Essays and Research Papers on Technology & Society

A 10 page paper examining Mary Shelley's work in the light of the scientific discoveries of the time. The paper particularly discusses the work of Sir Humphry Davy, Luigi Galvani, and Giovanni Aldini in relation to their theories about the connection between chemistry, electricity, and living matter. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.

A 4 page paper discussing how Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson can ensure that they are tier-one companies in the global telecommunications hardware industry in the future. It appears that we are in the process of moving past the days when our choices were between cell service and land line use. Soon it ...

This 3 page paper looks at the telecommunications industry during the period 1996-1999, and the changes occurring within it. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper argues that telecommunications fraud will never be eradicated, only perhaps slowed down. Specific types of scams and schemes including cellular phone cloning are examined. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper discussing the two separate forms of signals. Each one of the signals function differently and serve separate purposes. The technological world of today is quickly moving towards a digital communications system and eliminating much of the analog products. Although analog signal systems will undoubtedly still be employed in some uses most ...

A 6 page overview of development in fiber optics technology and their applications in communications. A 1 page Roman Numeral outline is also attached. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 12 page paper that provides an overview of the development of satellite communications since Sputnik. The writer also outlines the issues and international impacts of this type of technology. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing some of the ways that technology drives law within telecommunications. As technologies continue to converge, the need for new laws with different perspectives emerges. The paper discusses Internet privacy, wireless formats and cable involvement in the industry. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

5 pages in length. The writer discusses 15 potential fault complaints and their recommendations for solution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page research paper on The Telecommunications Decency Act of 1996. The writer focuses specifically upon how this legislation is affecting the telecommunication industry itself. Phone company break-ups and new standards are discussed. Political arguments are made that the debate over communications policy is restricted to elites and those with serious financial stakes in ...

This 7 page paper considers the move to 3G cellular telephones, considering what this means, the changes that will be available, functionality and performance as well as general perceptions. The bibliography cites 12 sources.

This 11 page report discusses the gaps between the theories related to satellite communications and their applications as compared with the actual practice being utilized or expanded upon. An ever-increasing number of applications of international communications satellite technology have developed in the past forty years but many of those applications are still variations on the ...

A 4 page overview of the industry and the many factors that determine its success. This paper suggests that unreasonable price tags and contract requirements have hampered industry progress. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 20 page overview of the societal impacts of telecommunication technology. In our modern world we often look to technology as a salve to cure our many ills. In some respects, however, technology could be contended to contribute as much to the malaise of society as to its betterment. Telecommunications is one ...

6 pages in length. The extent to which communication defines the human race is indicative of the need for expression; while various modes of communication have been implemented throughout history, one might readily argue that the telegraph's invention set the precedence for all other technological communication devices that ultimately followed. Bibliography lists 5 ...

A 5 page paper that consider the progression of developments in digital communications for the invention of Morse code to the current processes of data communication transmissions. This paper explores the invention of morse code and facsimile transmission systems as the starting points for the more complex teletype and digital voice systems. Bibliography lists 3 ...

A 10 page research paper discussing the increasing use of satellite technology in the wireless communication industry. This paper discusses a description of the subject matter, the current state of technology in this field, and then presents the advantages, disadvantages and present and future trends in the use of satellites in wireless communications systems. ...

This is an 8 page paper discussing globalization and the affect the new digital media has had on the process. Examples using different companies and countries are included. Globalization is a term which was previously only used in regards to certain industries such as the oil or automotive industries and has since becomes widely used ...

10 pages in length. Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Universal Mobile Telephone Service (UMTS) represent the future in mobile phone technology. The extent to which each entity has enhanced the entire wireless communication industry has been so significant that upgrades are already in the works to improve upon them even more. ...

This 8 page paper argues that the internet is fundamentally immoral. Using three normative philosophical models, utilitarianism, feminisms and the theories of Kant it is argued that any benefits brought by the internet, such as reduction of barriers to communications and proliferation of information are outweighed by immoral intentions and results that are created by ...

An 8 page paper examining the conditions today that involve the computer and the world. Many cultures around the world have been deeply effected by the technological growth that involves the computer. With the development of the today's computer and technology, the world, for the most part, is becoming such that it works faster and ...

A 10 page exploration of the effects of technology on the global economy. Emphasis is on communications technology and how it has the potential to either equalize the playing field in terms of national players or to allow the more technologically advanced nations to dominate world markets. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the many ways in which the Internet is not the “connection point” many claim it to be and is actually eroding many of the most fundamental aspects of social interaction.The Internet has been praised as modern humanity’s newest channel of meaningful communication and vilified as nothing more than the newest commercial channel for meaningless advertising. ...

This 5 page paper takes a broad look at computer ethics, looking at what is meant by the term computer ethics, how the subject has evolved and the broad range of issues this covers in terms of the way information technology, computing and communication technology is used. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 6 page paper focuses on m-commerce and other related topics such as t-commerce, v-commerce and p-commerce. WAP (wireless application protocol) and wireless communications are also discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.