...market, censorship frequently interrupted its service. China has always been a relatively closed society and the government has tried to keep control on what its citizens’ experience on the Internet and social media. Google could not accept the government’s censorship; the company believed that its right of freedom of speech was being violated and its motto, “Don’t be evil,” was being conflicted with. Moreover, Google was also concerned that the government was behind cyber attacks attempting to access the accounts of Chinese human rights activists. When the conflict between Google and the Chinese government became more severe, in 2010, Google announced that it had stopped censoring its search services, had left the mainland, and had moved its search engine services to Hong Kong. Since Google did this, there has been a heated discussion about Google’s decision. Gains by pulling out of China： Google insists on its principle of “Don’t be evil,” which is the informal corporate motto of their company. The company claims that, as part of their self-proclaimed core values, “Don’t be evil.” is a central pillar of their identity. Moreover, according to Ovide (2011),"Don't be evil," is a part of their Core Values: "Do the right thing: don't be evil. Honesty and Integrity in all we do. Our business practices are beyond reproach. We make money by doing good things.” These values guide their business ethics. By pulling out of the mainland, Google avoided the government’s censorship. If Google...
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...Needed to go to Wall Street to raise funds * More Concentrated ownership in the Industry * The language barrier ( Temporary decline in foreign film rentals) the advantage of films being silent made it universally acceptable, but with sound, Hollywood lost that advantage temporarily till they tried multi-language productions. By 1933- dubbing was used to get to their non-English audience. This was expensive * Development of new genres (music and film): new genres emerged with sophisticated comedies replaced silent comedies of Charlie Chaplin; Hollywood musical period emerged; existing genres transformed. There were also new kinds of genres in music. (Hollywood music popular in late 1920’s to early 1950’s) * Transformation of employment structure (musicians vs. script writers): musicians weren’t needed as much, which was a blow (Depression time). Screenwriters were more in demand, so writers moved towards California. They needed better writers; movies could have proper scripts and all. Journalists became sought after and established authors were hired by studios. * The Star System: they were tied to long contracts, not allowed to switch between them, but could be fired anytime - studios successfully kept costs down and controlled performers this way. THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM COMPANIES...
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...7 References/Bibliography 8 Appendix 9 Background: This case briefly discusses about search engine market in China, Google’s share in Chinese market, Government rules and regulations related to the internet search. The main issues discussed in this case study are: • Google’s launch in the China and how it made its presence felt over there as well as the key issues faced by the Google such as gaining the market share, although Google did a fair amount of research before entering China but still wasn’t able to beat the local competitor Baidu which is the biggest in terms of search engine in China and accounts for nearly 60% of the market share.(Appendix 4) • Chinese Government rules and regulations related to the censorship in China which was against the Google’s Mission of providing the information. • Cyber attack on Google China which mainly target the gmail accounts of the users who were Human Right activists which forced Google on considering its exit from China. • A brief analysis of the internet search market in China by discussing the market share of various players such as Google, Baidu, Microsoft, Yahoo and other local Players. • Possible strategy which Google could use in order to grow and sustain its market share(Ivey Case B) Introduction: Google started its operations in China in 2005 earlier to that it provided search engine to Chinese...
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...The Language of Conflict and Commitment AUTHOR: Laura Linda Holland, B.A. (University of Alberta) SUPERVISOR: Dr. Alan Bishop NUMBER OF PAGES: v, 134 ii ABSTRACT The thes is concentrates on South African poetry from 1960 to the present. It closely examines a selection of poems by Breyten Breytenbach, Dennis Brutus, Pascal Gwala, Wopko Jensma, Oswald Mtshali, Arthur Nortje, Cosmo Pieterse, Sipho Sepamla, and Wally Serote, among others. The body of the thesis discusses these poets' contributions to poetry about prison, exile, and township life. The thesis focuses on the struggle between various polical, racial, and cultural groups for hegemony over South Africa's poetic development. Such issues as language, ideology, and censorship are explored insofar as they in! .luence t:ne content and structure of the poetry. This body of poems, sadly, is little studied in North America. The thesis presents an introduction to and a survey of the major tendencies in South African poetry and, in part, attempts to relate the poetry's role in expressing the commitment of these poets to the ending of apartheid and the eventual resolution of the conflict for freedom. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Alan Bishop, for all his consideration and support as well as for his assistance with locating source materials and for his extremely beneficial criticism. I...
