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Fans take their love to extremes — but divine love? That’s the thesis of Theo Zijderveld, who’s doing postgraduate work on the intersection of faith and “World of Warcraft” at University of Colorado’s Center for Media, Religion and Culture.
According to one study (Manisto, 1999) participants in an e-marketing questionaire indicated privacy concerns and censorship as the two top issues that were hindering the growth of e-commerce. In developing countries, respondents painted a much different picture. Respondents in emerging countries listed the following as major obstacles:
- insufficient local content
- costs associated with domestic plans
- ISP-associated performance and costs
- lack of content in native language
Strauss, El-Ansary, and Frost correctly implicate the additional cost of insecure online transactions as well as fradulent and/or malicious credit card users.
David