Public versus Private Domain: Knowledge and Information in the Global Communications Network

Research on women as political actors has tended to focus on their separateness from men, the opposition of their goals from male goals, and on their state of oppression. It is argued that this problematic orientation stems from three primary sources of theoretical bias current anthropological definitions of politics which emphasize power and conflict, an acceptance of the universal oppression of women, and the linking of gender to the public versus private domain paradigm. Suggestions are made to avoid these persistent biases -- troublesome straw men and women --- and to improve anthropological approaches to women as political actors.

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Networking for Sustainable Development

Social Dimensions of Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-878289-86-5.ch017 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 291-300

Author(s):

Karina Funk

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

The Other ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Informed Decision Making ◽

Communications Network ◽

Information Technology Investments ◽

Communications Services ◽

Global Communications

This chapter reviews novel initiatives for improving the content of information on sustainable development and novel initiatives for increasing access to this information with an emphasis on outreach to rural areas in developing countries. Improving information content and improving the outreach of the network are the two key elements of any successful communications project. The combination of communications services and other development activities create an opportunity for co-capacity building in that the implementation of one builds capacity for more successful implementation of the other. Some of the incongruous objectives of a global communications network are explored, as well as the associated opportunities to encourage more informed decision-making for information technology investments and sustainable development endeavors.

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An Analysis of Internet Abuses Impact on Children's Moral Development

JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia) ◽

10.29210/02018192 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 44 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zadrian Ardi ◽

Kharina Viola ◽

Indah Sukmawati

Keyword(s):

Moral Development ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

The Internet ◽

Telephone Line ◽

Communications Network ◽

Internet Users ◽

Internet Counseling ◽

Commercial Organizations ◽

Global Communications

<p>The Internet is an open, global communications network that connects over thousands of computer networks, over an individual public or private telephone line, its component network is managed by agents from governments, universities, commercial organizations, and volunteers. Teenagers are the largest individual internet users, which the internet has a positive or negative impact or influence. Positive impact we can get information easily. However, the internet can affect the moral development of adolescents, because of the negative impact of the internet itself. Teenagers misuse of the internet, for example teenagers often watch porn on the internet, which will result in an influence on adolescent morale. With regard to the position of the counselor, then the dimensions of internet use that tend to be more widely used by teenagers, internet counseling will be more efficient and effective.</p>

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Telstar, the Cold War, and the Origins of Global Communications

Vulcan ◽

10.1163/22134603-00401005 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 112-134

Author(s):

Layne Karafantis

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Cold War ◽

The United States ◽

Enterprise System ◽

Free Enterprise ◽

American Government ◽

Communications Network ◽

World Opinion ◽

Global Communications ◽

The Cold War

Beginning with the launch of Sputnik, the Cold War superpowers engaged in a race not only to control or militarize space, but also to influence world opinion with space-related feats. AT&T exploited American fears that the United States was losing this competition by publicizing its Telstar satellite as a privately designed product, ostensibly proving the superiority of a free enterprise system. AT&T argued that it should be allowed to manage a global communications network, but the American government eventually disagreed with the company’s monopolistic ambitions.

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