Robert Kerbs California State Polytechnic University Pomona USA

Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

The General Public • • 1994 – Introduction of the WWW 380 M+ users (+ 170, 000 every day) Mobile communications (1 B + users) Online services Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Virtual Worlds • William Crowther’s Colossal Cave • Internet’s Geographic Nature Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Activities in Virtual Worlds • • • Gaming Addicted to Diablo Chat rooms Stalking / Cyber-Stalking Children and the WWW Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Prevention • Regulation – Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) – Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Prevention - continued • email & remail – Yahoo, Hotmail, Msn, google, others – Character entities • rwkerbs@csupomona. edu • r w k e r b s @ c s u p o m o n a . e d u – Web forms Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Prevention - continued • Online profiles • Usenet (newsgroups) • Web Browsing – anonymously Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

Conclusion Robert Kerbs - California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA