...Bus 220: Business Communication and Information Systems M8A1: Final Examination June 20, 2013 1. Explain virtual reality. Provide three examples. Virtual reality (VR) is a system “that enables one or more users to move and react in a computer-simulated environment.” (Stair & Reynolds, 2012, p. 337) Virtual reality applies sights and sounds in an artificial environment where human actions determine to an extent, what occurs inside the environment. Today, virtual reality is used in communication, training, and treatment in a spectrum of areas including the medical field, entertainment, and education. Medical VR systems “provide a new human-computer interaction paradigm in which users are no longer simply external observers of images on a computer screen but are active participants within a computer-generated 3D virtual world.” (G & B, 2002) Inside the world of virtual reality, medial applications such as three dimensional visualization of anatomy, telepresence surgery, complex medical database visualization, rehabilitation, surgical simulators and virtual surgical equipment as well as virtual operating rooms are emerging. Facilitated through computer interface, these medical applications of virtual reality are essential in the field of medicine. These applications allow individuals to learn human anatomy by “flying inside and around organs.” (Satava, 1995) The purpose of VR systems in the medical field is to ultimately develop a digital physician. Virtual...
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...Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society? 6/1/2012 | Are Social Networking sites good for our society? Abstract This analysis examines how people today use social networking for more than just staying in touch with friends and family. The data that was collected for this report was through multiple methods, such as surveys, online reading, and personal interviews. The data in this report represents how people start out using social networks just to keep in touch with friends and family only to realize that there are others out there that are using it for something more. Through research I have found that what starts out as something so innocent for most of us there are those out there that use it for personal gain and illegal activities. Introduction: What influences a person’s desires to start using social networking sites? Since the beginning people have believed that social networking was the best way to stay in touch with those you care about. While that may be true for most people it has become increasing obvious that it is not that way for some others. Nowadays people think that it’s okay to share what you are doing on a minute, hourly, or even a daily basis. Depending on who your “friends” are that can be just fine, but what happens when you share too much and with the wrong people? Are your “friends” the only one that can see what you’re sharing? How much of your personal information is available through these sites? Social networking...
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...Essay In an age where information and interactions are just a few clicks away, it has become easy to blame social media sites for problems in society. There are some who oppose this idea and others who are on board with the notion. Social media can have both a positive and negative effect on today’s society; it is up to the individual to decide the effect on them. In order to better understand what a social networking site is let us quickly review their history. In 1997 the first social networking site SixDegrees.com was founded (Procon, 2013). It is considered to be the first social networking site because it provided the opportunity to do basic functions such as connecting to friends and creating a personal space. Other sites quickly followed and advanced more rapidly then SixDegrees. These sites included: MySpace, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, and Friendster. Founded in 2002 Friendster is considered the site that popularized social networking in the United States (ProCon, 2013). Today it is estimated that Facebook has an average of one billion users a month (Smith, Segall, and Cowley, 2012). Twitter is the second largest site with an estimated 500 million users worldwide (Metro, 2012). Pinterest a site founded in 2009 ranks as the third largest site with an estimated 23 million users (Ngak, 2012). Although social media sites are a fairly new technology many people have taken advantage of the positive effects that they offer. One of the...
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...47% of American adults used social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Classmates.com in 2011, up from 26% in 2008. On social media sites like these, users may develop biographical profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research, and share thoughts, photos, music, links, and more. Proponents of social networking sites say that the online communities promote increased interaction with friends and family; offer teachers, librarians, and students valuable access to educational support and materials; facilitate social and political change; and disseminate useful information rapidly. Opponents of social networking say that the sites prevent face-to-face communication; waste time on frivolous activity; alter children’s brains and behavior making them more prone to ADHD; expose users to predators like pedophiles and burglars; and spread false and potentially dangerous information. SixDegrees.com, which existed from 1997-2001, is considered the first social networking site because it allowed users to create personal spaces and connect to friends online. Friendster, created in 2002, popularized social networking in the United States but was quickly outpaced by other social networking sites like: MySpace (2003), Facebook (2004), Twitter (2006), Pinterest (2009), and Google+ (2012). Facebook reported one billion monthly users worldwide on October 4, 2012, making it the most popular social networking site with one in seven people on the...