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...Was permissive legislation in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s a response to social change or did it create it? In 1959, six years before becoming Labour’s Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins said that ‘the state should not impinge excessively on peoples private lives and personal morality’. Permissiveness is routed in this idea of a new relationship between society and the individual, representing ‘striking changes in public and private morals’. According to Andrews, social change began in 1956 with a ‘class initiative’, caused by rapidly growing affluence. The affluence of the 1950s is proven by the proportion of homeowners in England and Wales rising from 31% to 44% between 1951-60, representing vast economic growth. Many politicians, particularly those on the Left, believed that ‘the affluent society was directly responsible for the permissive society’. Rising affluence occurred amid the re-emergence of Conservative values in the post-World War Two period, with Brown claiming that ‘the 1950s were about perfecting Victorian values’. The conservatism of the 1950s gave the 1960s a cause for rebellion, creating the unique conditions for permissive legislation to be passed. This paper will focus on acts passed between 1967-1970, including the Abortion, NHS (Family Planning) and the Sexual Offences Acts of 1967, the Divorce Reform Acts (1969), and in 1970 the Matrimonial Property Act. These permissive acts symbolised the breakdown of Victorian and Christian morals, particularly surrounding...
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...The Senate put comics on trial to look into comic based on the work of Fredrick Wertham’s research. The United States was looking into the sudden outbreak of juvenile delinquency in America in the 1950’s and Wertham wrote a book on comic books having an effect on kids that would make them act out this way. A United States Senate subcommittee did a hearing in New York on April 21- 22 and on June 4, 1954, to look into the issue of comics they brought in all of the comic publishers to defend their own comics and the potential fate of the comic book world.(Nyberg) This was a big deal for the industry at this time because it put the spotlight on the publishing companies to make a change with the industry. The official report that came out by the...
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...in “Mark Twain Selected Writings of an American Skeptic,” Victor Doyno includes chapters from “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” This book is the center of much debate and controversy over the use of one word, the “N” word. This word was used to describe Jim the Slave. In Chapter 31, Huckleberry Finn is struggling with his conscious of either turning Jim the Slave in to his owner or not turn Jim the Slave in and in turn assists him in staying free. He believes God’s Ten Commandments teach against stealing property, which is how slaves are viewed in the time. Huckleberry Finn sees the slaves as people with the right to be treated with all the respect as anyone else. This is where Huck Finn struggles since he feels people should not be property and should be treated with respect. Huck decides to accept his fate and says “all right then, I’ll go to hell.” (Doyno, 1983. Pg. 240.) In the end he decides to not turn Jim in and in turn satisfies his conscious because he feels people cannot be owned. With the language of the time, Mark Twain uses the word “nigger” over 200 times in his story “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Mark Twain uses the term 219 times in that one story. (CBS News, 2015. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/huckleberry-finn-and-the-n-word-debate/ ) In much of the censored versions, the word is replaced with slave which leads to the belief that slave is the same meaning of the word. Even in Twain’s age the word was used in a negative meaning but what meaning is...
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...economy in China makes it a highly opportunistic and viable country for Zouk™ to expand into. China is a highly populous country with a positively progressive economy. This report will have a detailed macro analysis of China, delving deeper in Shanghai. China is actively reviewing and introducing policies to improve on their economy. The Open Door policy and the ‘Third Plenum’ are policies that are advantageous for foreign companies. These policies encourage trade between China and the world, and have greatly contributed to the boost in the economy. However, investors have to ensure that they abide strictly by the Provisions on the Alteration of Foreign-Invested Enterprises before they can invest itself in China. In addition, investors should still tread carefully on the governance in China due to the high corruption. Partners will have to be chosen carefully and wisely to ensure the smooth operations in China. Being the World’s fastest growing economy, China is enjoying a robust economic...
