Title :
Thinking big in the global village
Author_Institution :
Minnesota Univ., St. Paul, MN, USA
Abstract :
Internet technologies inspires us to think beyond national borders. The ability to collaborate, communicate, and do business online offers the potential for a truly global village. Yet communication in cyberspace is by no means seamless. Issues of gender, copyright, free speech, privacy, and electronic commerce must be considered in terms of global, not local, standards. This paper presents thoughts and considerations on each of these individual issues, connecting to other research and noting that despite the abundance of utopian claims about online communication, there are still many challenges before we can truly utilize the Internet at its full potential
Keywords :
Internet; copyright; data privacy; electronic commerce; gender issues; social aspects of automation; standards; Internet technologies; collaboration; copyright; electronic commerce; free speech; gender issues; global standards; global village; online business; online communication; privacy; Acoustic materials; Communication standards; Cultural differences; Electronic commerce; Global communication; Internet; Navigation; Privacy; Space technology; Speech;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 1999. IPCC 99. Communication Jazz: Improvising the New International Communication Culture. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5709-4
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.1999.799093
