Paradox of Social Portals

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Author(s): Bill Davey (RMIT University, Australia)and Arthur Tatnall (Victoria University, Australia)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 5
Source title: Encyclopedia of Portal Technologies and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Arthur Tatnall (Victoria University, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-989-2.ch114

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Portal Technologies / Web Technologies

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An individual or group can create a portal with very little funds and no need or approval from any authority. This produces an interesting paradoxical impact on the social fabric: a portal can be used to overcome tyranny, or lend power to a fanatical mob. A portal can also be used to provide instant free medical advice or to cater to the hypochondria latent in all of us.

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