The Internet is a tool with the potential to enable consumers to effectively participate in collective bargaining in … Internet era. First, some theoretical perspectives on how on-line consumer networks have the potential to be a new source of … countervailing power are introduced. Next, the potential for consumer countervailing power in the Internet era is discussed. A case …

perplexing and uncertain legal environment. This paper will examine the development of Internet and interactive gambling, the …

This paper addresses an issue of public policy regarding the Internet. It is motivated by the belief that the Internet … performing a textual analysis of the 'Internet Policy Statement' released by AOLTimeWarner in 2001. Our analysis reveals hidden … the words of a mega-corporate managerial elite and how this elite views the Internet. We reveal a self-serving and …

The proposition that the technology of the Internet and Web offers a basis for culturally-neutral, computer … the Internet and Web were neither fully neutral nor fully specific to the websites' 'home' cultures. Cultural …

Discussion of Internet governance has been shaped by three myths; that the market can decide, that the Internet is … examination of Internet governance in the UK in 2003/4 and argues that the Internet is a layered, not vertically integrated … of the UK Internet are examined, their governance identified and evaluated and the conclusion drawn that network …

client Internet use for psychiatric conditions and studies the influence this has had on the consultation process in the … incident method, as well as a brief additional questionnaire. The data show that psychiatrists who used the Internet discerned …. The paper explores consultant perceptions of client motivations for Internet use and the perceived advantages and …

This paper presents an alternative perspective of the pedagogical and other merits of the Internet in undergraduate … Internet and to the Internet's capacity for altering relationships, power structures and ways of 'managing' organisations. The … need for there to be a critical appreciation of the effects of metonymy and metaphor when the Internet is being considered …

the social aspects of technology, and bring it to bear on policy and practice. Enthusiasm over the Internet and other …