Internet and Social Networking

Is the Internet a Good or Bad Thing?

Is the internet good or bad? It is basically a good thing, it has many wonders, and is full of information foranyone who knows how to use a computer, but there is also a dark side to the internet - one filled with financial pitfalls, unnecessary censorship, and government intrusion I am going to try to explain some of these dangers so that you may have a better understanding of what risks may await you around the corner when you are surfing the net. The topics that I will be discussing are as follows shopping on the internet, censoring the press and bloggers, and finally how you get the information you use from the internet.

Fact or Fiction: The Reliability of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia which can be collaboratively edited by people all over the world. There are many strengths of Wikipedia, but there are also flaws. The strengths include free, quick, and easy to access information; also it provides the combination of potential intelligent minds all over the world who contribute to the edits of Wikipedia. But the fact that anybody can edit the entries on Wikipedia can cause a weakness to the website. The weakness may include vandalism, which can deceive the users of Wikipedia into believing that false information is true. With false information exposed to the entire world, it can cause conflict in debating what information is true and what information is false. I believe that Wikipedia is a bad source because there are no rules enforced to completely protect the website from the vandalism of people all around the world.

The Difference of The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mayo Clinic and Wikipedia's Web Sites Discussion of Childhood Obesity

At first impression, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mayo Clinic and Wikipedia – three web sites that discuss childhood obesity – seem like your go to sites for advice. All have great introductions, causes and risk factors, updates, and plenty of useful resources for you to browse. Because there are many sources for health information, we can not just assume this information given is credible. As I analyze the CDC, Mayo Clinic and Wikipedia web sites, I will bring to your attention that one web site is more reliable than the others.

The Impact of Facebook on Students

With the development of internet, people are intend to create the information on their own. They want to share where, and what they are doing with friends. Also, they want to know where,and what their friends are doing. So Facebook appeared. People can post their thoughts, pictures, on the wall and receive the comment from their friends. Students became the most powerful proponents of Facebook. And here comes up the problem: Does Facebook has a good effect on students? The answer is no. Here are the three reasons.

How Facebook Changed the World: The Spread of Arab Spring

The Arab spring is a name given to the revolutions that happened in the Arab world, starting from December 2010 and taking hold till now. The reason behind these revolutions is to maintain a democratic state that is based on human rights, respect of minorities and religious diversity. However, having such a revolution requires a big support and a strong foundation. But according to Malcolm Glade well’s argument in the “New Yorker”, social media may not aid democratic revolutions. So can the so called Arab spring have come without it? Social media powered up the Arab spring by organizing the protests that were planned, disseminating information to the outside world making social media a megaphone, and giving the ability to people to give their opinion.

Online Perfection: Unattainable Ideals Made Realistic in Virtual Reality

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project survey, in 2007, 55% of U.S. teenagers age 12-17 who are using the Internet have an account on a social networking website (Lenhart & Madden, 2007) and by 2009, 75% of young adults 18-25 years old had an account (Hum et al, 2011). With the amount of pressure for teenagers to be adhering to a certain model of perfection, it is an escape to be someone a little more popular or attractive or funny online. While this ideal person is not attainable in reality, in the virtual world one can make themselves whoever they wish to be, and present themselves however they wish to be perceived, in their eyes creating a better identity. Besley says it well. “Identity is a complex, interlinked concept that holds both personal and public dimensions; the internal, psychological aspects that are displayed (consciously or not) with the public, interactive social, side that we present to the world as actors in our own unique forms of social performance” (2011) Young people use Facebook to create their ideal identity through their pictures, words, and affiliations.

Introduction:
The main characteristic of today's international economy is globalization, it can be defined as a process by which economies, societies and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication, transportation, and trade. In addition to globalization, the international economy is characterized by an informational technological revolution and economic integration. The newest evolving positive trends is electronic commerce (e-commerce) , it generally referred to as business-to-business(B2B) and business-to-consumer(B2C) online shopping. B2B can be open to all interested parties or limited to specific, pre-qualified participants market, B2C online shopping is related to buying products or services at a so-called bricks-and mortar retailer or in a online shopping mall (Bazdan, 2011). Online shopping is a form of e-commerce in which the buyer directly accesses the seller's inventory or services via Internet. Without the large mount of inventory and selling cost, e-commerce providing retailers a low cost international trade platform.

Statement of Problems:

In this day and age many different types of media exist. Newspapers, television, internet, and other print media. These Medias have their own good and bad side. In my paper I will discuss the downsides that I have learned about through this class and through reading the book Media and Society. I would have to say the three main points that have changed my views are the ownership factors of the mass media, the political influence of the mass Medias upon our society, and finally the way in which the Medias portray race, class, and gender on their shows. In this paper I will discuss how these have affected the way I view the media now. Now I know I really have to pay attention to what I see.

