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Journal Volume IV

False Reporting on the Internet and the Spread of Rumors: Three Case Studies

Abstract: The expansion of the Internet has allowed for far greater numbers of people to become involved with the production and dissemination of news. As a consequence, cyberjournalism and the Internet have had real effects on both the process of … Continue reading

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Spectrum Scarcity and the Deployment of Third Generation Wireless Technology in the United States

Abstract: Third generation technology, or 3G, is championed by the wireless industry as the next step of innovative cellular technology. It brings high-speed Internet and data transmission to cellular phones and increases data capacity for cellular phone applications. But a … Continue reading

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The Nano-Threats To Privacy: Sci-Fi or Sci-Fact?

Abstract: The biggest threat to personal privacy in the near future might not come from massive government surveillance projects; instead, tiny technology will be implemented by diverse commercial, private, and public interests and will flood our environment with constant monitoring … Continue reading

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Parking Lott: The Role of Web logs in the Fall of Sen. Trent Lott

Abstract: In December 2002, Republican Senate leader Trent Lott said that if Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948 on a segregationist platform, “we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years.” For four days, the press … Continue reading

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Homosexuality on Television:The Heterosexualization of Will & Grace in Print Media

Abstract: Despite its arrival to primetime television so soon after the demise of Ellen – television’s first program with an openly homosexual lead character – NBC’s Will & Grace has incurred no right-wing protest or controversy. According to media critics, … Continue reading

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