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Online University Education In Canada, 2005.
An examination of online education and overall university participation in Canada.
1,569 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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This paper examines the growth in online education across Canada and relates this growth to the growing demand placed upon the higher education industry by Canada's increasing population. It explains how Canada's rapid population growth is largely due to its liberal immigration policies and serving the educational needs of its burgeoning population is a challenge that online education seems more than capable of answering.
The writer points out that online education (OE) is delivered exclusively via the Internet or, alternatively, in tandem with or completely through the use of email or other Internet related technologies. The writer concludes that there is a definite mandate to expand OE across Canada as a way to not only service the needs of a growing population but also to deliver higher education solutions to remote populations in need of these services.
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Abstract
Overview
Theoretical Background
Instructors & Institutions
From the Paper
"Across North America and certainly in Canada, the rise in online education programs is roughly comparable to the increase not only in secondary education participation but also the overall number of college/university programs being offered. Online degrees and online education programs, although equivalent in many respects to traditionally formatted distance programs, are differentiated from other distance programs in that they are strictly delivered via the Internet whereas distance programs can be delivered in various other media formats. However, although the format may differ the overall concept is the same: to increase the educational options available to learners who seek or need alternate access options relevant to their education needs."
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Konrad Zuse and the Development of Early Computers, 2007.
A discussion of Konrad Zuse and the development of early of computers.
1,703 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses the work of Konrad Zuse who invented the world's first functional program-controlled computer. It explains how Zuse built his first prototype computer in 1936-38 using small metal plates as the key components, calling it the Z1. The paper also examines Zuse's remarkable advances in computer science and explains the development of each computer - from the Z1 to the Z4. Additionally, the paper looks at Konrad Zuse's company, Zuse KG.
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"In the twenty first century, computers are so ubiquitous that it requires serious thought to envision the pre-computer world, or to realize the difficulties faced in developing the first computers. One of those responsible for several key early developments in computers has left us his first computer. Considering this crude device and reviewing the difficulties involved with that machine and its successor machines, we can perhaps grasp the obstacles early computer developers faced."
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Electronic Money, 2008.
This paper discusses electronic money in relation to the traditional banking methods, analyzing Berndt Kempa's article "Money in an Electronic World".
2,619 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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The writer notes that in his enlightening article regarding electronic money, "Money in an Electronic World", Bernd Kempa argues that electronic funds are not likely to replace traditional money any time soon but that the role of the central bank in determining a country's monetary policy may be affected. The writer points out that the Kempa voices these concerns in closing his research in which he successfully illustrates the development of electronic funds and cash. The writer discusses that companies such as eBay and Amazon.com have turned the retail industry upside down and these two companies alone handle billions of dollars annually in electronic funds across international markets without ever handling physical currencies. Yet, the writer maintains that central banks will continue to determine monetary policy because the simple fact is that none of these new economy institutions or the electronic funds that accompany new business models creates money themselves. The writer concludes that they only move currency values that have been created via traditional channels.
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Author Analysis
Developments in Electronic Money
Conclusion
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"These observations are, while not being indicative of an impending catastrophe, somewhat alarming for economists who might be concerned with monetary policy at the national level. However, by raising such alarms, the author does not adequately support why he believes electronic funds might hold the potential to undermine such national economic and monetary policy when, in fact, all electronic funds originate first with the issuance of funds through traditional channels. No company that regularly operates in the financial markets, private or otherwise, has the ability to generate funds, whether electronic or otherwise, in any manner that supersedes the role or the oversight of the central banking systems."
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Contemporary Mass Media, 2008.
This paper discusses the issue of contemporary mass media and looks at who defines reality today.
3,412 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 96.95
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In this article the writer examines the influence the mass media exerts on the individual's perception of the world. This is done from the standpoint of social constructionism, a theory heavily influenced by Postmodernist thought. The paper posits that language is our basis for interpreting the world and because language is the product of a social process, the 'reality' we perceive is nothing more than a collective construct. Consequently, the writer maintains that whoever controls the transmission of language and the ideas and information it conveys shapes reality. Today much of this transmission is done by the mass media. The writer concludes that today the role of the mass media and the educational system in socialization is growing as the traditional family structure so instrumental in this process for thousands of years wanes.
