Abstract
Human age is surrounded by assumed set of rules and behaviors imposed by local culture and the society they live in. This paper introduces software that counts the presence of a person on the Internet and examines the activities he/she conducts online. The paper answers questions such as how “old” are you on the Internet? How soon will a newbie be exposed to adult websites? How long will it take for a new Internet user to know about social networking sites? And how many years a user has to surf online to celebrate his/her first “birthday” of Internet presence? Paper findings from a database of 105 school and university students containing their every click of first 24 hours of Internet usage are presented. The findings provide valuable insights for Internet Marketing, ethics, Internet business and the mapping of Internet life with real life. Privacy and ethical issues related to the study have been discussed at the end.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Innovations and Advances in Computer Sciences and Engineering |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
Publisher | Springer, Springer Nature |
Pages | 19-24 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789048136582 |
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Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | International Joint Conference on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering - Bridgeport, CT Duration: 5 Dec 2008 → 13 Dec 2008 |
Conference
Conference | International Joint Conference on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering |
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City | Bridgeport, CT |
Period | 5/12/08 → 13/12/08 |