneficial ways. There is little
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How Has the Internet Changed the Way We Do Creative Research and Scholarship? Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I have come here today to talk to you about the effects of the internet on the education of your children. Although most of you probably see the internet as having a negative impact on today’s youth‚ I will discuss both the positive and the negative attributes of the internet. I assure you that the motive of this speech is not to convince you or in any way persuade you to think differently‚ but simply
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People can get lots of things done through the Internet‚ chatting with friends through MSN‚ shopping on Amarzon.com‚ settling the credit card bill‚ making new friends through the Facebook‚ reading newspaper on appledaily.com‚ etc. Besides‚ when we want to search for information‚ we can simply “Google” it‚ and we get what we want. It is no doubt that the Internet has greatly sped up the flow of information. In Hong Kong‚ the popularization of the Internet leads to the formation of different forums‚
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Strategy and The Internet Michael E. Porter Harvard Business Review In this article‚ the author (Michael E. Porter)‚ explains his opinion on the use of the internet by organisations. He points out that both dot-coms and established companies have both‚ by way of competition‚ violated the core precept of strategy in businesses. Porter brings out the fact that companies focussed more on attracting more customers‚ via discounted channels‚ discounting and advertising‚ rather than having profit in
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CURRENT SMOKING AMONG TEENAGERS Daniel Homn‚ Ph.D. THE SURVEY on which I am reporting was done for the Public Health Service from late December 1967 through early February 1968 by the Chilton Research Services of Philadelphia. The figures are based on telephone interviews conducted as a representative sample of the 85 percent of the U.S. households which have telephone service. These figures are being augmented by personal interviews in households without telephones. Households without telephones
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Thanks to the growth of information technology‚ we now live in the ‘Computer Age’. The Internet has many uniquely modern functions. Yet‚ there are risks and bad effects when using it. Four pros are going to fight against four cons below. Widely used in offices‚ research institutes‚ information centers and education‚ the Internet has greatly raised the accuracy and efficiency of work‚ and saved much money and manpower for human beings. This multi-medium assists us in our work in so many ways. It
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Today‚ the internet is regarded as the largest information base and it become an integral part of our lives. Not only can we access a vast amount of data on the internet but we can also use the internet as a channel of communication. However‚ there is a price to pay for this easy access to such vast amounts of information. I. How come that the internet has a negative impact to the netizens? II. What effects it may do to the society? To our children? And to ourselves? III. How can
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FRONTIERS OF E-BUSINESS RESEARCH 2004 315 An Exploratory Study of the Roles of Internet Communication in Business Relationships Nataša Golik Klanac Doctoral student‚ Hanken - Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration‚ natasa.golik@hanken.fi Abstract The development of successful business relationships relies greatly on interpersonal contacts. However‚ due to certain advantages of Internet communication‚ numbers of relationships start to relay increasingly on this impersonal
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Life as a teenager is difficult A teenager’s life is not as simple as many think. The changes each teenager goes through are big. Many people believe the change is only physical‚ which is completely untrue. The greatest change teenager faces are those within their brain‚ in other word‚ psychological. Teenagers are constantly pressured by their surroundings‚ which explain the reason for them being stressed. In our society‚ especially‚ the teens have a positive and negative influence from their
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