| Description |
44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Issues in society ; v. 161 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 161
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Internet Use in Australia: The current state of play; Australian families and Internet use; Save@home: valuing the benefits of home Internet access; Business use of information technology growing rapidly; Natural-born Net babes at home on Web; Grey power heads change in Internet demographics. Chapter 2. Internet Abuses: A safer Internet for all Australians; Complaints about Internet content; Internet censorship; Tips for parents and families; Filters, labels and safezones: Why use them?; Avoiding the nasties; Mum's the word in chat rooms; Internet 'censorship' weeds out child pornography sites; We don't need Net porn filters, say young; Why our industry opposes interactive gambling legislation; Interactive Gambling Act 2001; Protecting your privacy on the Internet; Privacy and the electronic environment; Net spies: don't think they're not on to you; Users open to abuse; Terror comes in many forms and generally the law can't act; Dealing with e-crime; Push for national war on cyber crime; Safety Net; Internet addiction costing Australian business: expert; Grandma test for your Net worth; Help is at hand for Internet addicts; Limit Internet sessions to avoid child health problems. Homophobic ab |
| Summary |
The Net has become a part of many people's lives, for better and worse. The benefits brought about by the massive global uptake of the World Wide Web are obvious, but are there also increasing abuses and hidden risks? This book looks at the extent of Internet use by Australians at home and in the workplace and also investigates the regulatory and censorship concerns over children's access to pornography and the use of online filters; online gambling; data and personal privacy; hacking and other e-crime; and chat and porn addiction |
| Analysis |
Internet |
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Censorship |
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Computer security |
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Privacy |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography page 44 |
| Audience |
Secondary and tertiary students and teachers |
| Subject |
Internet.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Internet -- Access control -- Australia.
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Internet -- Security measures -- Australia.
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Computer networks -- Social aspects.
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Computer networks -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Internet -- Access control.
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Internet -- Security measures.
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| Author |
Healey, Justin.
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| LC no. |
00002316 |
| ISBN |
1876811706 : |
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