mouse, a complex and ever expanding social world thrives inside the digital world of the Internet. Social networking sites have grown immensely as more people take advantage of the Internet to connect with friends and expand their social horizons. Chat features of these social networking sites have become popular as well, giving users the ability to converse instantly and intimately with their friends. But this broadening of social horizons in general has also given radical organizations the medium
purposes (Kraut). Play games and visit chat rooms are converging into one big social network. This is done in one’s spare time. The latter person may say that going on the internet and performing that kind of activity encourages laziness but I beg to differ. The virtual world can actually be constructive. It stimulates the mind to try a wide range of games right in arms length. You will be able to choose which game satisfies your desire. In addition, chat rooms allow you to meet new people and learn
classroom lessons. Second, NetSmartz also uses internet safety presentations, which are interactive Powerpoint presentations devoted to different viewers, such as children, teens, tweens, and adults. Handouts are also employed as tip sheets and discussion guides. Safety pledges are also implemented by NetSmartz, which are age-appropriate rules that are used as a contract or pledge. NetSmartz has also teachable recipes that combine internet safety lessons with culinary fun. c. Statistics With the advent
Personal information 2. Credit cards III. Identity theft A. Identity theft sites 1. Stealing information 2. Craigslist B. Preventing Identity theft 1. Who to give information to IV. Cyber Stalking A. Stalking sites 1. Social and Chat websites 3. Craigslist B. Preventing cyber stalking 1. Information not to give out V. Hacking A. Hacking sites 1. Viruses 2. Survey downloads 3. Antivirus programs B. Preventing hacks 1. Antivirus Programs VI. Conclusion A
one’s spare time, one may decide either to play an online game or to join a chat room. The objective person may say that browsing the Internet and performing that kind of activity encourages laziness but I beg to differ. The virtual world can actually be constructive. It stimulates the mind to try a wide range of games right in arms length. You will be able to choose which game satisfies your desire. In addition, chat rooms allow you to meet new people and learn about different cultures by interaction
Two social science studies will be used within this essay to outline ethical issues which can occur when conducting research online. Due to the rapid development of the internet it has enabled individuals a new platform to access information, whilst also communicating with a wide range of other people. (Plaut, S. M, 1997). The internet has allowed research to be carried out online in different ways, through surveys, interviews, focus groups and cyber ethnography, these forms of research are often
Abstract As the collective world turns on their computers, it is becoming increasingly important to know why they have decided to turn them on and what drives them while they are on. There have been several theories governing modern social society that can be translated rather precisely into the world of the Internet. The personality theories developed by John Atkinson, Abraham Maslow, Joseph Veroff, and Dan McAdams helps define the different shapes that people take while on the World Wide Web
and waiting for the opportunity to come in and connect with you after he has found a crack in your defenses. 3. Starts to initiate a friendship, drawing you in closer until he wants to share with you in a private chat room so that you are not interrupted by other people in the chat room (isolates you.) 4. Wants you to trust him. 5. He asks questions about your
Talking to Strangers Online In recent years, the Internet has proved itself to be a niche of ever-growing clientele, offering its users a multitude of venues of entertainment, education and other beneficial uses; but other venues of mischief it provides as well. It has been a matter of public discord and a concern of parents and educationalists that millions of teen patrons are now 'online.' A lot of them use the internet regularly, interacting with all sorts of content and technologies, and yet
In today 's society we fail to realize how easy we can access social media sites without any precautions. The accessibility may be different depending on not only the location, but it can very well differentiate through different states. The effects in which social media from the basic functions of social media websites, how sex offenders can access these websites without there being any type of consequences and how other countries can have access to their own social media. Starting with Facebook