Examines the Internet usage pattern of Malaysian adolescents based on a survey of 1,404 adolescents between the ages of 13-16 and focus group discussions. Finds the daily realities of media savvy Malaysian youths are an integration of on-line and off-line relationships, events, information, memberships, chats and online shopping. (RS)

Presents a comprehensive review of B2B (business-to- business) international Internet marketing and identifies 21 critical success factors in five categories: marketing strategy, including management support, strategic goals, and collaboration; Web site factors, including Web site design; global factors, including multilanguage sites and cultural…

As Internet use becomes integral to the life of institutions, awareness of what it takes to make Web sites accessible to each and every user is crucial. Successful Web sites are easy to access and navigate, including software designed to help people with disabilities. This article presents guidelines for building sites that are truly accessible.…

Examines the relationships of exposure and attention to various news media, including the Internet, with information learned about the issue positions of George Bush and Al Gore, Jr., and intention to vote among a random sample of adult residents of Indiana. Compares results to earlier studies. Confirms the importance of television news and…

Explores the unique reading strategies needed for the World Wide Web. Considers additions needed in the repertoire of teaching reading strategies when computers are the medium. Argues that Internet technology has had a significant impact upon reading strategies, resulting in a need to reshape thinking about classroom reading practices. (SG)

Explores Internet-based culture portfolios that bring insider's views of other cultures into the second language classroom. Learners enrolled in third-semester German conducted semester-long culture projects in which they explored stereotypical views of the cultures of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. (Author/VWL)

Investigates the comfort and use of technology among college students. Also investigates the use of communication technologies such as e-mail and the Internet for academic and nonacademic purposes. Findings suggest that the majority of the participants were comfortable with technology and used e-mail and the Internet for academic and social…

Suggests the Internet has introduced the play element into student and corporate work culture. Examines a series of InterChange transcripts to demonstrate how discourse that combines serious and playful purposes works to provoke and mediate conflict. Concludes that students use serio-ludic discourse to critique and to negotiate power relations and…

Discusses etiquette for today's technology, including paper copiers; desktop or laptop computers; fax machines; answering machines and voice mail; printers; cellular phones, pagers, and beepers; telephones; videotapes, videodisks, and CD-ROMs; paper shredders; Internet use; and magnetic boards. (LRW)

Discussion of Internet resources in library collections focuses on factors to consider in selecting Internet resources and cataloging them. Highlights include price; cancellation of comparable resources in other formats; appropriateness of an electronic resource; stability of vendors; duplication; licensing; and cataloging treatment. (LRW)

Managers look at online training as an activity that should be done "off time" whereas employees still think of it as something to be done during working hours. No valid study has shown that online delivery reduces learning time. A better understanding of learning needs must be considered before requiring online training. (JOW)

Reasons people do not complete online training courses include (1) no incentives, (2) lack of connectedness, (3) learner preference for instructor-led courses, (4) poor course design, (5) "some is enough," and (6) lack of perks. Course delivery must consider three elements: the technology, course design, and the learning environment. (JOW)

Argues that educators must develop new ways of thinking about literacy that integrate the Internet with their work. Examines how governments around the world are devoting new attention to their educational systems in response to global economic competition in an age of information. Describes several websites with important lessons and resources…

To survive the 21st century, schools must internalize new technologies and expand their capacity for using technology to improve teaching and learning. They must adopt certain corporate change principles: examine mental models, think of a different way to think, and continuously improve and refine technology's role. (MLH)

Discusses cyberliteracy and cyberfeminism, offering alternative viewpoints to other articles on the issue in order to prompt further dialogue between educational philosophy, sociology, and cultural studies. The paper focuses on cyberfeminism and citizenship, cyberfeminist conventionalists, avant-garde cyberfeminists, and multiliteracies, examining…