World Wide Web

Richard Zheng Dr. Bruce Farcau POS 2041 18 November 2014 Net Neutrality: The Open Internet Since the very early days of the Internet, it had mostly been used for sending e-mails and basic communication online. However, as the years passed and the world wide web expanded further, more people began using the Internet for other services such as viewing informative and entertaining videos, enjoying their favorite music, playing unique games, and receiving countless sources of information. Because…

While we see media every day in our own lives, media has been there since the first colonies of America but a lot has changed since then. Media can generally be defined as a means of communication that reaches or influences a large or wide audience. Although media is something that we experience every day and most likely something we do ourselves, it has been around for a much longer time than people think. One of the first forms of media in America was the Publik Occurrence newspaper in 1690.…

As time progresses, the World Wide Web becomes much more advanced. Since the 1980’s the internet has grown and improved extremely fast. It went from being an idea that dozens of pioneers had to what it is today (Andrews). Every day there are new stories surfacing in the news about people either getting their identity stolen online or recruited by terrorists. This is becoming a common issue in our modern society due to the internet becoming more advanced every day. Due to these problems, internet…

search engine as its own domain. Larry and Sergey’s mission is reflected by the mathematical term “googol”, which means a number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros, to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the World Wide Web. This led to the creation of Google, the empire of search engines which is currently worth almost $50 billion. As Google seeks to develop this “silicone memory” search engine, Nicholas Carr, the writer of “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, and…

brain relaxes, and thus, "the level of focus and concentration stabilizes" (Carr 220). The author asserts that a number of such experiments indicates the high importance of human contact with the natural environment. "Spending time in the natural world seems to be of "vital importance" to "effective cognitive functioning" (Carr 221). In addition, Nicholas Carr raises issues of emotions and empathy. According to him, the Internet breaks "contemplation function", thus, it also worsens profundity…

the books as “a set of planned activities designed to result in a profit in a marketplace” (Traver p 66). Since Chegg.com is a website, it would actually be using what is known as an e-commerce business model. This means that Chegg.com uses the World Wide Web to its advantage to reach people in universities across the nation. When reviewing the business model of any company, there are “eight key elements” that should be reviewed and analyzed. The eight components of a business model are:…

Our world revolves around technology. Each day, we are in a continuous development of our technology, where we have smaller cellphones, but capable of great things. You are able to send messages, call, surf online, and watch TV with just the simple fact of having a smartphone. These factors make communication possible between people who are in different parts of the world. In addition to, internet is the main source of our social networks, which are the mass media that connect the whole world.…

surfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the internet” (Carr 314). This personal testimony appeals to an empathetic point to his audience. He emphasizes that even he is so drawn into technology he contributes his own ideas on the world wide web. The audience would begin to think about how they contribute to the internet making his pathos appeal work. His appeal to logos helps give the audiences supporting evidence to help his claims. Carr quotes James Olds, a professor of…

predators to use because of the easy access they provide to their target population and the relative safety and anonymity offenders believe they have by committing their crimes behind a monitor and out of public view (Orthman & Hess, 2013). This virtual world, known as cyberspace, has become the new park, playground, and shopping mall for child predators. The list of online applications that predators use to gain access to their victims with is extensive. A few of the most popular ones are…

connecting internet. It makes life more convenient by mean of online transaction rather than queuing and paying in person. With attentiveness, people be able explore the world by internet which is also the biggest library where avaliable all day all night and always updated. Students and designers who would like to update trends around the worlds, to upload and share their works on internet. Many famous artists nowadays successful by published their piece of works on social media. There are also…