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CYBERSPACE

CYBERSPACE. the computer as a communication tool. An online-capable computer is the only 2-way communication device to matter since Alexander Bell shouted:. WATSON, COME HERE. It is almost certain the most inportant thing to happen to information since:. GUTENBERG LET WORDS OUT OF THE ABBEY

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CYBERSPACE

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  1. CYBERSPACE the computer as a communication tool

  2. An online-capable computer is the only 2-way communication device to matter since Alexander Bell shouted: WATSON, COME HERE....

  3. It is almost certain the most inportant thing to happen to information since: GUTENBERG LET WORDS OUT OF THE ABBEY (He invented the printing press)

  4. SO, WHAT IS THE INTERNET ANYWAY? Network of Networks Resources: scholarly or silly Organization of Resources (well....)

  5. TRADITIONAL / BASICFUNCTIONS • E-MAIL (electronic mail) • TELNET • FTP (file transfer protocol)

  6. WHAT YOU NEED: • Computer • Telephone • Modem • Service Provider and Account

  7. WORLD’S LARGEST COMMERCIAL SERVICE?It‘s AOL • 20 plus million members • 3.5 million International • 15 countries (7 languages) • Merged with Time-Warner January, 2000

  8. What’s the difference betweenthe regular Internet and AOL ?Perhaps this metaphor helps: Shopping at Dillards (AOL) versus the whole mall (the Internet)

  9. Non-commercial use of Cyberspace • E-mail 93% • Product Info: 73% • Travel Info: 65% • Weather 63% • News 59% • Research 50% • Sports 35% • Chatting 23% and......

  10. What do you do….?Are you among the 6% addicted to the Net? • Trade stocks ? • On-line Auctions? • Gamble ?

  11. Stranded on an island….This is what people take:

  12. Company Use • Communicating with colleagues: 34% • Communicating with customers: 26% • Training: 10% • Newsgroups/Forums: 9% • Communicating with government : 5% • Other 10%

  13. Ethics in the workplace.What’s your opinion?Should you: • Use company e-mail for personal reasons? • Use office equipment for shopping the Internet? • Visit pornographic websites using office equipment? • Use office equipment to help children do school work?

  14. Ethics in the workplace,America’s opinion:Percentage of people that think it is unethical(5-1998 in USA Today) • E-mail for personal reasons: 34% • Shopping the Internet: 54% • Visit pornographic websites: 67% • Help children do school work: 34%

  15. ISSUE: DO I HAVE PRIVACY ONLINE ??? IS E-MAIL LIKE WHISPERING IN A SECLUDED LOCKED ROOM ???? I don’t think so…..be careful !

  16. WHEN WAS THE INTERNET BORN ? 1969

  17. Nineteensixtynine…. • Woodstock • Man on the M n • The GAP

  18. HISTORYWHO INVENTED THIS WHEEL? Defense Department : to have a decentralized communications network, that would work through nuclear attacks.

  19. More history….. • 4 universities linked in ‘69 (UCLA, Stanford) • 1971: 2 dozen (MIT, Harvard) • 1981: 200+ • 1995: 30,000 networks connected

  20. LOTSA “LINGO” Yahoo? • WORLD WIDE WEB • MOSAIC • NETSCAPE • HOTJAVA

  21. And more….HEY DUDE, DO YOU • HAVE A HOMEPAGE? • WITH HYPERTEXT? • HAVE YOUR URL? (Uniform Resource Locator) Make sure you are familiar with Web language.

  22. tdf@dana.ucc.nau.edu EDU is the domain

  23. Late 1990’s: The average web user: • single • male • American • professional • 33 years old • college degree • earns between 35,000 - 50, 000

  24. BUT….. (2000) • More women are surfing: 46% of surfers • Average Age = 35 • More families • Becoming more mainstream The “GAP”: the poor, the elderly

  25. Some Stats (2-2001) • Half of the adults went online (USA) • 28% are students • 75% of users are between 18 and 49 • More than 50% of American households have a computer.

  26. HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOP ? 26 million made purchases, (1 million once a week) They are online 12 hrs/week

  27. A Little History: Actual Reservations 10%

  28. And now (March 2001): • 65% looks on the Web for travel info • And 29% make reservations through the Web.

  29. Top Web sites (March-’01) • AOL • Microsoft • Yahoo • Lycos • Excite • About • Disney • Cnet • Infospace • Ebay

  30. STRANGER / DANGER…. Research shows that young people are much more likely to give out personal info to a web site. Is there a task for schools, and In what grade do we start?

  31. It’s Here Already: • Voting • Publishing • Music • Job applications • Distance Education • Distance Presentations • Banking • Paying for license plates • Weddings / Funerals

  32. AND NOW: “Cast your Net”

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