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Abstract: The article identifies ten myths about Internet Art, and explains the difficulties museums and othes have understanding what it means to make art for the internet. In identifying these common misconceptions, the suthor offers insight in successful online works, provides inspiration to internet artists, and explains that geographical location does not measure success when making art for the internet.

An Internet celebrity, cyberstar or online celebrity is someone who has become famous by means of the Internet. Such fame is based less upon raw numbers, as with traditional media. Instead, the wide reach of the Internet allows people to reach a narrow audience across the world and so become famous within a particular internet community. Many millions of people write online journals or weblogs. In many cases, they write anonymously or their focus is upon a specialist topic. But if the author has or develops a distinctive personality, their fame will derive from this as much as from the content of their blog.

This article explains how a chain of pawn shops in Texas sued an anonymous John Doe who posted comments on an Internet message board criticizing the chain of shops. The chain thought that the John Doe may have been a former employee. Despite Doe's efforts to protect his identity, the court rejected Doe's motions. This article shows that although Internet users are often thought to have a right to anonymity, the privacy of Internet users is not enforced by law. Actions that are considered criminal offline are also considered unlawful on the Internet. Still, the rulings of cases involving online anonymity are ultimately decisions of the courts they are heard in.

This site is dedicated to helping Internet users protect their anonymity and their privacy. Anonymity.com offers an anonymity test that helps Internet users to understand what kind of information they are revealing about their identity when surfing the Internet. The anonymity test uses symbols to warn users when they are revealing information that they may not be aware of. The link anonymizer allows Internet users to link to websites without passing along information to the destination site. The site also offers the OpenID Anonymity service. This service is very similar to OpenID. However, users do not have to use a set profile, but can instead remain completely anonymous through the use of randomized user names created by Anonymity.com.

This website describes the definition of copyright, plagiarism, its history, and some guidelines to follow to avoid copyright. Most importantly, it deals with the concept of copyright and the internet. This website is a useful resource for my project because it will help me to understand the role that the internet plays into the preexisting laws.

The Microfame Game There's a new class of celebrity powered by the Internet. The stakes are smaller, but the rewards are within anyone's reach. These are the rules Read more: The Microfame Game and the New Rules of Internet Celebrity -- New York Magazine http://nymag.com/news/media/47958/#ixzz0YQDD9oYB

This site suggests that the idea of online anonymity is becoming more and more misleading. While Internet users may be under the pretense that their identities are anonymous, advancements in technology have made it increasingly easy for other users to discover the true identities of the seemingly anonymous. Furthermore, identities are even more easily revealed when Internet behavior becomes questionable under the law. Therefore, as stated in this article, Internet users should behave under the assumption that their personal information is accessible if needed for legal proceedings. Even though sites may offer users anonymity, this does not free users from all responsibilities.

This website discusses whether or not it is still possible to remain anonymous on the Internet. Cases such as the Lori Drew Myspace trial, in which the mother of a teenage girl created a fake Myspace account in order to bully a peer of her daughter, have made it apparent that the act of creating false Internet identities is not only frowned upon, but even considered criminal behavior. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Google are already taking precautions to help eliminate anonymity. The article goes on to question whether Internet users' beliefs that they are not anonymous influence their online behaviors, even if these beliefs are not entirely true.

Video Search, Don-Wrege--Internet-Author-interviewed-by-Robert-Carl-Cohen This interview took place in 1997, and Wrege talks about many of the incredible changes that the internet has brought about. He discusses multimedia as it first began, then goes into discussing how he uses his column to give people information. Setting up links within his writing and allowing people to respond immediately are just a few things that are seen as average today, but in '97 seem almost ground-breaking because of the way Wrege and his interviewer discuss them.

This article is from JSTOR, it is written by M.Mayer and J.E. Till. It is an article explaining how many problems encountered on the Internet will be unmmanageable.Some of these problems include authorship, blank websites, and how the global network has pros and cons. The article is written from a scientific point of view, so it deals less with opinion and more with research based ideas. This will benefit my project because I can use some of these ideas on multimedia writing, and the Internet in general to support my theory on authorship.

