With the advancement of technology and the exponential increase of Internet use, professionals-academic and business-are relying on electronic resources for information, research, and data. The Internet gives an individual access to a sea of information, data, and knowledge; plus, this vast amount of information is available in a matter of seconds, rather than hours or days. The ease of access, availability, up-to-the-second timeliness, and vastness of online resources is causing many professionals
compare Internet research with other sources of information which include books, word of mouth and primary research. This paper will also look at ways of ascertaining the validity of research information for academic work. Compared to books and journals, internet research saves time that the researcher would have needed to put into searching through various books and articles for information. It is also cheaper and more convenient than having to search for credible experts to interview. Internet research
Internet as a Research Tool Because of its speed and convenience, the Internet has quickly become one of the most-used resources for gathering information. The Internet allows people to have access to a lot of information in one place, and in the convenience of their own homes. However, many problems arise when students use the Internet as a research source for school assignments. Many students are typically under the false assumption that everything on the Internet is valid; if it’s written
would be without the discovery of the internet? Unless you have never watched TV, listened to a radio, or read a book, you almost certainly have heard about the internet. Today very few, if any, haven’t used the internet in some aspect of their life. It is almost impossible to have not used it. Internet is installed in anything from phones to cars. If one says he or she hadn’t used it, one would be isolated from society. The mass of information that the internet brings to the table is astonishing.
The Internet references I used to research my first essay topic, Intelligence is what Intelligence Tests Measure, are as follows: Anonymous, (1999). Controversy follows psychological testing. APA Monitor Online, 30 (11) [on-line]. http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec99/ss4.html. Accessed 4 November 2001. , Garrigan, K & Plunker, J. (2001) Intelligence Theory and Testing – Hot Topics [on-line]. http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/emerging.html. Accessed 4 November 2001. , AND
"I don't really like these internet regulations because they want to cut off a lot of websites that many people like. In some ways I do get why there putting on internet regulations on. There is a lot of bad stuff on the internet like people doing bad stuff. Like this is a example of youtube, they had terrorist videos and people dying and they were putting ads and sponsored on the bad videos. So the ads and the sponsors don't go on youtube and the sponsors give money to youtube for there ads being
of Gatorade is merely due to billions of dollars of advertising pumped in by the company or if it actually does provide some benefits to athletes. The majority of the internet research to determine the effectiveness of sports drinks will center on Gatorade because it is the only sports drink with significant information on the internet. It shouldn't be too much of problem comparing sports drinks due to the fact that most of the sports drinks have rather similar ingredients. The major reason anyone
Sociological Theory: Positivistic, Interpretative, and Critical Comment on the three types of sociological theories, explain and argue, based on your library or Internet research, which type of theory is the most appropriate theory for sociology to adopt. The three general types of sociological theory are positivistic, interpretive and critical theory.In determining which theory is the most appropriate for sociology to adopt,a basic understanding of each theory's strengths and weaknesses is necessary
by the young and the vulnerable. Internet gambling represents one of the fastest growing segments of online activity with more than seven hundred web sites now providing users the opportunity to wager everything from casino games to sporting events. According to internet research firms, the industry will pull in $1.5 billion in world-wide revenues this year. That figure is expected to hit at least $6 billion by 2006. Also, a survey conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project concluded
The internet is a powerful tool for information. In a matter of seconds, it can yield millions of hits that contain inestimable amounts of knowledge and opinion. No longer is the library the epitome of data. The internet surpasses all in ease of access, speed, and amount of data. However, not all websites are useful or reliable in procuring data. Littered through cyberspace there are a few superb sites for gathering information, yet many are complete trash. Recently there was a paper researched
Internet Hackers Today's information is highly interconnected by the Internet. With this interconnection of computer systems through the Internet comes computer crime. Breaking into computer systems, damaging information on computer systems, and stealing information on computer systems, more commonly known as hacking, has become extremely common on the Internet. As hacking becomes more frequent, and as some would say, more of a problem, should we consider hacking a criminal activity
media and real-time marketing into the scene has resulted in a significant improvement in the traditional ways of marketing and carrying out business. Dissemination of information and media has been highly revolutionized. However, there is limited research related to real-time marketing especially as it concerns the service industry. Digital media have proved to be very efficient in their degree of reliability and fast data transmission. This has led to a major boosts in the connectivity and communication
The internet is a network system to join computers worldwide, and was developed for a U.S. government project to improve military preparedness (Smith, 2002). Several inventions have changed the way people communicate with each other. From the old fashioned telegraph to today 's modern communication technology, people tend to create easier ways to correspond. Today’s communication technologies, such as e-mail and other internet chat programs, have created a cheap and incredibly fast communications
Scientific research requires money, and research topics that are deemed more valuable or acceptable by society are more likely to receive funding. The general public can sway where funding is directed to, either indirectly through politics or directly by donating to certain causes. Society also influences scientific research through its needs; many scientists conduct research looking for solutions with potential applications. The needs and problems
Social media and internet use have considerable impact on the lives of children and young people. Outline both the positive and negative aspects of this. Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and the internet in general have remarkably changed the way we interact on a day to day basis. Marc Prensky has defined this generation as 'digital natives' and states that it is necessary that we accept the digital generation but try to relate to it and integrate the abilities of young
on the extent of the Internet usage of Nigerian University undergraduate and how is their academic result affected by it. The designed research questions is used to help in making a good questionaire which is use for data collection. The first research question is to understand the way of students in the university use the Internet which concentrate on whether students is use the Internet; the time per day that students preferred to browse; the frequency of browse the Internet by students in a week;
or at work, people are relying on books to be informed and get knowledge, however, internet continues to expand and the number of internet user is growing rapidly. People are getting quick information from internet than books and with this rapid growing of internet users, how one could make sure information that is on website is accurate? It is important for users to make sure information that comes from internet is accurate otherwise it would mislead people. It is true anyone can put information
The internet is a vast network of computers that connects many of the world’s businesses, institutions, and individuals. It allows millions of people throughout the world to send and receive messages to each other, share information, and play games (Naughton 4). It was initially designed to aid the government and help people expand academically, but it is now becoming more commercialized and used in ways that it was not made for. The thought of the internet was first introduced in 1960 when the
The impact of internet communication on social life of teenagers Does internet communication have influences on social life of teenager? Introduction Nowadays the technology have great impact on our life. Life without computer, without some electronic gadgets and of course without internet seems unreal. Internet used by different people which purposes also different: online banking, online shopping, communication with friends, play videogames an so on. Young generation, I mean teenagers can not imagine
The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact that the Internet has on the adult sex industry. After careful observations at an adult retail store, it was quickly notices that not very many people attend local shops. The rapidly increasing market of sexually explicit material on the internet challenges social science to study the range of experiences that are involved with such content (Fisher & Barak, 2001). Additionally, because there is more of a normalization surrounding pornography there