The Internet Chances are, anyone who is reading this paper has at one time, at least, surfed the net once. Don't worry if you haven't, I will explain everything you need to know about the Internet and the World Wide Web. Including how it started, it's growth, and the purpose it serves in tod...

The internet offers a huge wealth of information both good and bad, unfortunately the vary nature of the internet makes policing this new domain practically impossible. The internet began as a small university network in the United States and has blossomed into a vast telecommunications network span...

Internet Plagiarism There are many different aspects, views, and ramifications when it comes to internet plagiarism. The area of Internet plagiarism which, interests me most is the area consisting of the buying, selling, and trading of plagiarized research papers. Along with what can be done ...

The History of the ARPANET Introduction The beginnings of the Internet were initiated by the Advanced Research Project Agency, or ARPA. This was a program funded by the U.S. Department of Defense whose original goal was to improve communication among government officials. As ARPA soon found ...

The Department of Culture and the Arts is committed to providing services to communities throughout the State. This is to ensure that all states have access to quality arts activities, cultural experiences, and information services. The arts are not the problem, they are the solution. And this is be...

Community Development in Culture and the Arts The Department of Culture and the Arts is committed to providing services to communities throughout the State. This is to ensure that all states have access to quality arts activities, cultural experiences and information services. The arts are not the p...

The Internet links people together via computer terminals and telephone lines (and in some cases wireless radio connections) in a web of networks and shared software. This allows users to communicate with one another wherever they are in the “net." This Internet link began as the United ...

The technology revolution is upon us. In the past, there have been many triumphs in the world of technology. To this date, people are able to communicate over thousands of miles with the greatest of ease. The Internet connects nearly 400 million users worldwide and is an essential part of how we wor...

Uses of Internet! Following the principle the more man gates the more avarice and greedy he becomes, vowing for the positive side of this, the human brain has been constantly striving for the fulfillment of its needs and is directed towards the betterment of its race. With the ...

Introduction Information systems are created and maintained in order to manage vast amounts of useful data for an organization. These systems have, in the past, been confined to large mainframes and later to personal computer files. Most recently, commercial database networks have allowe...

Chris Goebel April 22, 1999 Ms. Mathews Victimization of Women Today there are many controversial ideas on pornography. Mens views of women are warped by the dominating and explicit scenes of pornography. The community can find adult entertainment stores on almost every corner and e...

Executive Summary The explosion of the Web has strongly impacted all of us. It has become a critical tool for businesses and consumers to exchange information, conduct commerce and more importantly to develop and maintain communication. With Web traffic increasing at an exponential rate, and sites...

During the past decade, our society has become based solely on the ability to move large amounts of information across large distances quickly. Computerization has influenced everyone's life. The natural evolution of computers and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global netwo...

Sex in Society Sex plays a major role in today's society. From television, radio, music, and advertisements, to video games, the Internet, and even art and pictures, all forms of media use sex to help sell their products. With the public being exposed to so many different types, the overuse a...

On June 21, 1788 Congress ratified the US constitution. This historic document contained the powers that congress would have under this democratic government. The first amendment specifically details several powers that would be excluded from this list. The first amendment states "Congress shal...

Our Once Distant World has become a Connected Global Village Marshall McLuhan, a famous Canadian Author, once stated that the world is becoming more and more like a global village. Our advances in technology are making communicating throughout the earth a simpler and simpler task, almost as easy...

The internet has been a great innovation since it was created and has served as a highly useful tool in every business, institution, and household. Because of its convenience, like every other convenient tool in this world, the internet makes everything too convenient. It has now replaced day to d...

Are the Dangers of Internet Child Pornography Exaggerated? The Issue Is a part of society over-reacting to the accessibility of pornographic material on the Internet? Is pornographic material as easily accessible as some believe? Julia Wilkins Opinion Julia Wilkins is an author of several ...

There is a war raging throughout the music industry right now. Unfortunately it is not about which big star can sell the most records by producing the best music. Instead, this battle doesn't really involve any big names at all. It is in fact, all about the little guy, the consumer, and more sp...

Sex in Society Sex plays a major role in today's society. From television, radio, music, and advertisements, to video games, the Internet, and even art and pictures, all forms of media use sex to help sell their products. With the public being exposed to so many different types, the overus...

We all experience the same media exposure, yet our perception of the message being conveyed can vary depending on our age, culture and circumstances. In our analysis of an Israeli advertisement for Pelephone, a communications company selling high speed internet connections, our group worked collabor...

The Internet links people together via computer terminals and telephone lines (and in some cases wireless radio connections) in a web of networks and shared software. This allows users to communicate with one another wherever they are in the "net...

Teen Drinking: Glorification in the MediaA teenager dies in a car accident because he was drinking all night. "Don't drink and drive," he joked. "Pull over and chug!" That may have been funny an hour ago, but now he's dead, and no one is laughing. This story is not true, but alcohol related deat...

Free Speech on the Internet: The Boundaries of Censorship With the ever-growing popularity of the Internet more and more people are concerned with the vast amounts of uncensored material that can be accessed. Although there have been many attempts to legally censor the Internet, thus far most h...

Censoring America would need a command and control network, linked from city to city, state to state and base to base. No matter how thoroughly that network was armored or protected, its switches and wiring would always be vulnerable to the impact of atomic bombs. A nuclear bombardment would reduce ...