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"Whenever we read, listen or watch one of the mass media, in other words, we become part of somebody else's agenda, a means to some outside entity's ends. So, at a profound level, we should be continuingly asking ourselves: do we do so willingly or unwittingly? Yet it is a question many rarely pose and fewer answer. Are we too busy, too complascent, or too indifferent to? Or are we simply too trusting? The aura of autheticity surrounding what we read, hear and see in the mass media may very well be lulling us into an uncritical acceptance of the messages imparted."
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Internet Traffic Patterns, 2008.
A discussion on web traffic patterns as they relate to emerging technologies.
2,732 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper discusses web traffic patterns and how the existing internet infrastructure is inadequate for the sheer amount of data and file types now moving across the web and over the Internet. It looks at how new and emerging technologies such as wireless use of the Internet to transfer media files and voice over internet protocols (VoIP) are consuming ever more bandwidth and how this affects the overall quality of service (QoS) of many of the most basic aspects of Internet usage.
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Abstract
Overview
Internet Protocols & Data
VOIP & Similar Communication Media
Quality of Service Issues
Future Internet Trends
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"Quality of service or QoS allows networks to provide higher levels of service in terms of quality and efficiency by improving data flows across the network. Some of the traditional strategies to improve QoS have been to merely increase the priority levels of some data over that of others (Voice, 2005). This only works so far before it results traffic degradation system wide as all traffic becomes prioritized in order to compensate. While many companies and service providers traditionally just increased bandwidth in order to correct for QoS issues, this too is just a short-term solution to the exponentially increasing internet traffic that is resulting from the mass movement of multi-media files and data streams across the internet (IP, 2003)."
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Improving Written Reports, 2007.
This paper analyzes three online sites to assist professional engineers in their writing.
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that errors in grammar in written engineering reports and proposals prepared for external stakeholders and potential clients make a company not look professional and can lead to misunderstandings. The author points out that the criteria for testing the many websites on grammar are usability, navigability, comprehensiveness and completeness, suitability for users with technical background but limited knowledge of grammar, usefulness of links, interactive exercises and help resources.The paper selected three sites for analysis based on these criteria: "Big Dog's Grammar", "Hypergrammar" and "Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style". The author concludes that "Big Dog's Grammar" is the most useful of these three sites and is the easiest to navigate.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Analysis
Recommendation
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"The second site is called "Hypergrammar at the University of Ottawa", and this site is more comprehensive while still being easy to use. Navigation for each page is made easier through the inclusion of a menu bar at the top of each page with arrows to go forward and back, to skip to the last page or the first page, to go up or down the page, and to get help. Highlighted words on each page lead to definitions and further explanatory material. Each page offers examples and clear explanations of the parts of each example."
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Nuclear Power Generation Technology, 2008.
An examination of the general population's attitudes toward nuclear power generation technology.
1,953 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the impact on society of nuclear power generation technology. It describes the history of the global prominence that nuclear power has attained and the role it has played in the shifting of popular attitudes towards science and technology, in general. The paper shows how this technology - although critical to the production of energy in places such as Ontario - is also viewed with fear and scepticism by much of the population.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Popular Fears of Nuclear Power
The Post-Chernobyl Costs of Nuclear Power
The Future Role of Nuclear Power in Our Society
Conclusion
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"Unless science and technology discover some previously unknown form of energy, it is clear that nuclear power technology - despite popular anxiety - is likely to expand its significance in our society in the future. There is simply no alternative energy supply to fossil fuels that can offer the large amounts of energy that nuclear power offers. Moreover, in a political environment where fossil fuels are also viewed with considerable negativity among the public for contributing to pollution and global warming, even the negative optics of nuclear power may be lessened in comparison. Thus, while it is admittedly impossible to make certain predictions about the future role of nuclear power in our society given the variables of public opinion as well as the political, economic and environmental issues to be considered, nevertheless I believe that in the immediate future humanity will be compelled to revisit the use of nuclear power to sustain itself."
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Artificial Intelligence, 2008.
