LSCI 106: ONLINE RESEARCH 1: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH

Student Project


RESEARCH QUESTION:

Do Spam laws or techniques help US businesses to retain productivity (profits)?

Spam!  It is more than a lunchmeat.  U.S. businesses lost about US$4 billion in productivity last year because of spam (Lopez, i).  This is a critical question because it has become a growing concern that affects everyone in the world, especially as a global economy.  Indirectly, we could lose the democratic ideal of open access to information in a free society.

GENERAL SEARCH WORKSHEET

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Search Terms

 

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Spam

Junk e-mail

computers

software

programs

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productivity

profits

laws

techniques

prevent

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economy

U.S.

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WEBLIOGRAPHY

Cisneros, Dannielle. “Do Not Advertise: The Current Fight Against Unsolicited Advertisements.” Duke Law & Technology Review 29 April 2003. 3 May 2004. <http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2003dltr0010.html>.

Hitchcock, Jayne. Net Crimes & Misdemeanors : Outmaneuvering the Spammers, Swindlers, and Stalkers Who Are Targeting You Online. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 2002.

Lopez, Jason. "Mounting Business Losses Boost Anti-Spam Market" CIO Today 6 April 2004.  NewsFactor Network. 3 May 2004. <http://cio-today.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Mounting_Business_Losses_Boost_Anti_Spam_Market&story_id=23613&category=entcmpt>.

McCullagh, Declan. “Direct Marketers Want Anti-Spam Laws “ ZDNet. 21 October 2002. CNET News. 3 May 2004. <http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-962821.html>.

Sorkin, David E. Spam Laws. 16 December 2003. 3 May 2004.  <http://www.spamlaws.com/>.

Sorkin, David E. “Technical and Legal Approaches to Unsolicited Electronic Mail.”  U.S.F. Law Review 325 (2001). Abstract. Spam Laws: Articles. 3 May 2004. <http://www.spamlaws.com/articles/usf.html>.

David E. Sorkin.  Assistant Professor of Law, Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law,The John Marshall Law School; Visiting Scholar (1999–2000), Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), Purdue University. The author is grateful for research support furnished by The John Marshall Law School and by sponsors of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security. Paul Hoffman, Director of the Internet Mail Consortium, provided helpful comments on technical matters based upon an early draft of this Article. Additional information related to the subject of this Article is available at the author’s web site Spam Laws, at http://www.spamlaws.com/.


SpamCon Foundation. 6 April, 2004. 3 May 2004. <http://spamcon.org/>.

 

 

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