and gender-usage inclinations. Introduction Recently, there has been considerable discussion regarding the frequent use of social media tools (e.g., Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Xanga, Friendster) by high school and college students, and the possible effect of those tools on students’ academic performance (Connolly, 2011; Hargitai, & Hsieh, 2010; Karpinski, & Duberstein, 20009). At the core of this debate is whether the growing use of social media by high school and/or college students actually improves
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movement of goods and people, and to boost domestic tourism and trade. It covers all routes from Mindanao to Luzon, and the Bicol region and intra Southern Luzon -digital infrastructure can help communication from far places faster thru the use of internet and telecoms
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Psychological and Social factors that urges students spread gossip/rumors We should distinguish between rumor and gossip, as each appears to function differently in its pure state. Rumors have been described as public communications that are infused with private hypotheses about how the world works (Rosnow, 1991), or more specifically, ways of making sense to help us cope with our anxieties and uncertainties (Rosnow, 1988, 2001). On the other hand, as Wert and Salovey (2004b) noted, "almost as
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bullying has developed along with advances in technology. Through cyber-bullying, children are able to torment one another through the use of cell phones and computers. Video games have had a huge impact on pop culture. Most teens and young adults today have some sort of device to play video games on, whether it is a playstation 3 or a computer, and although it is a form of entertainment, studies have shown that playing violent video games can increase a person’s aggressive thoughts, feelings, and
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Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, sector 6, Bucharest, Romania par0308@gmail.com, alin.moldoveanu@cs.pub.ro, florica.moldoveanu@cs.pub.ro: Victor ASAVEI Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 313, sector 6, Bucharest, Romania victor.asavei@cs.pub.ro Abstract: Society has been very quick to adopt and master computer, as well as latest mobile technologies
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Tabatha MacDougall Effects of Technology on Education 12/11/2011 Abstract Technology is used in classrooms today and has both positive and negative effects on both students and teachers. I want to show in my paper how technology is not a substitute for a good teacher. Technology must be well implanted by a good teacher to be successful. Computers do not give successful teaching. I start out by discussing the positive effects on teachers and students, in my paper. I then debate the use of technology
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Pamela Carvalho Flavia Tamayo English 101 January 23rd 2016 The Internet is Not Dumbing Us Down Nicholas Carr, the technology writer laments the rise of the internet in our lives in his article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” published in 2008. Carr compares reading on the internet with the printed version and comes into the conclusion that reading through the internet is basically the shallower form of reading. Starting his article describing his problems by describing new technologies to be “chipping away my
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occurrence of lawsuits and liabilities associated with the improper and illegal usage of the company resources such as Internet usage, email, and use of the company Network and computing systems. Many of the torts that typically occur outside of the workplace can easily occur within the workplace environment because of improper employee use, misuse, or illegal use of the Internet, social media, and email provided by companies such as XYZ Corp. A brief summary of the workplace torts that can create
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| How is Digital Piracy Hurting Modern Society? | | | Introduction Digital Piracy is a huge crime that is large hurting the entertainment business here in the United States and in other countries, but the question I ask myself is how digital piracy hurting modern society? What actions are our governments taking to stop people from downloading illegal music, movies, and software? How much of a profit loss is effecting the companies that are producing this digital material? If someone
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PROPOSAL FOR ABC NETWORKING AND CYBER-PHYSICAL SYTEMS SAFETY Name: Institutional Affiliation: Course: Date: Table of Contents SECTION I: CONSULTANT …………………………..............................................2-5 SECTION II: OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ABC REQUIREMENTS…………….5 SECTION III: OUR PROPOSAL……………………………………………………..6-16 SECTION IV: PROJECT RESOURCE……………………………………………..….17-18 Reference…………………………………………………………………………………
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