An overview of artificial intelligence technology and its impact on society.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper examines artificial intelligence (AI) technology. It looks at what this technology is, who its users are, its historical background as well as how the technology is being currently used, with concrete examples of applications in business, technology and everyday life. It also examines the future of this technology as well as its potential uses and misuses and their effects on the society. The main question of the paper is whether AI is a positive or negative technology today as well as the future. It also contends that as the technology advances, certain ethical questions will need to be addressed.
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"AI can be defined as the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer programs (Moy). Furthermore, it is also related to the similar task of using computers to understand human intelligence (McCarthy). The idea, or vision of AI goes back centuries all the way to Greek mythology (Buchanan). With the advent of computers, after World War II it became achievable to create computer programs with AI. After the war, nations like the USA federally sponsored research in the filed of AI. In the 1950 Alan Turing, one of the leading researchers in AI, came up with the Turing test, which is still in use today."
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Educational Providers and Internet Delivery, 2007.
Argues that educational providers must focus on online usage patterns in order to anticipate their clients' needs and capitalize on growth prospects of online educational programming.
1,445 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper addresses the need to place Internet usage and potential at the center of marketing research done by educational providers going forward. The paper provides data on usage patterns, publics which are served through online programming, growth rates of online programs, and the need of providers to be opportunistic in developing programs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Arguments
Internet Usage Patterns and Other Media Forms
Internet Access and Learning Opportunities
Opportunistic Educational Marketing
Conclusion
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"Before considering how Internet usage is affecting the role that other media forms play in the delivery of information, it is important first to briefly consider general Internet usage patterns and the role that education information plays in Internet usage. Dickinson and Ellison (1999) wrote that at the turn of the century, 36% of Canadian households had "frequent users" of the Internet. By 2005, 64% of Canadians aged 18 or over indicated that they used the Internet "at least once a day." These findings show that Internet usage is growing in frequency as a forum for media delivery generally."
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Online Music Distribution, 2008.
An analysis of the competition in the global music recording industry (MRI).
1,109 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper discusses the online distribution of music and how it is part of the larger, global music industry. It analyzes the aims and success of the global music recording industry (MRI) and discusses the six segments into which the MRI is primarily structured. The paper then discusses the new competitors in the MRI industry and how they relate to consumer expectations.
Table of Contents:
Industry Overview
The Apple Influence on Expectations
Technology Convergence
Conclusion
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"Myspace.com and others are revolutionizing the MRI by creating a substitute industry that if not properly compensated for by traditional MRI participants could eventually supplant them. Consumer expectations have crystallized around the concept of total access across formats to their music and musical tastes and the future of the MRI, due to the online distribution of music and the evolving expectations of the consumer, rests with its ability to agree on a universally accepted electronic format for its music files."
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Online Gambling Problems, 2008.
This paper discusses the negative effects of online gambling.
865 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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In this article, the writer outlines three major problems which accompany online gambling. To begin with, the paper notes how online gambling can aggravate problems often associated with excessive internet use. The paper then explores how Internet gambling can, by offering so many alluring opportunities to make money at the click of a mouse, quickly destroy a family or individual financially. Proceeding further, the paper concludes by looking at how online gambling can produce misery not only for the gamblers, but for innocent victims otherwise untouched by the affliction. In the final analysis, the writer wishes to underscore that gambling has many victims and many very serious consequences that extend beyond merely losing cash at the online craps table.
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"Therefore, what is frequently over-looked by those absorbed with pointing out the destructive financial consequences of online gambling is the fact that it isolates individuals at precisely a time when they need the assistance of others; furthermore, time spent gambling is, quite simply, time not spent engaging in a healthy physical or intellectual lifestyle."
"Another - and more conspicuous - problem which can be readily associated with internet gambling is the fact that it makes it very easy for an individual to accrue crippling debts from the comfort of his or her own home. In large measure, this the real tragedy for anyone addicted to online gambling: whereas "normal" gambling usually involves having to physically exit one's home, secure transportation, and find the time in a busy schedule to first begin the gambling process (trips to Las Vegas or to any Casino are not always easy matters to arrange, after all), online gambling can begin innocuously simply by someone turning to the wrong website one particular evening and finding it alluring enough to start. One other factor which must be borne in mind - and this is rather related to the last sentence - is that online gambling sites never really shut down and can be readily accessed at any time from anywhere."
