Archive: Journal
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A Speculation on Consumer Privacy and Corporate Control on the Internet
Abstract: In his article Circuits of Power[1], Ronald Diebert notes that there is an assumption in American society that the society at large is more prone and vulnerable to attack as it becomes incr
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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Positive Imagery and Community Development in Ethnic Marketing: Contemporary Strategies for Success
Abstract: Minorities, collectively, are becoming the majority. By 2050, African Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos will comprise 50 percent of the U.S. population and hold more than $3 trillion in
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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The Anti-Aging Trend: Capitalism, Cosmetics and Mirroring the Spectacle
Abstract: In some cultures, aging is embraced. The experience and wisdom of elders is held in high regard. In American capitalist culture, however, signs of aging are met with increasing resistance.
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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False Reporting on the Internet and the Spread of Rumors: Three Case Studies
Abstract: The expansion of the Internet has allowed for far greater numbers of people to become involved with the production and dissemination of news. As a consequence, cyberjournalism and the Intern
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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Spectrum Scarcity and the Deployment of Third Generation Wireless Technology in the United States
Abstract: Third generation technology, or 3G, is championed by the wireless industry as the next step of innovative cellular technology. It brings high-speed Internet and data transmission to cellula
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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The Nano-Threats To Privacy: Sci-Fi or Sci-Fact?
Abstract: The biggest threat to personal privacy in the near future might not come from massive government surveillance projects; instead, tiny technology will be implemented by diverse commercial, p
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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Parking Lott: The Role of Web logs in the Fall of Sen. Trent Lott
Abstract: In December 2002, Republican Senate leader Trent Lott said that if Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948 on a segregationist platform, "we wouldn't have had all these problems ov
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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Homosexuality on Television:The Heterosexualization of Will & Grace in Print Media
Abstract: Despite its arrival to primetime television so soon after the demise of Ellen television's first program with an openly homosexual lead character NBC's Will & Grace has incurred no right
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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You've Come A Long Way, Baby: Language in Sports… Can Women Compete?
Abstract: With the highly publicized success of women's sports teams in the 1996 Olympics, social commentators proclaimed that women's sports had finally arrived. A careful analysis of the country's
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal
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The Influence of American Culture on Software Design: Microsoft Outlook as a Case Study
Abstract: The personal computer has become one of the most ubiquitous appliances in today's modern world. Human interaction with the PC is mediated by software applications, and the functionalities t
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal