Abstract
The paper analyzes the development of the radio, telephone, and the television and how they offer innovations in the dispersal of information. The paper discusses how the advent of these technologies helped to build a wide ranging set of information dispersal that allowed businesses to bring forth their products with greater independence and without the often problematic and slow moving telegraph or paper based mail often used in the 19th century.

Tags:tech, tv, radio

Abstract
The paper explains how the presidential candidates are actively using emerging communication technologies to gain an advantage in the race for their parties' nominations and in turn, win the race for the presidency. The paper overviews the technologies available and shows how all candidates are using these applications differently. The paper is of the view that the candidate who can create collaborative exchanges and respond to the voice of the voter will have a decidedly stronger advantage when the general elections are held.

Outline:
Executive Summary
The Impact of Web 2.0 and the Presidential Elections
Implications for Candidates
Hearing the Voice of the Voter

From the Paper
"For purposes of this paper the collection of technologies that comprise social networking are referred to as Web 2.0, a term initially defined by (O'Reilly, 2005). Figure 1 is the map O'Reilly and Battelle created showing how both market and user dynamics are defining social networking (O'Reilly, 2005. et.al.) and how these combined factors are contributing to the rapid growth of all forms of more interactive communication, collaboration and the development of communities online. These dynamics are critical for any presidential candidate to appreciate and understand, as the development and continual strengthening of their own online community is critical for their potential to win the race for the White House."

Tags:blogs, social, media, networking, RSS, feeds, podcasts, YouTube, Wikis

Abstract
This paper reviews the argument by critics that the future of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and of the Internet is based primarily on aspects of control, surveillance and global corporate interests, which might be consolidated a form of limitations on human rights. The author disagrees with these critics. Instead, he contends that, although ICTs are revolutionary, it is hard to believe that corporate cooperation or global business interests are capable of consciously directing its future.

From the Paper
"Hrynyshyn enters the discussion with a volley aimed broadside at technological determinism. He also examines the relationships between technology and changes in the political and economic arenas, locking horns with those who blindly accept the direction, progress and inevitability of emerging technologies. Hrynyshyn plainly and quickly sets himself apart from Castells' theoretical framework, rejecting it as a reconstitution of an earlier post-industrial analysis, based in "the illusion of historical inevitability"."

Tags:blackberry, cyberregulator, surveillance, determinism, monopolization

Abstract
This paper looks at how a cursory examination of history reveals that human beings have been perfecting their ability to communicate with one another for millennia. It looks at how the ancient Sumerians were, according to current accounts, the first civilization to develop the first writing system in the ancient world and how that writing system was the first communication technology and permitted the Sumerians to record and standardize the flow of information throughout their civilization, leaving behind incredible records for modern scholars to pore over.

From the Paper
"When one thinks of important technological advances in the field of technology, a number of tools leap to mind. These will probably include the computer, the Internet, the telephone, Morse code. These are some of the most obvious forms of communication technology that modern man finds himself surrounded with. However, there is an even more basic communications technology that we all must use everyday in order to function in society: the written word. "

Tags:communication, technology, writing

Abstract
This paper looks at the new and developing technology used in communication, not just socially but in the world of e-commerce. It examines the current state of technology and the latest developments and then the barriers to implementation of these new technologies. The cost, as in fiscal cost and quality of life, is also considered before looking at the impact of new technologies and communication on commerce.

Outline
Introduction
Current Communications Technology
Mobile and Wireless Technology
Cable Television and Internet
Satellite
Television
Latest Communication Developments
Wireless Local Networks
Broadband
High Definition Television
Social Aspects and Decision Making Issues
Barriers to Implementation
E-Commerce and E-Business
Convergence of Technologies
Bibliography

From the Paper
"The increase of communications and its convenience provides much scope for dataveillance. The monitoring and storing of personal data may breach the privacy rights of individuals. However the combining of surveillance sources such as CCTV, bank records, and location tracking using mobile telephone signals bring surveillance to a new level. By pooling together all information sources, information gathered on an individual is so personal and provides such a three-dimensional picture into one's life and habits."