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Analysis Planning, 2007.
An examination of the failed attempt at e-publishing by Harrison-Keyes Inc.
1,101 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This paper examines the lack of risk management and planning at Harrison-Keyes Inc. It explains the issues that caused the e-publishing failure. The paper identifies missed opportunities that led to the failure of its newest business venture. The paper also shows the stakeholder perspectives and the company's ethical dilemmas.
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Abstract
Harrison-Keyes Problem Statement: Problem Statement
Table One: Issues and Opportunities Identification
Table Two: Stakeholder Perspectives and Ethical Dilemmas
From the Paper
"This document discusses the case of Harrison-Keyes, Inc. Harrison-Keyes is a traditional publisher of specialty books in the professional, academic, scholarly, and educational markets. Harrison-Keyes is attempting an e-publishing initiative but it failed to plan appropriately for oversight, disaster, and exit strategies."
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Value of Knowledge, 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of knowledge and looks at the transformation and application of data.
1,979 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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Historically, businesses have long considered data and information the apex of business intelligence. The quandary many companies face is how to turn raw data and information into executable market intelligence or actionable knowledge. The answer in many cases is to make better use of existing databases and data warehouses through the deployment of more effective database management systems in the form of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that are able to manipulate data in meaningful ways. The writer looks at this issue as it relates to UCB, which is a global enterprise with three primary lines of business: chemicals, films, and pharmaceuticals. The writer concludes that while there is clear value in amassing data and information and doing so is critical for most enterprises, the knowledge created from data and information is a competitive differentiator and one that UCB, among many others, has begun to leverage with lethal effectiveness.
Outline:
Overview
Data & Information
The Transformation of Data into Intelligence
Business Knowledge Application
Conclusion
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"Business Intelligence reports may then be generated from the data written to the warehouse. In this way the data warehouse supplies the data and information for the business intelligence tools that an organization might use. For UCB implementing a data warehouse is a prerequisite to positive growth and for increased research capabilities that lead to improvements of its core corporate strategies. Considering its sourcing, inventory, and product tracking requirement in its chemical division, for example, its knowledge management requirements in its pharmaceutical division, and its research and testing information needed for reference in its films division, amassing this huge amount of data in a logical fashion is a priority. However, even more important, placing it in a repository that not only categorizes it but makes it useful to its managerial core is paramount."
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FramesDirect.com, 2007.
An overview of the optical supply company FramesDirect.com.
1,802 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper discusses the competitive profile of FramesDirect.com. FramesDirect.com is a competitor in the optical product and service industry offering a full line of eyeglass frames, sunglass frames, Rx contact lens fulfilment, and other services. It looks at how the company is competitive and operates solely on a web-based business model.
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Abstract
Company Overview
Partnerships
E-Commerce Security
Marketing Effort
New Technologies
Business Model Recommendations
Conclusions
Recommendations
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"FramesDirect.com is an optical supply company operating exclusively over the internet. Framesdirect.com utilizes the World Wide Web (WWW) as its marketing, sales, and supply channels. Framesdirect.com sells prescription and non-prescription eyewear in the form of glasses, contacts, designer frames and associated products (About, 2006). The company was founded by Dr. Hodgson and Dr. Cooper in 1996 and the founders were instrumental in instituting the company's high levels of customer service and its attention to quality via a 6-step inspection program that every pair of frames undergoes before leaving its facilities (About, 2006). "
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Online Music Distribution, 2007.
This paper explains that the rise of peer-to-peer (p2p) digital technologies has led to a fundamental transformation in how the audience of popular music regards music as property.
1,360 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper relates that, while property rights in the music industry remain based upon rigid copyright laws, which give the copyright holder protection against any unlicensed copying or use of a music property, digital media has permitted widespread disregard for this law. The author points out that, even though there remains an opposing view by some people in the music industry that peer-to-peer (p2p) networks exchanging music amounts to theft of their property, a transformation in the understanding of property rights and music is underway on a global scale. The paper concludes that, as the phenomena of mashes and sampling indicate, artists and audiences have come to see digital music as a new medium for creative growth, which promises substantial changes in our popular music in the future.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Copyright Law and the Question of Ownership
Peer-to-Peer Technologies and Music Exchange
Audiences and Music Property
Conclusion
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"It must be noted that even this limited copying capability was the result of fierce renegotiations between Apple and the leading recording industry companies who were unhappy about the one fixed price business model, as well as Apple's limited support for the audience's right to copy music. However, this right was based upon a key limitation on copyright known as "fair use" in the United States, and "fair dealing" in Canada. Under "fair use", for example, it is possible to not only use a copyrighted work without the copyright holder's approval but even to do so over the owner's express objection."
