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Describe how the Internet is changing the world by means of a process called convergence. |
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Give reasons for the recent mega-mergers in the communications field. |
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Tell what percentage of the population is telecommuting. |
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Gauge the extent to which commercial advertising is paying for services available 'for free' on the Internet. |
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Know where the hottest shopping sites are on the Net. |
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Explain how online shopping and banking are creating a cashless society. |
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Understand how government officials and politicians are using the Internet. |
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Define information warfare and learn how the Department of Defense is preparing to defend against it. |
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Realize how the Internet is revolutionizing the publishing industry. |
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Quote the latest Nielsen statistics on how the Internet is competing with television for people's free time. |
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Share the vision of how the Web is capable of hosting an interconnected world of research and scholarship. |
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Understand how the Net provides educators with a powerful medium for more actively involving students in the teaching and learning process. |
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| Mergers and Alliances |
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| How have recent mergers or alliances affected you? Do they make new products and services cheaper and more accessible or create monopolies? |
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| What jobs do you think can best be done by telecommuting? Are there jobs that could be hampered by telecommuting? |
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| Shopping on the Web has grown rapidly and you can now buy almost anything online. Which of these sites make shopping easier? Are you more comfortable buying some products on the Web? If so, which ones? Why? |
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| Some people believe that paying bills on the Internet makes life much easier, while others are uncomfortable when they use bits instead of paper for these transactions. What benefits or drawbacks do you see from these services? |
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| Online Investing Sites |
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| Government and Politics |
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| The government has made a strong effort to reach citizens through the Web. What kinds of government information do you find most useful on the Web? |
 Federal Consumer Information Center |
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| Aspiring political candidates have been able to keep their message constantly updated on the Web. How has campaigning changed as the Internet has grown in strength? |
| Information Warfare and Homeland Security |
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| How is national defense helped or threatened by the Internet? Are some countries more at risk than others? Why? |
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| Electronic Publishing |
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| Newspapers on the Web have changed the face of publishing. What kinds of news do you find most useful on the Web? Is there some sort of information that you would rather get from a traditional newspaper? |
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| Pew Internet and American Life Project: (2005) Nielsen Survey: Convergence Lab Links TV and Internet Activity (2001) |
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| Teaching and Learning |
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| The sites below illustrate how the Web has been harnessed to help teach almost every subject. Which of these seemed to do the best job? Do you think students can use these without a teacher or would a traditional setting also be needed? |
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| Patron Saint of the Internet |
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| Do you think the Internet needs a patron saint? Is Isidore a good choice or is there someone better? |
| Isidore of Seville |
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