...process where interested people can market to each other. Ignite consumer networks and then get out of the way and let them talk." This is so... ...f the Internet a Medium The internet is simply the latest in a series of networks which revolutionized our lives. A century before the internet, th... ...ars ago. It started with a complete computer anarchy manifested in ad hoc networks, local networks, networks of organizations (mainly universities a... ... Non commercial entities jumped on the bandwagon and started sewing these networks together (an activity fully subsidized by government funds). The ... ...y commercial software can still be downloaded for free. In many countries television viewers still pay for television broadcasts - but in the USA an... ... but in the USA and many other countries in the West, the basic package of television channels comes free of charge. As users / consumers form a ha... ...egins to carry a price tag. This is what happened with the advent of cable television : contents are sold for subscription or per usage (Pay Per View... ...as the computer is less user friendly and less reliable (predictable) than television - less of a black box - its potential (and its future) is limit... ...vision - less of a black box - its potential (and its future) is limited. Television attracts 3.5 billion users daily. The Internet stands to attrac...

... so on. A transaction takes place, for example, when a person decides to watch a television program; he is exchanging his time for entertainment. ... ...tamate in baby food, fatty hot dogs, unclean fish, tractors, medical X-rays, color television radiation and many Federal agencies. Another change a... ...tion. Bagozzi (1975) points out that "an exchange can occur between a person and a television program.” The "person gives his attention, support, p... ...ngth of weak ties." This concept has grown out of sociological research on social networks. It is a fact that one's particular communication netwo... ...ak ties of friendship and acquaintance, although the commitment to ideas from such networks may be quite shallow and may lead to compliance only when... ...omething, the channel is word of mouth; if I place a public service announcement on television, the channel is the mass media (see Chapter 7). Au... ...he present context, information is the product. In fact, because a newspaper or a television screen can not deliver an actual product, media are ent...

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