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Media Strategies in Corporate Training, 2007.
An analysis of whether different companies' use of new media training methodologies will result in measurably different outcomes in corporate training.
2,876 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 21 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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This paper discusses the use and implementation of new media strategies in the corporate training and educational environment. It discusses the strategies that should be employed when implementing corporate communication and training activities and the benefits and challenges that are associated with its use. The paper also looks at the need for expert technical administration if these strategies are to be implemented. Finally, the paper presents an experiment to determine if different companies' use of new media training methodologies will result in measurably different outcomes.
Table of Contents:
Experiment
Results
Review and Discussion
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"One other issue that ought to be emphasized in a review of this experiment is that the theoretical perspective underlying new media technologies for corporate training (i.e., the pedagogical substratum) has been a much-overlooked aspect of new media implementation (cf., e.g., Govindasamy, 2001). For example, the benefit of visual information to supplement more traditional audio information (as used in old-style teleconferencing) is that, not so much providing a supplement to audio information, it can be used by group participants to evaluate the "communication availability" of other participants, thus providing "remote opportunistic communications" that are more commonly experienced in face-to-face (FTF) environments (Whitaker, 1995). This and other considerations are in need of further research and examination in order to more fully make use of the technologies for learning that are already at our disposal. In this regard, the current experiment has only touched the surface."
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MTS Allstream: Marketing Analysis, 2007.
This paper discusses marketing a consumer product and looks at Manitoba Telecom Service (MTS).
1,473 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This document discusses MTS Manitoba Telecom Service relative to its product pricing and scheme. The various levels of product characteristics are first established vis-a-vis core, actual and augmented. The other components of a marketing plan are discussed including pricing, promotion and place (distribution). Finally, how these aspects of the company's marketing components have affected business strategy and marketing are examined in detail.
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Abstract
The Product
Pricing
Channels of Distribution
Promotion
Product Positioning
Buyer Behaviour
Market Research
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"MTS offers this plan to address that segment of the market that may have a limited or irregular income, such as a student or homemaker and who prefers to purchase anytime minutes upfront. This plan is $25 for every 200 minutes of use regardless of time or weekday. Telusmobility offers a comparable service with somewhat more flexibility. Its Pay & Talk plan can be purchased in various pre-paid card formats such as in $25 or $10 cards for a set amount of pre-paid minutes."
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Technology, Information and Society, 2007.
Examines three articles regarding technology's impact on society today:
Neil Postman's "Science and the Story that We Need", V. Mosco and D. Foster's "Cyberspace and the End of Politics" and L. Winner's "Interview with Langdon Winner: Technology as Big M
1,501 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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The paper explores how the development and rise of mass media and mass communication has influenced our society. The paper looks at three texts that examine the promises, claims and the future of technology and information. This includes "Science and the Story that We Need" by Neil Postman, "Cyberspace and the End of Politics" by V. Mosco and D. Foster and "Interview with Langdon Winner: Technology as Big Magic and other Myths" by L. Winner. The paper compares these texts and argues that Winner's argument is most convincing, as he examines broader issues and potential problems that we may face in the future.
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"Neil Postman in his article "Science and the Story That We Need" claims that the technological advancements have solved the problem of information scarcity and the speed by which the information is exchanged. Our present technological level has managed to defeat the barriers of space, time and form. Indeed we all are aware how much the technological breakthroughs and media put emphasis on the speed and amount of information delivered. For example, the commercials for high speed Internet, for new computers, newspapers, TV news etc. are all based on the speed and amount of information delivered. However, Postman notes that this has created a new problem in that "our technological ingenuity transformed information into a form of garbage, and ourselves into garbage collectors." (Postman, 1997)"
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