INTRODUCTION The internet has enabled faster access of information worldwide. It is the cheapest means to accessing any information. The internet is defined as a tool that can link up all the people in the world who have interconnected computers. We depend on the internet nowadays so much‚with its convenience but again it can act as a weapon against us. Firstly In 1969‚the US Department of Defense started a project to allow researchers and military personnel to communicate
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Sikes Professor: Dr. Sokol Date: July 25‚ 2011 Introduction Facebook is a social networking website launched in February 2004. Facebook has gained in‚ as Sarah Lacy calls it‚ “some made-up social media war”‚ on its’ at one time rivalries: MySpace and LinkedIn. However‚ Twitter‚ another‚ very similar‚ social networking site‚ was started in 2006‚ and has forced Facebook onto a collision course. Synopsis of the Situation The Facebook vs. Twitter case concerns the two similar social networking
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countless reasons‚ such as looking up information about a topic‚ virtual online gaming‚ and even watching favorite shows online. Among these reasons is the major subject‚ social networking. Social networking‚ through websites like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and MySpace‚ allows people worldwide to interact with each other and “is transforming how people find and share information and how they connect and collaborate with one another.” (Source E). This may seem as a beneficial tool to the way humans socialize‚ but
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Jimmy Canhell Intro to Mass Communications Impact internet has had compared to the printing press The invention of the printing press‚ and the internet were two very big things that impacted are culture. The printing press was invented a lot earlier than the internet and has refined are culture here in America entirely. But the new era made a new invention
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time (i.e. you connect directly with another user). The primary reason that people join a social networking site is to maintain old relationships and establish new ones to expand their network. Some obvious examples of social networks are Facebook‚ Myspace‚ and LinkedIn. One interesting feature about people’s social networks is that they are extremely unique. It is actually very difficult to fake a Facebook or LinkedIn profile‚ because your friends (or who you connect to) will collectively identify
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The Effect of Electronic Communication The Convenience Factor o Issues of convenience drive the popularization of new methods of electronic communication. As telephones and fax machines were supplemented by the Internet and cell phones‚ communication became faster and more readily available. The Internet is notable for allowing the transmission of visual data‚ as well as text and voice‚ nearly instantly. The amount of information available on the Internet continues to grow as users create and
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Law enforcement is now using social media and that is not a good thing. Do to the face that tales away any type of free speech in a way. People are going to way paranoid about posting anything even if has nothing to do with braking the law or even coming close to it. They could post something like hold a red cup and them being like fourteen they could think that it is underage drinking. Law enforcement using social media is a bad thing. If you post a picture of you holding a red solo cup and you
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Effects of Technology on Society. In the last twenty years the computer has changed the way we work‚ live‚ and communicate. This incredible form of technology is a major part in our society today. Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have made communicating with our peers more convenient than ever before. Websites like YouTube have made people overnight celebrities and the Internet as a whole has made our society run more efficiently. Overall I believe that the digital revolution
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Age discrimination at the workplace Believe it‚ or not‚ job seekers are reporting age discriminationbeginning as early as the mid-thirties. By the time you reach your forties‚ you can be considered washed up in some industries. There are strategies you can use to help mitigate discrimination issues. There are also laws that prohibit employment discriminationbecause of age. Age Discrimination Issues In addition‚ to being considered "old‚" experienced candidates are some times considered more of
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communication and information sharing among ordinary citizens‚ and paved the way for a transformation of communication and information access in North America and across the globe. In the mid-2000s‚ online social networking sites such as Friendster‚ Myspace and Facebook took center stage. As their popularity grew‚ online social
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