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    The Dangers of the Internet The internet and social media have come a long way in the past decade. “This is an exciting time to be a young person interested in media” (Jennifer Shewmaker, PhD) Technology has evolved into something that we as humans use every single day. Nowadays children are growing with electronic devices and internet surrounding them. With technology on their hands all day they get exposed too inappropriate content, devolving mental problems and, in some cases being victims of

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    Essay The Addictive Nature of the Internet

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    The Addictive Nature of the Internet The purpose of this paper is to show the many different ways that people can become addicted to the web (Internet) and to try to explain why. The various aspects of the web, such as the wide range of information, the advanced technology, and alternate ways of communication have contributed to its addictive nature. People of all ages and backgrounds have become so absorbed in using the web, either through work or play, that they have, in effect, become

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    Communication Over The Internet, and The Effects It Will Have On Our Economy Thesis: Communication over the internet is growing at a rapid rate, this rate of growth may destroy the monopoly taking place with the major telecommunication giants. In this day and age we as a global community are growing at a super fast rate. Communication is a vital tool which aids us in breaking the distance barrier. Over the past decades there has been a monopoly in the telecommunications business, but now with

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    globally. Messages can be sent and received instantaneously instead of waiting days for documents to be received across the globe; business can exchange files in a matter of moments over the Internet (Henderson, 2014). Another advantage is the communicator can send a message in the form of online video chats and conferences, with either with one individual or with a number of people. No matter the message, it has two primary components; the content, which is contained in the words, symbols, and concepts

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    The Revolution of Social Media

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    over time, developed many means of communication starting with the word of mouth to writing letters, the telephone, and now the internet. The internet has developed its own form of communication, which is a social network. Social networks have created a way for people across the world to communicate with each other at the same time, all in one place, thus making it the internet the reason behind the revolution known as Social Network. Just as anything else, social networks were not born in a day, it

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    Anonymous has transformed from a physical entity to that of an idea and persona that can be claimed by anyone at any time and that idea is what will ensure its continued presence for years to come. Overview Anonymous is an Internet activist movement that advocates for causes mainly related to on-line piracy,

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    Table of Contents Definition of the Internet 3 The Internet’s Origins 3 How the Internet Works 3 HTML 4 HTTP 4 URL 4 Viruses 5 The Trojan Horse 5 The Computer Worm 5 Differences between Viruses, Trojans and Worms 6 Bibliography 7 Definition of the Internet The internet is the global system by which computers communicate and organizes computer facilities, anywhere throughout the world. For this communication to be performed a standard Internet protocol suite is used to link the devices

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    Department of Defense (DOD) to create America’s lead in science and technology. The Internet had its humble beginnings here, within ARPA’s many projects.      The Internet has become one of the key symbols of today’s pop culture: everything has a “dot com” address; people do not say “call me,” but instead its “I’ll E-mail you;” and the new word on the stock market is “E-business.” The Internet has not always been such a key figure in American life; in fact it was mostly unheard

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    After reading the Chapter10, I know it talks about 3 parts. The history of Internet, from the beginning using at military to become a convergence of all the media that preceded it; the today’s Internet industry; and the controversy. I think the most important insight in the Chapter 10 is that history of mobile media. In 1870s, two inventors, Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Next the two-way mobile radios were appeared by the World War II. The devices were used in the

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    Introduction File sharing, or peer-to-peer software programs such as Limewire which uses protocol Gnutella, BitTorrent, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and programs that are Peer to Peer (P2P) such as KaZaA which uses the protocol FastTrack and others can allow sharing of copyrighted music, games, movies, software, and other files often without the knowledge or permission of the consumer. Peer-to-Peer programs usually share files by default, to permit the full amount of sharing across the web. Sharing

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