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PBS TV stations are running a series of good programs about various
aspects of the Internet. In addition to the programs, they also
maintain a useful Web site of transcripts and useful links at
http://www.pbs.org/internet/topics.html. Below I've attached the text
of that page. [Webmasters, please note: we might consider adding this
link to the WLS or WATPA PathMaster page, whichever place you feel is
most appropriate.]
Regards,
Norm
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[Life on the Internet Topics Guide]
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We feature a new topic each week. All the
web pages for each already online can be
reached by selecting the title below.
We suggest that you check your local PBS
station listings for broadcast times and
dates of the television version. To order
a video copy of the series, click here.
Digital Doctors Online April
1
The medical profession has
discovered that the
Internet can be a powerful
tool to speed diagnoses
and exchange treatment
plans. One doctor has even
discovered a whole new
condition, Internet
Addictive Disorder - what
can happen if you spend
too much of your life on
the Internet.
HollyNet Online April
6
Hollywood's heart, it has
been said, is the place
just below its wallet. So
imagine its heart rate
when it discovered the
marketing potential of
cyberspace. Find out how
Josh Greer is helping to
bring the Big Screen to
your desktop.
Next Stop - The Future Online April
15
The future of the Internet
points to its continued
growth in practical
usefulness - it will
eventually become a
ubiquitous fixture in our
normal lives, quite
possibly as common a
household utility as the
telephone.
Cyber Students Online April
22
In education, like almost
everywhere else on the
Internet, the impetus has
come from the grass roots
up - not from the top
down. And the education
establishment is now
discovering that
individual schools,
educators and parents are
simply no longer prepared
to wait for the old system
to catch up and introduce
the Internet in a
traditional, widespread
and orderly manner.
Sounds from Cyberspace Online April
29
In space there is no
sound. Not so in
cyberspace, where new
audio Net technologies
promise to let us hear the
world's chorus and become
our own broadcasters.
Internauts Online May 6
No one is native to
cyberspace; we are all
immigrants, colonizing the
net in droves. But with
whom, exactly, are we
sharing our dual
citizenship? How are we [Image]
changing the face of the
Net?
Net Profits Online May 13
Commerce on the web
totalled nearly half of $1
billion in 1995, and in
the fourth quarter of that
year, advertisers spent
over $12 million to buy
space on websites. Out of
thousands of hopeful
"cyberpreneurs," who will
make it and how will they
do it?
InterNetworking Online May 20
Newsgroups are the town
square of the Internet: a
place where literally
millions of people gather
to debate, preach, get
information or just leave
a group message for anyone
who cares about the same
subject.
Electric Ink Online May 27
In the fiercely
competitive world of
magazine publishing, only
the smart and strong
survive. In the seemingly
non-hostile environment of
cyberspace, can electronic
magazines escape the laws
of Darwin?
Cyber Secrets Online June 3
Law enforcement agencies
say that in the wrong
hands, email encryption
software called PGP
(Pretty Good Privacy)
threatens the public good.
Its author, Phil
Zimmermann, says that it's
about anyone's right to
personal privacy.
Electric Mail Online June
10
Email has changed the way
people live and work.
Learn how a particular
software author helped
make it easy for millions
of people to communicate
with each other.
Spiritual Surfers Online June
17
From official religions
with millions of followers
to sites for potential
cults still looking for
their first converts, the
Internet offers a
spiritual smorgasbord for
every hungry, curious or
questioning cybersoul.
Electronic Cash Online June
24
Electronic cash has
already entered the flow
of money that makes the
world go 'round. But are
we ready to take the final
step and open our wallets
to cyberspace?
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