Tags:analogue, bluetooth, internet, mobile, satellite, telephones, television, wap

Abstract
The paper reveals that Web 2.0 technologies are making the election process more immediate, transparent and more relevant to voters. The paper first takes a look at the research on the effects of collaborative and interactive technologies on voter participation. The paper then calls for more research on the development of a pipeline analysis to define both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of voter participation based on Web 2.0-based technologies.

From the Paper
"Implicit in the many technologies that together comprise Web 2.0 is the fostering of higher levels of collaboration and interactivity with Presidential candidates. The greater the levels of collaboration and interactivity, in addition to the sense of having ones' voice heard, the greater the level of participation and identification with any process. This is the essence of how communities and organizations constructively change over time. The advent of Web 2.0 technologies is the catalyst for higher levels of voter participation than has been the case in the past, as evidenced by the significantly higher viewers Senator Obama has on YouTube compared to his Republican rival Senator McCain. The essence of these higher levels of voter participation and candidate support can be attributed to how much more voters have a sense of identifying with the election and its result (Laslier, Van der Straeten, 2008)."

Tags:collaboration, interactivity, candidates

Abstract
This paper contends that the most culturally significant communications technology in recent decades has been the wireless two way voice telecommunications technology that is popularly known as the cell phone. The paper further argues that, while it is easy to dismiss this technology as simply a wireless extension of existing telephone networks, the almost universal adoption of the cell phone together with its expansion into the Internet and other communications networks, reveals not only the importance of this medium but also its future potential to transform human interaction.

Tags:cell, phone, communications

Abstract
A review of the article "Nursing Informatics Caring Communications: How Technology Enhances Interpersonal Relations" by Simpson.

From the Paper
"This article presents the topic of how informatics is being used in interpersonal communications and how it is used to offer nurses additional opportunities to increase the degree of care in a relationship. This author focused specifically on the barriers involved in the adoption of these carative technologies and how to overcome these issues. Simpson presented the aspects of caring theory as it applies to interpersonal relationships, noting the need for each party in..."

Tags:Nursing, Informatics, Caring, Communications, How, Technology, Enhances, Interpersonal, Relations

Abstract
This paper explains how communications and other technologies shaped the American war effort during the Vietnam War. It also examines how communication and technologies both revealed and concealed the nature of the war for Americans. This paper reveals how communications and technologies acted as both a hindrance and a tool in helping Americans understand America's relations with the Vietnamese.

From the Paper
"Several factors are noted by Howell (1994) to have had an impact via television media upon the perception of the U.S. public and these include factors of: (1) media bias; (2) governmental filtering of information; (3) human opinion and varying perspectives; (4) media tendency to desire the creation of dramatic events to increase viewer volume and ratings; and finally: (5) intentional coloring of the truth in order to draw the public toward a certain way of processing the information they are receiving and thereby to an extent controlling the opinion and behavior of the American pubic at large and this both on the part of the television media and the government and likely there were more sinister influences that are only in recent years coming under focused observation and dissemination."

Tags:Nazi Germany, rumors, enemy, newspaper, stories

Abstract
The objective of this paper is to discuss the development and adoption of mobile wireless communications technologies and their effects on organizations and society. It examines the information society concept followed by the impact of mobile technologies mobile phones in particular - on society. The influence of mobile technologies on organizations is also investigated as well as the changing working procedures of workers. Particular attention is paid to blue-collar fieldworkers. It also explores the advantages of employing mobile technologies in organizational operations and how these technologies can contribute to organizational performance.

Outline
Information Society Concept and How Mobile Technology Effects Society
Impacts of Mobile Technologies on Organizations
Impacts of Mobile Technologies on Working Procedures
Conclusion

From the Paper
"No technological development is possible without effect upon society. Thanks to the developments in technology taking place since the end of the 20th century, we have moved towards an emerging society defined as "the information society". As can be clearly understood from its name, information has become a significant factor for the development of society. Yoneji Masuda, who discussed "Information villages" as the social system of the future in 1971, is regarded as an early proponent of information society concept."

Tags:organisational, performance, blue-collar, fieldworkers