This article discusses how online feedback mechanisms are bringing new meaning to "word of mouth." Through online forums, businesses can reach large audiences at little cost. Furthermore, "individuals can make their personal thoughts, reactions, and opinions easily accessible to the global community of Internet users." The site relates to my project because it references several online communities and discusses how these groups of people use the Internet to communicate. The article mentions Epinions.com, Moviefone.com, and CitySearch.com. These are sites where users can evaluate movies, restaurants, bars, and other businesses. Individuals who visit these sites to read reviews are not concerned with who wrote the articles, but instead the advice that they offer. Therefore, these sites are examples of ways that Internet users are taking advantage of online anonymity to connect with others and to seek their opinions.

This article questions whether online anonymity is truly possible, and if so, whether or not Internet users should be made to take responsibility for their words and or actions. Ultimately, Zack Whittaker, the article's author, states that individuals should be held responsible for their online behaviors in the same sense that they are held responsible for their actions offline. Whittaker uses the example of Rosemary Port, a woman who used Blogger.com to post insulting photographs and words of verbal abuse directed towards a female model. Under court order, Goggle, the owner of Blogger.com, was forced to reveal the identity of Rosemary Port, who is now suing Goggle for "breach of anonymity." Port clearly felt that her right to remain anonymous had been violated, but does the right to anonymity free Internet users of moral and social responsibility?

An online computer dictionary and Internet search engine for Internet terms and technical support.

A website compiling the "Largest List of Text Message Shorthand." I found this interesting because i think this is one example of how writing is turning into a vastly abbreviated medium.

From penniless bloggers to geek entrepreneurs, these are the biggest and brightest stars on the Web. © Getty Images The Face of fame is changing. The ranks of the world's celebrities used to be dominated by millionaire actors, athletes and musicians, but the Internet has leveled the playing field. A kid with a video camera has access to as large an audience as the biggest Hollywood star. A mom with a blog can attract more readers than a best-selling author. And an opinionated entrepreneur can become a guru to millions.

This site emphasizes OpenID's role in ensuring the protection of one's identity. The site explains president Obama's endorsement of OpenID as a means of simplifying the use of government websites. The article states that the use of OpenID on government sites will allow users to access information without revealing a great deal of personal information. This article's discussion of the president's endorsement of OpenID does not lead readers to believe that OpenID will prevent user anonymity, but instead ensure users the privacy and security of their own online identities. Furthermore, Obama aims to make government sites more accessible. If Internet users feel that their identities are protected and secure, they will likely feel more at ease and be more likely to take advantage of the information and features offered on sites.

This website explains what OpenID is and how it benefits users. Essentially, OpenID is a program that allows users to use a single online identity to log into various websites. The OpenID program saves users time by preventing them from having to create separate profiles for individual websites. Open ID also allows users to be in control of what personal details are revealed online. While the OpenID website states that the program will give users "greater control over [their] online identity," I also feel that the use of this program will discourage users from listing false information about themselves. If Internet users know that the personal details they provide will be available across an array of websites, they will be more likely to provide truthful information. For example, if an individual uses Myspace to meet new people and form online relationships, he or she may be likely to list false personal information in order to impress or attract others. However, if this individual knows that this same information will be shared among his or her professional colleagues through email accounts or other sites, he or she will be less likely to lie.

In the Internet environment, media must not only compete with one another but with a host of newcomers, including online companies with no traditional media ties and a variety of other entrepreneurs. This article reports the results of a content analysis of 422 Web sites associated with local newspapers, radio stations, and television stations in 25 of the largest metro markets in the United States. Results show that each medium has a relatively distinctive content emphasis, while each attempts to utilize its Web site to maximize institutional goals. Market size is found to be a relatively unimportant factor in shaping the content of these Web sites, but media type helps explain how these Web sites are differentiated. [J]

Newspaper columnist Walter Winchell coined the term 'celebutante' in 1939, referring to socialite Brenda Frazier and other quasi-celebrities of the day. The creation of blogs has morphed the word, resulting in the proliferation of the use of the prefix 'celebu-.' New words created with 'celebu-' have been used on the Internet and in other media to describe a variety of persons with celebrity-like status, including Paris Hilton, thus illustrating the linguistic impact of blogs.