The digitization of millions of books and new technology has brought not only convenience but also many issues for everyone that partakes, or uses the technology needed to access these books, commonly referred to as "e-books". ... Commonly, people now read local or world news on their favorite or subscribed internet news forum or setup email alerts for any particular news topic or location, which sets off an alert on the person's phone. ... It has become much easier for people of all ages to simply skim over a news article or read a quick book summary online. ... If a person...

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Does the ultimate choice of ordering your books online, or in your local bookstore burden you? ... If you were to order your books online, returning it would not be as convenient. ... This means a longer wait to get the books that you are dying to read once they have been ordered. ... When buying your books online you are in the comfort of your own home, sipping coffee in your pajamas. ... When ordering online the books rarely show up on your doorstep the next morning. ...

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Everyday we see people spending more time online. That time that they are spending online is not always necessary, For example young age are more often online than their parents, but why? ... Teachers used to tell students to look up information in the books. ... Every information we look for we are told to go online. ... That is changing the way Humans think, read and work. ...

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Since the arrival of the Internet as a popular medium to exchange information, concerns have been expressed about access to online content deemed offensive or dangerous. ... The debate about online content is still very much alive, and none of the available solutions to protect against offensive content is completely satisfactory. ... Even small children know the difference between fiction and reality, and their attitudes and behavior are shaped more by their life circumstances than by the books they read or the TV they watch. ... From cyber media of the Internet, to the print media of the cla...

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And everyone has read about hypes and bubbles, upswings and recessions related to the Internet. ... Bertelsmann is world leader in the area of clubs for music and books (about 41 million customers) and the biggest publishing house within the english-speaking world. ... In contrast to the second phase where online activities were founded and supported as separate units Bertelsmann now started to integrate them into its traditional core (offline) businesses. ... Examples are the online versions of "Who wants to be a millionaire?... Currently, E-commerce revenues for books acount for 2% of total ...

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Why wait until the day after, when you can have the breaking news just hours after it happened by looking online? ... As you are listening to the story being told, you are watching b-roll of students filling out scantrons and flipping through SAT prep books. ... You have to go online for more information. ... That is like the top 10 stories at the time and you can click on them and read all the tweets related to that topic. ... When I am on my phone, I usually don't click on the links attached to tweets because it is a hassle to change over to the internet, read the article, then go back...

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The books are read; the television watched. ... However, one must be wary of these online relationships because often people "pretend to be just about anything" (Maasik and Solomon 103). ... Another woman, Debbie, quoted "if you are honest when talking online, you can strip away all the superficial stuff and really get to know someone" (Wolcott 106). If both online partners are completely honest with each other while chatting online, "there won't be any surprises when they meet" (Wolcott 106). ... Each and every online relationship is different, and the people engaging in these relation...

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Sometimes teenagers do not wish their parents to read their texts and the private contents because it might be embarrassing and aberrant. ... In brief, Internet is such a twenty-four hour online library, because individuals could find plenty of data and knowledge online. So there should be no doubt from parents about letting teenagers to do online research on their own. ... It's just that all the books are on the floor" (Paulos, n.d.). ... For instance, such as BBC news, teenagers can watch it online and acquired the information around the world. ...

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(www.britannica.com) 81% of Net users are concerned about threats to their privacy while online. ... Cookies also include the search vocabulary entered as well as the articles one reads over, and the amount of time one spends looking at a particular article. ... Changes in the delivery of books, music and television were extending these technologies of surveillance beyond the office?? ... This applies to the many online activities that are open to public inspection. ... Personal files have been copied and collected by the online services in some cases. ...

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As you can see there is a surplus of people on online. ... In addition, even for us who constantly have Internet access, what if we want to read a book where there's no Wi-Fi reception, or the battery on my reading device dies? ... To try and get all the books and documents from every language and make them accessible for all of humanity, meaning everyone, to read would be near impossible. ... I predict this is what would happen to books as well. ... I believe that if you are trying to read an entire book on a screen, it could cause serious damage and health risks over time. ...

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Now, people do not need to carry heavy encyclopedia books because of the web. ... It is the electronic version of bulletin boards, which allows users to send and read messages. ... Unlike before, people do not need to go to the library and search for hundreds or even thousands of pages of books and encyclopedias just to write a thesis paper. ... Many news and academic resources online are very inconsistent, and hence should not be used unless proven right. ... World Wide Web also helped students to finish their education at home through online course called distance learning. ...

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Some even find that new relationships are made online, often resulting in their meeting each other. ... It has been said by authors John M Carroll and Mary Beth Rosson, that those who read books are prone to be the most likely people to use the Internet than those who sit in front of the television for most of their days. ... Although the Internet provides friendship across the globe, it is believed that online relationships are less valuable than offline ones. ... According to a "New York Times" report published on August 30, 1998, "Internet users who spend even a few hours a week online at h...

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Teachers have to learn to catch up with the change of technology because now a day many teachers want their students to submit the assignments online rather than print out hard copies that can easily get lost. ... Furthermore, teachers and students can use computers as communication tools instead of mailing papers such as online survey that students need to take and virtual chat, which indicated that computers have become an excellent helping tools in education. ... For instance, elementry kids will learn how to read more effectively when using computers because they do not treat computers...

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Students may now go online and find millions of copies of papers and essays already written. ... They also do not have to worry about getting to the library in time to read through encyclopedias, textbooks, and other research books. ...

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Why read the full article when there is a summary somewhere else that requires even less time? ... "It could be that the real debate will not be books versus the internet but how to build an internet counterculture that will better attract people to serious learning"(Brooks 389). ... Picture writers searching online for a plot line for their new novels. Envision teachers instructing students based off of pre-planned curriculum they found online. ... Reading books shifted to finding broken down summaries. ...

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Educating oneself independently has never been easier than it is now due to the countless educational resources available online. There are tens of thousands of free books available on websites like "Project Gutenberg", hundreds of essays are published online every day, and the footnotes section on any Wikipedia page is a gold mine when trying to learn more about literally anything. ... Want to talk about the ending of your favourite book series, but your friends haven't read it yet? ... An informed young person reading online articles about police brutality. ...

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For more information, read How Routers Work. ... It allows people around the world to send e-mail to one another in a matter of seconds, and it lets you read, among other things, the articles on HowStuffWorks.com's. ... Co-workers thousands of miles apart can share information instantaneously, just as hundreds of workers in a single location can simultaneously review research data maintained online. ...

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Hundreds of computer software companies now have their own Internet sites on the World Wide Web, where customers can get immediate support directly from the experts or buy and register new software online. Even magazine publishers are joining the Internet to regularly publish special Internet versions of their magazines which are read by millions of people worldwide. ... On the average, there are between five and six thousand people from many countries and cultures online at once. ...

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They are easy to create and the ISP's maintain them for free so the entire online community can see what you have to say. ... It is true that there is a wealth of pornography and other indecent material online for all to see. ...

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I believe this is because the profession of being a librarian is no longer sitting in a library putting books away and teaching people the dewy decimal system. ... The job involves identifying a site, evaluating it, determining whether it is already in the database and filling out online input forms that describe the site and assigning it subject headings. ... Does the user have to read instructions to search or browse successfully? ...

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Russell, The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women (New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986)],5, i [though] fewer than 10 percent of child sexual abuse cases are reported to authorities.6 [A 2001 University of Pennsylvania] study estimated that in the United States, 325,000 children a year were subjected to sexual exploitation, including prostitution, use in pornography and molestation.7 "According to Unicef, a million children are forced each year into pornographic productions that generate $20 billion in sales,"" [Swiss Justice Minister Ruth Metzler] said.8 In 90% of the rapes o...

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