What insights can individuals in the field of the social and behavioral sciences lend to economic and political policy makers to address this issue?

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Cyber communication

Consider how cyber communication affects people on a larger scale. Many people default to assuming that new technologies have facilitated globalization and the sense of having the whole world at one’s fingertips. That said, some research indicates that serious digital divides remain across the world and that many people never actually utilize the Internet to broaden their cultural knowledge or education. What insights can individuals in the field of the social and behavioral sciences lend to economic and political policy makers to address this issue?

Discuss the impact of IT risks faced by consumers due to behaviour-based personalization service in ecommerce.

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Impact of IT

Discuss the impact of IT risks faced by consumers due to behaviour-based personalization service in ecommerce.

Summarize the overall goal of the service. Determine criteria for an ideal algorithm to help users find potential matches. Differentiate your product from current, popular dating apps or websites.

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Wk 3 Team – Dating Service Proposal

Assignment Content

Imagine you are on a team of amateur entrepreneurs developing a new online dating service (either an app or website). A television producer has invited you to pitch your idea in front of a group of investors on an exciting, competitive game show. The winning team will receive a prize of investment capital and a chance to make a real change in people’s lives.

Create a 3-slide PowerPoint proposal for a new online dating service.

Complete the following in your proposal:

Outline the primary components of the app or the website.
Ex: Summarize the overall goal of the service.
Ex: Determine criteria for an ideal algorithm to help users find potential matches.
Ex: Differentiate your product from current, popular dating apps or websites.

Compare and contrast the theories: How do they differ? How are they similar? Explain how the use of each theory can enhance digital communications when developing online relationships.

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Studies in mediated communication have resulted in several theories.

Choose 2 of the theories from the list below to research in more detail:

Social Information Processing Theory
Hyper Personal Effect Theory

NOTE: Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word research paper examining each theory as it relates to communicating online to develop relationships. Complete the following in your paper:

NOTE: Section 1

Summarize the first theory.
Provide 1 or 2 examples to illustrate the theory.
Explain how the theory complements the study of social or interpersonal psychology.

NOTE: Section 2

Summarize the second theory.
Provide 1 or 2 examples to illustrate the theory.
Explain how the theory complements the study of social or interpersonal psychology.

NOTE: Section 3

Compare and contrast the theories: How do they differ? How are they similar?

Explain how the use of each theory can enhance digital communications when developing online relationships.

NOTE: Cite a minimum of 6 scholarly peer-reviewed sources, not including your weekly readings, to support your assignment.

Identify the 3 forms of digital communication that you most frequently employ to maintain your closest relationships, and the 3 forms of digital communication that you frequently use to maintain your weak ties and acquaintance relationships. Explain your reasoning for why each is effective within your noted relational context.

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Anonymity

Anonymity is one of the key characteristics of cyber communication. Is anonymity an advantage or disadvantage when it comes to forming and maintaining online relationships? Justify your stance.
Different forms of cyber communication might help facilitate different types of relational maintenance.

Identify the 3 forms of digital communication that you most frequently employ to maintain your closest relationships, and the 3 forms of digital communication that you frequently use to maintain your weak ties and acquaintance relationships. Explain your reasoning for why each is effective within your noted relational context.

This week, you read diverse materials regarding online relationship formation and maintenance. Identify: 1) the most important take-away point that you gleaned from the readings, and 2) the “muddiest point” from the readings, meaning the point or concept that that is still the most unclear or difficult to comprehend after completing the readings. In your response posts, attempt to help clarify each other’s “muddy points.”

Required Readings
Edelmann, N. (2016). Chapter 13: What is lurking? A literature review of research on lurking. The Psychology of Social Networking: Personal Experience in Online Communities, 159-174.

Fox, J. (2016). Chapter 7: The dark side of social networking sites in romantic relationships. The Psychology of Social Networking: Personal Experience in Online Communities, 78-89.

Hammond, R., & Chou, H-T. G. (2016). Chapter 4: Using Facebook: Good for friendship but not so good for intimate relationships. The Psychology of Social Networking: Personal Experience in Online Communities, 41-52.

Muscanell, N., & Guadagno, R. (2016). Chapter 12: Social networking and romantic relationships: A review of jealousy and related emotions. The Psychology of Social Networking: Personal Experience in Online Communities, 143-158.