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...Searching for Internet Freedom in China_GALLEYED (Do Not Delete) 3/18/2013 9:19 PM SEARCHING FOR INTERNET FREEDOM IN CHINA: A CASE STUDY ON GOOGLE’S CHINA EXPERIENCE JYH-AN LEE,* CHING-YI LIU,** AND WEIPING LI*** ABSTRACT ........................................................................................ 406 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 406 I. THE NATURE OF THE INTERNET AND GOOGLE’S BUSINESS ............ 408 A. The Evolving Nature of the Internet................................. 408 B. The Study of Google and its China Experience................ 409 II. GOOGLE.CN AND CHINA’S INTERNET POLICY ............................... 412 A. The Story of Google.cn .................................................... 413 B. China’s Internet Policy in the Case of Google.cn............. 419 1. Technological Control of Search Engines .................. 419 2. Legal Control of Search Engines................................ 421 III. POLICY IMPLICATIONS FROM THE CASE OF GOOGLE.CN .............. 423 A. Global Network, Local Internet........................................ 424 B. Leveraging Commercial Power to Regulate the Internet . 426 IV. THE ACCOUNTABILITY CRISIS IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE ......... 428 A. The Problem of Internet Accountability ........................... 428 B. Solutions to the Digital-Accountability Problem ............. 431 CONCLUSION.......................................................................
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...International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 2008, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 49-65. The Internet in developing countries: a medium of economic, cultural and political domination Abdulkafi Albirini University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA ABSTRACT The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented diffusion of network technologies into developing countries. The technological discourse attending this diffusion has presented the new media as a utopian, egalitarian and empowering tool with the potential of ushering in a new era of development, democracy, and positive cultural change. This paper examines the economic, cultural, and political effects of the Internet within the historical context of developing countries. The paper traces the politically-inspired evolution of the Internet, its transfer into developing countries, and the economic, cultural, and political consequences of this transfer. Existing data indicate that the implementation of the Internet in most developing countries has served as a drain to the local resources, thus exacerbating their economic dependency on foreign nations. On a cultural level, the Internet’s predominantly Western design, content, and language have facilitated the proliferation of alien cultural patterns at the expense of the social experiences of the local cultures. Lastly, the Internet’s build-in tracking capabilities and its current manipulation for political purposes on international...
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...SECTION 1: THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE WEIMAR GOVERNMENT 1918-OCTOBER 1933 |9 November 1918 |Abdication of the Kaiser | |January 1919 |Spartacist Uprising | |February 1919 |First Weimar elections | |28 June 1919 |Treaty of Versailles signed | |July 1919 |Weimar Constitution announced | |March 1920 |Kapp Putsch signed | |January 1923 |Occupation of the Ruhr | |January-November 1923 |Hyperinflation | |8-9 November 1923 |Munich Putsch ...
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...(FINAL REQUIREMENTS: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS CS 170) Submitted to: Mrs. Abegale B Lajo Submitted by: Perez, Kleimar B. Course Year and Section: BSIT-3A An overview of ethics Questions: * Give at least 5 life experiences that helped you define your own personal code of ethics. Explain completely your answer. * Do you think that the importance of ethical behavior in business is increasing or decreasing? Defend your answer. * Write an essay discussing the ethics, risks, and benefits of using cookies and spyware to track customer browsing and online purchasing habits. My Answer: 1. In my whole entire life as a citizen of the Philippines and as a student taking up bachelor of science in information technology, I always do the things what is right and wrong. Even though I do things that is wrong, I always do a good things and a ethical way, here are some of my experience that included an ethical way: - When I always in the bus and there’s no more seat, I stand, when someone stands in their seat, I always check if there’s any women who is standing and struggling to balance herself in a very fast bus and I always do is poking or making a sign in the girl for her to know that there was a available seat for her to seat and not struggling. I always do that in order for me to be a gentleman and doesn’t want girls to struggle to stand. - When do I have a exam and I don’t have a time to review, I do is a quick review, when the exam starts, I struggle and tempted...