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...Are Social Networking Sites Beneficial to the Society or Not? Social networking sites are great for our society, due to its promotion increased interactions and connection between millions of people throughout the world. I personally am in favor of social networking sites because it allows people to create new relations and reconnect with their friends and family members. In addition, the reputation of social networking sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, and Linkedln, more than doubled from year 2005 to year 2009. These sites allowed all users to develop their online profiles of their background and interests as well as share thoughts, photos, links, music, and more (are social sites…for our society?). However, many argue that social networking sites attract people to spend more time online and less time with face-to-face interactions. Also, opponents say that the social networking sites provide many time wasting activities which replace the productive activities. According to the article, Are Social Networking Sites Good or Bad for Our Society? Teens spend an average of nine hours per week on social networking sites. The opposition states that teens growing up with these social networking sites may not be aware that all the information and photos posted on these networking sites can be regained even after deletion. The opponents also states that the consequences of over-sharing personal information and photos can lead to vulnerability to sexual and financial predators. It can...
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...Social networking is a very common way for people of different groups, age, ethnic background to connect together. It is more like a community that belongs to a country called the "internet". Social networking has many negative aspects to it and it should be restricted as it is not safe, causes social problems and health problems. Social networking can be an excellent motivator for people to interact socially because It is safer than meeting random people on the street and can help people who are depressed or deal with other social health problems. Social networking is not safe as it does not protect children, teenagers and adults and they are used and abused through cyberbullying, fake profiles and sexual harassment. Cyberbullying is the use of cell phones, instant messaging, e-mail, chat rooms or social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to harass, threaten or intimidate someone (Rouse Margaret, 2010) . In some cases, cyber bullying can be put to an end from the very beginning if the victim puts a stop to it themselves or by telling a superior. The sad part is that some children get affected by this and end up killing each other and committing suicide due to cyberbullying. "Forty-three percent of teens have been victims of social networking" (Harris Interactive Cyberbullying Research Report, 2006) and shockingly enough "almost 80 percent of teens said that they either did not have parental rules about internet use or found ways around the rules"(Harris Interactive...
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...Entrepreneurial Networks will have on the Novice Nascent Entrepreneur setting up Business for the first time Introduction The extent to which entrepreneurial networking has an impact on the nascent entrepreneur is an interesting hypothesis. There is evidence to suggest that the nascent entrepreneur is reliant on the use of networking, yet other evidence states that the success of this type of entrepreneur stems from contrary elements. "Entrepreneurial networks provide a framework for processes aiming at organising resources according to opportunities" (Johannisson & Monsted 1997, p109). This definition clearly states what the use of entrepreneurial networking sets out to do, and is supported by the assumption that networking is the "acquisition of entrepreneurial skills" (Martinez & Aldrich, 2011, p7). This report sets out to assess the impact of which entrepreneurial networking has on the nascent entrepreneur: "Individuals who are in the process of starting up new ventures" (Renko, 2012, p1045). In the following report, an investigation as to what classification of impact that entrepreneurial networking has on the entrepreneur will be assessed. Based on academic research, a definitive conclusion will be made and a judgement of the usefulness and level of impact these networks have will be assessed throughout. The report will take into account the difference between academic opinions, and note that many academics believe that entrepreneurial networks impact positively on...
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...Is Technology More Harmful Than Helpful Tammy Pugh English Composition – ENGL 112 Professor Chagala August 14, 2013 Technology has allowed society to accomplish many issues that were not able to be accomplished years ago. It has made a huge impact on the world for the better. Through technology, surgeries were able to be done. Technology also helped aid in the increase of jobs and communication purposes. Despite the positive effects of technology, there are also the negative aspects of as well. Many feel that technology cause more problems than solutions. Regardless of how many feel, technology has brought about improvements in the medical, educational, and communication field. Technology proved to be very helpful in the medical field. It has provided many surgeries to be accomplished. Through technology many are able to carry out surgical procedures. One example of technology being used in the medical field is virtual reality technology. This type of technology “provides surgeons with an environment that seems real but actually is not” (Burke & Weill, 2009). This type of technology allows surgeons to not only plan precisely but practice the operation without touching the patient. Other ways technology improves the medical field is by using tools that minimize the bleeding in during surgery. This results in shorter hospital stays and lower cost. Due to technology, robots were also created for medical purposes. Unlike...
