Essays Tagged: "chat rooms"

Chat Rooms

Chat RoomsWe are becoming more technologically advanced in this world and computers are steadily inc ... getting online connections and exploring the internet. Thousands of people are becoming addicted to chat rooms online. Why the craze about chat rooms? Why do these people want to sit for hours talking ... they do not have to worry about anything. For example, what will he/she think of me? Another reason chat rooms are so popular is that people can make-believe. If someone asks them online how they look ...

(1 pages) 69 1 3.4 Oct/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

This is a paper written on the internet and its effects on society. It is opinionated also, so it is not just fact. It was written for my Business law class.

watching the news or reading the newspaper, millions of people are beginning to waste there time in chat rooms and other internet sites. Another disadvantage is that people aren't spending as much tim ... ore. There are so many things to see and do on the internet that addiction is easy. Things such as: Chat rooms, instant messages, games, pornography, and other internet sites.Instant messaging can bec ...

(3 pages) 209 0 3.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Online Identity: How others percieve themselves

ality; and yet, due to the explosion of online virtual communities, identity is losing its meaning. Chat rooms, the most common of all virtual communities, have created a new space, not physical, but ... identity online identity interferes on identity offline? Let us look at this. In its simplest form, chat rooms offer parallel lives. There are worlds upon worlds for users to explore and occupy. The c ...

(5 pages) 129 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

My Favorite Web Site.

y. I enjoy allot of the web sites that are out there. I like educational websites, game websites, chat rooms, among allot of others. But I think that I will say that my favorite web site I have com ...

(3 pages) 47 0 1.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Truly A Witch: A Study In Cultural Patterns this research project looks at the Wiccan Religion and the differences from Christianity.

chThis project has been an interesting process. I have spent the last month reading, joining online chat rooms and corresponding with people that practice the Wiccan Religion. I have learned many thin ...

(8 pages) 126 2 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The effects of wireless technology on hospitality retail and tourism trade.

possible to communicate instantaneously with someone thousands of miles away. Where people operate chat-rooms, have personalised addresses, so information can be routed more quickly. Where items can ...

(13 pages) 501 0 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Using computer technology in political ways.

o interact withother people who were interested in Schwarzenegger aswell. Online discussion forums, chat rooms and messageboards connected me to the world of politics. Theinternet certainly provides e ...

(4 pages) 58 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Intellectual Property on the Internet

wever, acts as both a common carrier and a publisher. When it acts as a common carrier, for example chat rooms, forums and bulletin boards, the rules of the common carrier would apply. When it acts as ...

(5 pages) 144 0 4.2 Aug/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Electronic Contracting

y never will, are socializing, communicating and exchanging information through Bulletin Boards and Chat Rooms on the Net and on-line services. Some businesses are using the Internet to try to improve ...

(1 pages) 79 0 4.2 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Cyber Crimes

nomy. Internet Fraud is "any type of fraud scheme that uses one or more components of the Internet (chat rooms, e-mail, message boards, or Web sites) to present fraudulent solicitations to prospective ...

(4 pages) 144 0 3.9 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

The Spheres of Influence

any outlets such as editorials and letters to the editor, to the relatively new concept of Internet chat rooms, and web logs. Another popular and easily accessible outlet is talkback radio.Habermas be ...

(3 pages) 54 0 1.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Misuse of Chatrooms

y ways to misuse computers, from viruses to hacking to email. The one we will be focusing on is the chat room.Chat rooms are a wonderful tool of society, but, as with anything, it can be misused. For ... but, as with anything, it can be misused. For instance, say that a pedophile logs onto a children's chat room. They seek out children and befriend them, begin having conversations with the aforesaid c ...

(2 pages) 18 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The internet

o the Internet than E-mail, search engines, celerity web sites, up-to-the-second sports scores, and chat rooms full of risqué discussions. The Net also ranks as one of today's best business too ... to monitor everything that is said and done on their online service; however, because thousands of chat rooms are available, it is simply impossible for everything to be monitored, claims Tricia Prim ...

(6 pages) 135 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Internet Addition Disorder--What a Tangled Web We Weave

nter for On-line Addiction)Instead of picking up the phone to call a friend, an e-mail is sent or a chat room is utilized. Desires for new forms of communication or entertainment are fulfilled by look ... for new forms of communication or entertainment are fulfilled by looking for romance and friends in chat rooms. Playing cards, chess, auction bids or even shopping on the internet are becoming common ...

(3 pages) 70 1 2.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Internet: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

also libraries you can use any time you want, with millions of books and magazines and newspapers. Chat rooms are like the schoolyard or lunchroom except you can talk to people anytime you want. And ... r and are linked to the World Wide Web. Communication has never been easier with sources like voice chat and instant messaging.Dyson,Esther. "A Map of the Network Society." The New World Reader. Bosto ...

(4 pages) 185 1 4.1 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Downloading songs from the Internet: is it robbery or free expression? A specific look at Napster Inc

nected to the network. Napster also lets users to speak to one another by ways of instant messages, chat rooms, and Hot List user bookmarks. Napster does not condone copyright infringement, but leaves ...

(3 pages) 78 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Short essay about how the invention of the internet has made the biggest impact on he world in the last 50 years

of communications. With the introduction to the internet brought a new wave of communicating. From chat rooms to email and instant messaging, the internet has provided the world with a whole new way ...

(1 pages) 61 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Cable Industry Analsyis

l and national Internet service providers like Stargate and America On-Line. New terms like E-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging and surfing the net were being discussed all around us. Many businesse ...

(6 pages) 64 0 4.3 Jun/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Napster

tists and a forum to communicate their interests and tastes with one another via instant messaging, chat rooms, and Hot List user bookmarks Congressional leaders say they want consumers to have more w ...

(3 pages) 14 0 5.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Net Safe

People log online to surf the web, send and receive e-mails, read and post messages, take part in chat rooms, and participate in several other online activities. There are numerous methods to becom ... ) and or instant message services such as ICQ to contact family and friends. Others use the public chat rooms to meet new people and make friends around the world who share common interests. Some la ...

(4 pages) 16 0 5.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American