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...Running Head: JAPANESE ANIMATION 1 LIBERAL ARTS JAPANESE ANIMATION 2 Probably all have ever seen or just heard about the anime. Everyone remembers the characters that differ colored hair and big round eyes. Works such as Sailor Moon, Dragonball Z, Gundam Wing, and of course Pokémon are a cult of its genre. I'm sure many have seen these cartoons, but never thought about what they are and who made them. I remember when I was a kid watching Pokémon after school and could not have imagined that the same Looney Tunes are completely different things. In my mind there was only one question: "Why their eyes so big?" Where did all these cartoons come from? To find the answer one must look no further than in Japan, the birthplace of Japanese animation, and the main source for all of this madness. Japanese animation, also known as anime (pronounced "ani-may"), is a popular form of animation in Japan, which is quickly spreading in the world. The major difference between anime and American cartoons is that unlike American cartoons, which are only watched by children, anime is popular among the Japanese adults and is watched by millions. The audience is not merely directed to children but to teens and adults as well. The same applies to Japanese comics known as manga. The origins of Japanese animation art are in the cultural traditions of this nation. Despite the nearly century-long period when the animation as an element of contemporary...
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...INTRODUCTION Much of the literature about the liberation struggle in the South-East Lowveld has documented different counter strategies by the RSF but propaganda as one of the strategy has been partially covered. The study focuses on Rhodesia Front government’s propaganda as a counter insurgency strategy to the guerrilla activities. Propaganda is the control of public opinion. There are three types of propaganda that is white, grey and black propaganda. White propaganda is the dissemination of the truth to someone’s advantage, grey propaganda is the mixture of lies and truth and black propaganda consists of largely but not total lies. All these types were exploited upon implementation of propaganda at different levels through different tactics. Psychological operations which were executed as forms of propaganda involved planned use of communication through words, symbols and actions to influence the behaviour of the targeted audiences and achieve set objectives. The government’s use of propaganda warfare was prompted by a number of reasons which ranged from economic, political, social and military factors. It is worth noting here that, the tempo and conduct of the war varied from one locality to the other depending on the terrain and proximity to strategical areas like borders, transport networks and close to government’s administrative offices. The study is presented in three chapters. The first chapter outlines the reasons for the introduction of propaganda warfare in Chilonga...
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...Google, Inc. After agreeing to censor Internet search results in China, Google, Inc. found its corporate mantra-breezily summarized by its founders as "Don't Be Evil"—tinder heavy fire in January 2006. The search engine giant knew bad publicity could be part of any trade-off if it wanted to become a major player in China’s burgeoning economy. 同意审查的互联网搜索结果在中国，谷歌之后，公司发现其企业的口头禅，却轻描淡写地由创始人概括为“不作恶”-tinder猛烈的炮火在2006年1月该搜索引擎巨头知道负面宣传可能是部分任何权衡，如果它想成为中国蓬勃发展的经济的主要参与者。 Google had faced little besides fawning publicity from the tech press since its founding in 1998, though hints of the public relations headaches on the horizon fbr the company first surfaced at the close of 2005, when data and privacy concerns intersected with the U.S. Department of Justice. Google had refused to provide user information in a case the government was building against child pornographers, and as it watched its stock price fall it had already begun wrestling with how to reconcile that decision with its stance on "Evil" 除了从自1998年成立以来在科技媒体摇尾乞怜宣传谷歌曾面临不多，尽管在地平线上，为公司的公关头痛暗示首次浮出水面在2005年末，当数据和隐私问题与美国司法部的部门相交。谷歌拒绝提供用户信息在政府中建立打击儿童色情的情况，因为它看着它的股价下跌就已经开始与如何协调这一决定与它的“恶”的立场摔跤 Public appetite for the company's products seemed only to have intensified since Google's successful—albeit unorthodox—initial public offering in 2004, but the company still feared that the Jasnuary 25,2006, launch of its new portal in China, Google.cn, would direct criticism back on the company. To operate the backend of its search engine, Google...
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