Internet policies and issues / B.G. Kutais, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kutais, B. G., editor.

Series:

Internet policies and issues.

Internet policies and issues ; volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Law and legislation--United States.

Internet.

Internet--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Other Title:

Internet policies & issues

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, [2011]

Summary:

This title is part of a series exploring the dynamic universe of the Internet in the 21st century. Collected here are papers discussing a wide range of topics and issues impacting and relating to the Internet, such as the proliferation of online support groups for HIV/AIDs patients, and dissociation in the virtual world.

Contents:

INTERNET POLICIES AND ISSUES. VOLUME 9; INTERNET POLICIES AND ISSUES. VOLUME 9; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: EXPLORING HOW ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS: ANALYSIS OF MESSAGES POSTED TO HIV/AIDS ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: TALKING-LISTENING VS WRITING-READING; COMPARISONS BETWEEN PROFESSIONALLY LED FACE TO FACE CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS TO ONLINE PROFESSIONALLY LED CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS; ABSTRACT; BACKGROUND; CONCEPTS

THE HYPOTHESISTHE STUDY METHODS; SAMPLES; GROUPS; MEASURES; RESULTS; PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS F2F AND OSG DIFFERENCES; DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: TIME OUT OF MIND: DISSOCIATION IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; A VIRTUAL TSUNAMI; INTERNET USE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF; TIME OUT OF MIND; TIMMY-THE BOY WHO LIVED IN TOONTOWN; CASEY AND THE HOUSE PEOPLE; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: TOWARDS SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND THE INTERNET WITH PEER REVIEW AS ONE OF THE CORE SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION

2. ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS3. THE LARGEST COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY?; 4. MORE MONEY TO SCIENTISTS; 5. THE CITATION AUCTIONS MODEL; 6. SCIENCE ANGELS; 7. POTENTIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: E-ENTREPRENEURSHIP: ANATOMY OF PHENOMENA AND STATE IN POLAND; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE CYBERSPACE (E-ENTREPRENEURSHIP); E-BUSINESS IN POLAND - THE CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: INTERNET DOMAIN NAME PROBLEMS: ICANN TO THE RESCUE?; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION

DOMAIN NAME PROBLEMS: CLAIMS, PITFALLS AND ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONSCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: DESIGNING EFFECTIVE INTERNET POLICIES: THE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL FACTORS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CASE OF STUDY; IDENTIFICATION OF THE RELEVANT DIMENSIONS: FACTOR ANALYSIS; SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR POLICY ACTION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND VIRTUAL CLASSROOM SITE: AN EXAMPLE FOR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION LESSON IN FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 1. WHAT IS VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT?; 2. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM SITE; CONCLUSION

REFERENCESChapter 9: SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT CRIME THROUGH THE INTERNET AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC SPACES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS; METHOD; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; FUTURE RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: THE ROLEOF INTERNET IN CITIZEN SCIENCE; Abstract; 1.Foreword; 2. Introduction: Rationale for Civic Participation in Science Projects; 3. Organizing Collaboration; 4. Educational Resources for Citizen Science Projects; 5. Finding Information; 6. Research Publications-Facilitating Amateur Participationin Mainstream Science; 7. New Technologies; 8. Promoting Participation

References

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 29, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63483-736-3