Electronic power to the people: who is technology's keeper on the cyberspace frontier?

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The emergence of the information age led to the formation of information technologies such as the cyberspace, World Wide Web and various computer softwares. The information superhighway has produced a virtual society with unregulated freedom for its users. The present social, moral and political values of the industrial age should change and accommodate the virtual cyberspace society. The information superhighway provides vital information that enhances the political, economic and social power of its users.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Legislative Bodies, Sociology, Science & Technology, Social aspects, Internet, Telecommunications systems, Telecommunication systems

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From Weber to Mandelbrot: temporal rationalization and the fractal flattening effect

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Max Weber's philosophy on the effects of rationalization on technological systems is still applicable to modern society. Society has become more dependent on predictable systems, and society's perceptions and use of time and information have changed. A faster influx of information due to technology can cause the quality of information to suffer. Fractal dimension analysis provides a means of measuring the decrease in temporal complexity.

Technological forecasting, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Technology and civilization, Technology and society, Weber, Max (German sociologist), Mandelbrot, Benoit B.

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Analyzing social interaction in electronic communities using an artificial world approach

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A new computer simulation technique for social interaction analysis in artificial worlds is described.

United States, Models, Interpersonal relations, Social interaction

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