Cyber Monday Shoppers and Retailers Beware of Scams and Attacks

 Cyber Monday Shoppers and Retailers Beware of Scams and Attacks December 2, 2013 marks Cyber Monday, the day when Internet retailers expect to experience a major surge in traffic thanks to people shopping online for the holiday season. The concept of Cyber Monday, or Mega Monday as it’s known in Europe, was introduced back in 2005. It takes place after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, when people return to the office and buy Christmas presents from their work computers, according to retailers. Some dismissed Cyber Monday as marketing hype but over time, the day has grown in significance, thanks to competitive deals on offer...

Cyber-Harassment: What the Online Community Can Do to Stop the Trolls

Cyber-Harassment: What the Online Community Can Do to Stop the Trolls The Internet is a bountiful source of information, commerce, entertainment and enlightenment. We share stories and pictures online. We cheer up our friends with encouraging messages. We read the news and share our opinions about the issues of the day. We watch funny videos and search for jobs, mates and rare copies of Ramones albums. Cyberspace is no longer a science fiction concept, but an alternate universe that exists in our reality, one that we can tap into at any time, from anywhere.  It is a wondrous place. However, as in the real world, you'll also...

Thinking about the virtual 2

50% of the group actively asserted that digital technologies make real life easier, whilst 75% of the group agreed that online communication supports offline community and this was used to initiate a discussion of how the virtual relates to the ‘real’. The group were asked how they conceptualised these modes and whether together they constituted a process.Elaine asserted that virtual lifeis part of the process [of real life], it’s not totally separate, because somehow, there is some way that these...

Community and virtual community

Community and virtual community were discussed together. The group were asked ‘what are your views of community?’.Daz pointed out that ‘we are a community right now’ and Kevin interjected, a ‘community of people talking about communities’. In this context, it appeared that this suggested proximity and an emphasis on communication and similar interests. Kevin asserted that an online community is very similar to an offline community, it has to be similar, in the sense that, in the real world […]...

Recent use of digital technologies

The focus group was initiated with the question:When was the last time you used a digital technology to communicate, what was it, who was it with , how many people were involved and how did you perceive the experience in terms of community?Anthony had used email several minutes before the focus group convened, to contact a girlfriend and Daz used a mobile telephone 3 hours before to send a text message to a friend. Kevin had recently used Yahoo Messenger to discuss university work with other students,...