Pros and Cons for Kids’ Internet Use Studies Show Mix of Potential Benefits and Risks When Kids Go Online By Miranda Hitti WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang‚ MD May 1‚ 2006 -- The Internet may be a help or a hazard when kids go online‚ new research shows. Some of those risks and benefits are highlighted in a special issue of the journal Developmental Psychology. Among the findings: * Message boards about self-injurious behavior (such as cutting) included social support and risky
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the so-called “surveillance society”. Evaluate this statement.What exactly is a ‘surveillance society’? The term is often used by the popular media to refer to the older more totalitarian notions of the ‘security state’ or Orwellian references to ‘Big Brother’ (Wood‚ 2009: 180). Surveillance can be defined as being a form of social control in which individuals are being monitored directly through several authorities e.g. The Government and the Police‚ with the idea that surveillance protects us in
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The Internet – The Pros and Cons of Websites and Writing Josh Keller‚ a Correspondent for The Chronicle of Higher Education and an expert in Comparative Literature‚ in his article “Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers‚” describes the intensely debated topic of whether time spent on the Internet influences students’ abilities to enhance their writing. In his article‚ he debates the two sides of this argument providing information and sources from each. Keller uses
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Censorship‚ in true form‚ is the systematic banning of books‚ the Internet‚ or other literature due to content that has been deemed inappropriate. In the United States‚ it is used widely in the context of adolescent literature. Resistors to this movement often claim that the government is violating many children’s first amendment rights. Numerous cases have been brought. Others find this act of restricting material devastating to the education system. Censorship has infringed on children’s first
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Domestic Surveillance Is it right to invade one’s privacy? Chanelle Williams SOC 120 Ashley Arends 04/21/214 When most people think of Domestic Surveillance cameras‚ spyware‚ phone tapping‚ protection as well as invasion of privacy are the things that comes to mind. People know that Domestic Surveillance is one way their country knows what is going on and can use the surveillance for proof of things like terrorism‚ thieves‚ etc. But does this means that having Domestic Surveillance
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Tomar‚ a profession at the University of Florida describes public health surveillance as the ongoing systematic collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation and dissemination of data regarding a health-related event for the use in public health action (Tomar‚ 2007). The information collected from surveillance is implemented in planning‚ evaluating and to put together research hypothesis (Tomar‚ 2007). He explains that this surveillance contributes and aids in the decrease of not only morbidity and mortality
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Video Surveillance Video surveillance in the United States is becoming widespread. Video cameras are being used in Department stores‚ convenience stores‚ store parking lots‚ and inside banks. The purpose of video cameras are to deter or prevent crime. Are they effective? This issue has sparked a nationwide debate‚ between the merits of video surveillance and the privacy invasion. The merits of video surveillance‚ by far‚ outweigh the issues of privacy invasion. In the 1970’s and 1980’s
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MALARIA SURVEILLANCE Malaria is Malaria Is caused by infection with a single-celled nucleated protozoan of the genus Plasmodium. There are four species of Plasmodium that cause disease in humans: P. Vivax P. falciparum P. ovale P. malariae P. vivax and P. falciparum are the most prevalent‚ accounting for almost 90 percent of all cases worldwide. Malaria life-cycle Anopheles mosquito goes through asexual and sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction occurs in the human body and sexual reproduction
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give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. “(Benjamin Franklin) Government Surveillance According to Article IV of the Constitution of the United States‚ The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated. (Declaration 83) Surveillance is presenting numerous challenges to our right to privacy. The National Security Agency or NSA is amassing private information
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Surveillance Cameras Nadine Strossen is the authors of “Everyone is watching you” an article that its main purpose is to alert readers how our privacy rights are been violated by surveillance cameras. The article in general informs the reader of the topic right from the beginning with the title which explains a lot of the matter to discuss. The author introduces the topic very clear with the example of Eric Blair the author of “Big Brother is watching you” and how this caption relates to the matter
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