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...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN 978-0-916152-17-8 This report is published by the Ethics Resource Center (ERC). All content contained in this report is for informational purposes only. The Ethics Resource Center cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions or any liability resulting from the use or misuse of any information presented in this report. ©2012 Ethics Resource Center. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Additional copies of this report and more information about permission and licensing may be obtained by calling 703-647-2185, or by visiting www.ethics.org/nbes. The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is America’s oldest nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and the advancement of high ethical standards and practices in public and private institutions. Since 1922, ERC has been a resource for public and private institutions committed to a strong ethical culture. ERC’s expertise informs the public dialogue on ethics and ethical behavior. ERC researchers analyze current and emerging issues and produce new ideas and benchmarks that matter — for the public trust. For more information, please contact: Ethics Resource Center 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 201 Arlington, VA 22202 USA Telephone: 703.647.2185 FAX: 703.647.2180 Website: http://www.ethics.org Email: ethics@ethics.org NBES Sponsors The 2011 National Business Ethics Survey® was conducted with the generous support of: Principal Sponsors ...
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...Introduction The Internet is the decisive technology of the Information Age, as the electrical engine was the vector of technological transformation of the Industrial Age. This global network of computer networks, largely based nowadays on platforms of wireless communication, provides ubiquitous capacity of multimodal, interactive communication in chosen time, transcending space. The Internet is not really a new technology: its ancestor, the Arpanet, was fist deployed in 1969 (Abbate 1999). But it was in the 1990s when it was privatized and released from the control of the U.S. Department of Commerce that it diffused around the world at extraordinary speed: in 1996 the first survey of Internet users counted about 40 million; in 2013 they are over 2.5 billion, with China accounting for the largest number of Internet users. Furthermore, for some time the spread of the Internet was limited by the difficulty to lay out land-based telecommunications infrastructure in the emerging countries. This has changed with the explosion of wireless communication in the early twenty-fist century. Indeed, in 1991, there were about 16 million subscribers of wireless devices in the world, in 2013 they are close to 7 billion (in a planet of 7.7 billion human beings). Counting on the family and village uses of mobile phones, and taking into consideration the limited use of these devices among children under five years of age, we can say that humankind is now almost entirely connected, albeit with...
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...Critically assess the effect of Social Media on society Social media as defined by Andreas M and Michael (2010, p. 61) is “a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.” Social media platforms include chat rooms, blogging web sites, social networking sites, forums, and also text messages and e-mail (Luxton, June and Fairall, 2012). The most popular social networking site, Facebook has made such an influence on society that from 2004 to 2011 the number of users registered to the site increased from 1 million to about 1 billion users worldwide (Yahoo Finance, 2012). With such vast figures social media is bound to have an impact on the way society operates, either positively or negatively, or both. These will be critically analyzed in this essay, identifying the most crucial impacts it has on our society. With the rapid increase in the awareness and use of social networking sites, it has provided positive contributions to how society functions. First and foremost, social networking has grown to become a critical part of a business’s marketing strategies, and if managed efficiently, will prove to be a major factor for its success. Social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter have provided an easy-to-access platform for people to share their views, preferences, and experiences about brands and products. Once this information gets widespread through...