Paper Outlining the Various Concepts Found in Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

Introduction

The following paper outlines the various concepts found in Object Oriented Programming (OOP). Applications created through OOP are generally easier to maintain, consist of more reusable components, as well as being more scalable, robust, and reliable. The following information will describe the various facets of Object Oriented Programming and how each of these items contributes to the object oriented paradigm.
Objects (instances)

Objects are at the core of Object-Oriented development and technology. The concept is that all objects have two characteristics: state and behavior (Oracle, 2011). The state of an object is stored through the object’s fields or variables. An object’s possible states depend on the purpose of the object. For example: if the object decides what environment the program is running in the possible states could be “UAT” or “Production.” An object’s behavior is simply what the object can do or the processes for which the object was created. These processes are access through the object’s methods.

European Innovations in China and Intellectual Property Rights

Knowledge and technology transfers from European companies to China and intellectual property rights issues

Nowadays, the search of resources, efficiency or new markets has become a major part in companies’ activities. It is all the more important for Western Multi-National Companies (MNC) that had poorly involved the last decades due to markets saturations and high competitions level. According to Drucker (1993): “The basic economic resource is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor labor. It is and will be knowledge”. Furthermore, the world is lately changing and is now more complex than ever before. The global economy is shifting from a world where the United-States were leading international transactions towards one that is dominated by several heterogeneous states. Emerging countries in Asia or South America have offered new opportunities abroad for those firms through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or Merger and Acquisitions (M&A). But one country has quickly emerged and now overtakes all the others: the Popular Republic of China (Bostock, 1996).

Internet Summary - Discovery Kids The Yuckiest Site on the Internet

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com

This an entertaining, science-related website that is specifically intended for children. Discovery Kids created this site to appeal to children, which is obvious in the language used throughout the site to describe science (such as “yucky,” “slimy,” “icky” and “gross”). The title of this website is “The Yuckiest Site on the Internet.” Using this sort of language seems to be a way of attracting children and promoting their interest in science in a fun, entertaining way. Another clue that this website is obviously targeted towards children is that it specifically says “KIDS” at the top of the pages.
Discovery has also created a related site for K-8 Science teachers: http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/teachercenter.

There are many fun, science-related activities kids can engage in on this website:

“Yucky Fun & Games”: Games and “yucky mad science” labs
(Various educational, hands-on experiments children may perform at home or school; related to different science-related topics; including scientific explanations of what and why certain things occur)

What makes VDM Website Popular?

Reaction Paper

The newest trend: VDM, the website that gives a boost in mind’s emancipation within youth generation. In cars, buses, in a doctor cabinet, at home or even in class, VDM website comes as a “shoulder to cry on” when you are bored to death. In fact, we should not neglect to bear in mind that the inexorable number of VDM “friendly visitors” is principally due to the availability of Internet on mobile phones. Real or fake?

How Computers Made Life Easier

The invention of the computer has made a considerable improvement in the lives of many people. In Chapter 2, The Accelerative Thrust, “the computer burst upon the scene around 1950. With its unprecedented power for analysis and dissemination of extremely varied kinds of data in unbelievable quantities and at mind staggering speeds, the computer has become a major force behind the latest acceleration in acquiring knowledge.” When my parents were in high school and college, they had to use a typewriter to complete writing assignments. When I was growing up, my parents owned a word processor. In January 1999, my parents decided to buy their first computer, when I was in eighth grade. The computer has been an important part of my life since I was thirteen years old, and I have used a computer on a daily basis since high school. During the last eleven years, the computer has made a significant impact in my life and the lives of my parents.

Impact on copyright and legal market from internet music

Since the 21th century, internet has been broadly developed and used in our common life. Nowadays, huge amount of amusement elements that are free can be found on the internet. And the seriously following problems like music copyright appear. Music, as we all know, is an essential part of people’s life in modern society. And in the past decades, most of people buy them in form of tape or CD. However, it seems everything has changed now. More and more people start to download free music from the internet instead of buying a copyrighted version. This phenomenon is making destructive effect to the revenue of singers and survival of some record companies. The phenomenon is difficult to retrieve because as a long-term hidden trouble, it is hard to imagine how severe it is.

The first cause of overflowing uncopyrighted music is the late caution of related

The second key point is that people who are downloading music from the internet did not realize that they constitute copyright infringement.

Conclusion:

By definition utopia is an ideal place or state; any visionary system of political or social perfection.