the internet

Examples of the internet in the following topics:

• Postindustrial Societies: The Birth of the Information Age

  • An example of the Information Age is how virtually every individual uses the Internet in some way at their place of work.
  • The transition spans from the advent of the personal computer in the late 1970s to the Internet reaching a critical mass in the early 1990s, with the public's adoption of the Internet in the two decades following 1990.
  • Though the Internet itself has existed since 1969, it was the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989 by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee and its implementation in 1991 that allowed the Internet to truly became a global network.
  • Today, the Internet has become the ultimate platform for accelerating the flow of information and is the fastest-growing form of media .
  • This graph shows the drastic increase in Internet usage, indicative of the pervasiveness of the Information Age.

• Gatekeeping

  • Gatekeeping is the process through which information in publications, broadcasting, and the Internet is filtered for dissemination.
  • Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, be it publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other type of communication.
  • Originally focused on the mass media with its few-to-masses dynamic, theories of gatekeeping also now include the workings of face-to-face communication and the many-to-many dynamic now easily available via the Internet.
  • The number of channels varies and the amount of time in each channel can vary.
  • It occurs in a variety of different contexts including speech, books, music, films and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet.

• Deviance and Technology

  • In the past decade, most companies have installed high-speed internet access as a means of improving efficiency.
  • However, employees often reappropriate the internet access to avoid work by using social networking sites.
  • In the past decade, most companies have installed high-speed internet access as a means of improving efficiency.
  • However, employees often reappropriate the internet access to avoid work by using social networking sites.
  • The behaviors of deviant employees ultimately have a negative impact on the overall productivity of an organization.

• Preface

  • Through a couple extensions and revisions, it has evolved to cover more of the basic approaches to the analysis of social network data.
  • Its current form, written in 2005, covers most of the algorithms and approaches that are collected in the computer package UCINET, version 6.85.
  • Mark Riddle has added expertise in the statistical modeling of network data, study questions and problems, and connections to a variety of empirical literature that uses the techniques discussed here.
  • The book is distributed free on the Internet in the hope that it may reach a diverse audience, and that the core ideas and methods of this field may be of interest.
  • The concepts and techniques of social network analysis are informed by, and inform the evolution of these broader fields.

• The Role of Age

  • The lower voting rates of young people in the U.S. help explain why things like Medicare and Social Security in the U.S. are facing looming crises—the elderly will retain many of the benefits of these programs and are unwilling to allow them to be changed even though young people will be the ones to suffer the consequences of these crises.
  • The AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a United States-based, non-governmental organization and interest group, founded in 1958.
  • Its mission is to improve the quality of life for retired people and people over the age of 50.
  • AARP claims around 38 million members, making it one of the largest membership organizations in the United States.
  • Obama's campaign used the Internet to rally supporters and make his policies known, and the campaign's use of the Internet targeted 18- to 29-year-olds, the age group most reliant on new media for political information.

• The Role of the Media

  • Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, be it publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other type of communication.
  • He also admitted that he did not like giving page space to a scandal that had been going on in the Catholic Church at the time.
  • Media of the United States consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites.
  • A central method in which the media influences the U.S. political system is through gatekeeping, a process through which information is filtered for dissemination, be it publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other type of communication.
  • The Internet has provided a means for newspapers and other media organizations to deliver news and, significantly, the means to look up old news.

• Sociology Today

  • As all spheres of human activity are affected by the interplay between social structure and individual agency, sociology has gradually expanded to focus on more diverse subjects such as health, medical, military and penal institutions, the Internet, and the role of social activity in the development of scientific knowledge.
  • The range of social scientific methodology has also expanded.
  • The linguistic and cultural turns of the mid-twentieth century led to increasingly interpretative, hermeneutic, and philosophic approaches to the analysis of society.
  • In the humanistic parts of the discipline, these paradigms are referred to as social theory, often shared with the humanities.
  • The American Sociological Association annual meetings are a way for contemporary sociologists to share their work and discuss the future of the discipline.

• Online Communities

  • On the Internet, social interactions can occur in online communities that preclude the need to be face-to-face.
  • The idea of a community is not a new concept.
  • Because of deregulation and increased Internet access, the popularity of online communities has escalated.
  • A lurker observes the community and viewing content, but does not add to the community content or discussion.
  • For instance, the elder might experience a change in interests or lack the time to stay connected.

• Education and the Global Perspective

  • Within these regions, girls are at the greatest disadvantage in receiving access to education at the primary school age.
  • India is developing technologies that bypass land-based telephone and internet lines.
  • The goal is to provide 600,000 primary and high schools with computer equipment, learning materials, and internet access within 10 years.
  • Programs such as the International Baccalaureate have also contributed to the internationalization of education.
  • As a result of the Internet, higher education is increasingly open and accessible.

• Rumors

  • Bordia and DiFonzo found that 29.4% of statements on archived internet message boards are sense making statements that attempt to solve problems.
  • The rest of the discussion revolves around these statements.
  • In 2006, Jayson Harsin introduced the concept of the "rumor bomb" to describe the widespread phenomenon of rumoresque communication in contemporary relations between media and politics, especially within the complex convergence of multiple forms of media, from cell phones and internet, to radio, TV, and print.
  • For Harsin a "rumor bomb" extends the definition of rumor into a political communication concept with the following features:
  • "an unnamed advisor to the president"), which seeks to profit politically from the rumor bomb's diffusion.