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...spheres of personal, social and professional human life. Wikipedia.org, 2012 cited that with the rapid growth of people who use or have access to the Internet, millions of people can stay connected together using the web provision called Social Networking Sites (SNSs). According to Chelly and Mataillet, 2012 that social networking sites are interactive web links that give people an opportunity to create, share and publish information, build communities and communicate around the world. Specifically, social networking is a common online activity that allows people to communicate with those they would not usually have contact with and this communication includes information, news, ideas, pictures, technology, cultural practices, and anything else that people can say to each other in face to face interactions (wikia.com, 2012). Moreover, SNSs provide place for other online activities like searching information, gaming, shopping, viewing videos, listening music, uploading and viewing pictures, reading posts, blogging, and online banking; and, those activities are positively the reason why many students are interested in checking out these sites (Asilo et al, 2010). Indeed, a study in the USA revealed that teenagers are keen users of the internet; 87% of teens aged between twelve and seventeen years use the internet, increasing to 94% for Year 11 and Year 12 students, (virtualmedicalcentre.com, 2011). Moreover, almost half of the students are on social networking sites when they are...
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...Social Media by Erma LaFleur SOC1000 Intro to Human Society Capella University March 9, 2014 Problem Definition Over time, our lives are being consumed with Social networking. Is Social networking creating a safe environment or creating chaos? Some of the social networking sites have caused people to lose their identity, predators have lured children away from home, but yet some people have reunited with friends and family, and are able to communicate with them on a daily bases. Networking sites like YouTube has created a marketing environment as well as education. LinkedIn, has helped to create more jobs and recruiting, while Facebook has helped people stay in touch with each other. Emails and texting have replaced extra phone calls. Ideologies and Cultural Patterns Facebook, a tool for people to communicate, has over 1.4 billion users, YouTube has 490 million user per month and Twitter has 190 million tweets per day. These facts show just how much society is communicating through social networking sites. News spreads faster through these sites but can also give false information just as fast. There are problems that have become a social issue such as cyberbullying and security attacks. “49.5% of students reported being the victims of bullying online and 33.7% reported committing bullying behavior online. 800,000 minors were harassed or cyberbullied on Facebook according to a June 2012 Consumer Reports survey (PR, N., 2012)”. Adults are also victims of...
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...Impact of Online Social Network on American College Students’ Reading Practices By SuHua Huang and Matthew Capps Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate social networking sites (SNS) and ways college students spend their time on both conventional academic and recreational reading. A total of 1,265 (466 male and 799 female) college students voluntarily participated in the study by completing a self-report survey. Descriptive analysis indicated that the average amount of time students spent (M) on academic reading (AR), recreational reading (RR), and social networking (SN) was 7.72 hours, 4.24 hours, and 16.13 hours per week, respectively. When compared with various classifications, freshmen students spent more time on SN (M=18.05 hours) and less time on both AR (M= 6.22 hours) and RR (M=3.47 hours) than other groups. A zero-order correlation statistical analysis indicated socializing with others by using some social networking sites (SNS) (e.g., Facebook) was positively correlated with college students’ recreational reading (RR), but was not correlated with academic reading (AR). Introduction Research on college students has indicated a number of different outcomes associated with particular types of college students’ experiences (e.g., contact with professors, students’ attitudes, motivations, and activities) and differences among types of institutions and subgroups of students (Kelly & Lee, 2009). However, spending time in reading is one important...
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...Research Report on Negative Messages Spread Through Social Media DeVry University January 20, 2012 Devry Alum Creek Campus 1350 Alum Creek Dr. Columbus, OH 43209 February 20, 2012 Professional Writing professor Devry Alum Creek Campus 1350 Alum Creek Dr. Columbus, OH 43209 Dear Professor: We are pleased to inform you that the research report that was assigned to us is finally complete. The research report was about the negative impact on society through social media and we have learned quite a lot from this group project. As you read through our report, you should keep in mind what is being said to see the war we fight on social media. We feel that not only you but everyone should take the war on social media into consideration because it affects our lifestyle. Social media constantly shoves us toward choices that we might not want to make. It also shows your children the wrong way to feel about themselves and others; this could potentially lead to other endeavors in their life leading to bad mistakes and relationships. Thank you for your much appreciated time. Sincerely, Table of Contents Title Page i Letter of Transmittal ii Table of Contents iii Abstract iv Introduction 1 Impact on Relationships 1 Personal relationships 1 The evolution of signing on 2 The reversal of an initially positive social experience...
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