Identify which chapter from the book you are using and describe similarities and differences between your experience and your interviewee’s.

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HUMN St 3

An introduction the describes the generational and demographical differences between you and the person you interviewed.

Select one of your experiences with technology and one of your interviewees experiences that resemble the experiences in the assigned chapters from The Inner Life of Devices for week 8, or any of the other chapters in that book. Identify which chapter from the book you are using and describe similarities and differences between your experience and your interviewee’s.

Select one of your experiences with technology and one of your interviewees experiences that resemble the experiences in the assigned chapters from From Curlers to Chainsaws for week 8, or any chapters from that book. Identify which chapter from the book you are using and compare how technology informed your and your interviewee’s generational (Gen X, Gen Z, Boomer etc.), regional, gender, racial, religious, ethnic, familial, class or cultural identity.

In your comparisons for #1 and #2, be sure to identify a specific technology and cover any positive or negative impacts of the technology.

Note: The experiences you choose for this paper do not necessarily have to appear in your work from stage 1 and stage 2.

Conclude your paper with a paragraph about about 5-7 sentences that conveying your general thoughts about how technology and human experiences can shape each other.

How do each of the tools work? How are they different from each other? Why do you believe that these two tools are the best choice to stop network, DOS, and/or Windows attacks? Provide a rationale.

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Cybercrime Tools

As a cybercrime professional you have many tools in your arsenal to stop network, DOS and/or Windows attacks.

Read the article, 21 Best Free Digital Forensic Investigation Tools, which briefly describes many of the tools.

Select two forensic investigator tools from the list below:

Autopsy.
Magnet Encrypted Disk Detector.
Wireshark.
Magnet RAM Capture.
Network Miner.
NMAP.
RAM Capturer.
FAW Forensics Acquisition of Websites (This is a tool to acquire Web pages for forensic investigation).
HashMyFiles.
CrowdResponse.
ExifTool.
SIFT.
Browser History Capturer and Browser History viewer by Foxton.
Sleuth Kit.
CAINE.
Volatility Framework.
Paladin Forensic Suite.
FTK Imager.
Bulk_Extractor.
LastActivityView.
FireEye RedLine.

Describe the tools you have selected:
How do each of the tools work?
How are they different from each other?
Why do you believe that these two tools are the best choice to stop network, DOS, and/or Windows attacks? Provide a rationale.
Describe an event or instance when one of these tools is the superior counter measure.

Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

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Disaster Recovery (DR) Lessons Learned: September 11th

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2510996/9-11–top-lessons-learned-for-disaster-recovery.html

Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.

Explain the benefits of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.

Determine whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations or data centers and determine the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.

Evaluate the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization and explain how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.

Determine whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Provide a rationale to support the answer.

Describe the attack in detail. Describe the technique of the attacks. Describe the effects of the attack both in general and in the specific instance you found. Discuss three ways to prevent the attack. Provide a rationale.

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Social Engineering

Select one of the following social engineering attack techniques:

Baiting.
Scareware.
Pretexting.
Phishing.
Vishing.
Tailgating.
Watering hole.
Whaling.
Spear phishing.

In addition, find articles about an instance where the chosen social engineering attack was used.

In a 1–2 page paper, respond to the following items:

Describe the attack in detail.
Describe the technique of the attacks.
Describe the effects of the attack both in general and in the specific instance you found.
Discuss three ways to prevent the attack. Provide a rationale.

Identify and describe three specific ways our current understanding of a human being can be called into question, complicated, or changed by technological advances.

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Cyborgs and Enhancement Technology

Barfield’s “Cyborgs and Enhancement Technology,” Rubin’s “Robotic Souls,” and Shanahan’s chapter, “Heaven or Hell,” please do the following:

Identify and describe three specific ways our current understanding of a human being can be called into question, complicated, or changed by technological advances. Be sure to refer to information in the Required Learning Materials for all of your answer.

Explain one argument for why AI may never be able to replicate a human being completely. Be sure to refer to information in the Required Learning Materials.

Based on what you have learned from the readings, determine and explain your answer to the question: “Can machines be human?” What do you think and why?

Use two quotes from the Required Learning Materials to support or explain your points. Make sure to provide in-text citations for both quotes in MLA format.