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In Carl Sagans "Cosmos", when did agrarian civilization appear on the 12- month "cosmic calender"?
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11:59:20
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According to Sagan, all recorded human history in all books of the world, occured in the______ of the cosmic calender.
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last 10 seconds
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As discussed in class, where is the "golden record" right now?
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hurtling thru the cosmic void toward the next stars
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this video is the most realistic depiction of how artificial intellegience might work?
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Hal 9000 computer from 2001: "A Space Odyssey"
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which media technology was not shown in 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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Books
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In tron, which economic system prevails in cyberspace?
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capitalism
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In 2001: A Space Odyssey, where did Dave go on his final journey?
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deep space and cyberspace
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In Tron, how is the issue of privacy handled?
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people have an information disk that protects privacy and freedom
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In Tron, how is surveillance maintained?
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by computer code
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In Koyaanisqatsi, what was symbolized by the time- lapse photograghy?
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the acceleration of modern life
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In Koyaanisqatsi, what symbolized the emergence of the information age?
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patterns of the city were followed by similar patterns on computer chips
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In Naqoyqatsi, what was meant by the opening images of the film show in class?
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technology is creating a fully- mediated universe
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In "No maps for these territories", how did William Gibson describe the media world we live in?
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we live in a post- territorial world where we can know what's going on anywhere, w/o being there
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In "No maps for these territories", what did William Gibson not say about the internet?
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the internet will be as important as the TV
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What did William Gibson(No maps for these territories) say would happen if humans gave up all technology? We whould ____?
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begin dying off big- time
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In the Preface to the text book, the "digital age" is described as the era in which______?
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many forms of communication, commerce, and content travel as bits and bytes on computer networks
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According to chapter 2, why is King Assurbanipal important?
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he built one of the first great libraries, filled w/ knowledge on clay tablets from many foriegn lands
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According to the preface, why should students learn about digital media technologies?
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students should be critical of developments in the digital age from a postition of knowledge and not ignorance
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The library of alexandria was destroyed- lost forever were hundreds of books containing most of the knowledge of antiquity. According to chapter2 , this is an example of______?
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the vulnerability of high- centralized media networks
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In chapter 1 of the text book, the digital reevolution refers to ____?
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convergence of computer networks and satellites w/ the media of newspapers, mags, radio, and TV
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In 1983, only 7% of US households had a personal computer. By 2001, the total was over 60%. True/ False
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true
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According to chapter 2, what did ptolemy do with the library of alexandria?
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soughgt to bring together all the knowledge of the world into one place
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According to chapter 2, which technology provided the first layer of webbing in the global telecommunications networks?
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telegraph
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a trade route that linked china, asia, india, and the roman empire was called what according to ch 2?
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silk road
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According to chapter 1, who were Daniel Bell, John Naisbitt, and Alvin Toffler?
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they were thinkers who percieved decades ago that information would transform society in dramatic ways
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what were the first networks of human communication?
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trails and trade routes
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in the online reading, toffler argued that the world is splitting into 3 parts around the globe:_____
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agrarian, industrial, and information cultures
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Guglielmo Macroni is important b/c he used his companies to ______?
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create the first modern telecommunications network that spanned thousands of miled over the vast regions of the globe
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why is nicholas negroponte considered an important media theorist?
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newspapers and books are distributed as "atoms" of paper, while digital media are distributed as "bits" in networks
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what is George Gilder's media theory?
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he belived that digital technology is creating a telecosm w/ a massive communication space made possible by infinite bandwidth
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why is Alvin Toffler considered an important media theorist?
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media technologies are creating a microscopic world of information that exists inside computers
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how many bytes are in a terabyte?
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1 trillion
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so far the most complex technology ever invented has been?
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the internet
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human DNA has how many bits of information?
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5 billion
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the bits of info in human DNA equals how many books?
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1000
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statistics suggest the average person spends____hours in front of screens everyday?
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9
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True/ False
the # of neurons in the human brain is approximately the number of stars in the galaxy |
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milky way |
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what was the main reason why humans invented books and computers?
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b/c of the evolutionary need to store info. outside our bodies
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what is the most fundamental thing that electronic media does for humans? what is it?
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electronic media orient each of us in a spaecific space and time in the world
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what was the evolution of human information according to Carl sagan?
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from genes to brains to books to computers to global networks
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what was the first human made object to leavve the solar system?
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the voyager electronic satellite
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As discussed in class, information evolves best under what conditions?
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in open networks where there exists freedom of thought
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how did the 20th century technology change our view of the universe? Media technology______
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led to the discovery of the Big Bang and knowledge that the universe is expanding in all directions at amazing speeds
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myspace.com and facebook.com are perfct examples of______?
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mcluhans global village
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what created the Big bang for electronic media?
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moore's law
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According to the introduction, what did Jeff Bezos sympbolize when he was named "person of the year" by Time?
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a sea change in human consciousness that will permeate global society
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what is the function of the CPU?
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does the thinking inside of computer
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what is the function of a cookie?
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it permits computer to be monitored for surveillance
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what is Echelon?
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a surveillance technology that permits the government to intercept and examine messages sent thru the networks
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what is said to "level the playing feild"? why?
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the internet b/c it is a global technology that allows smaller firms to compete w/ larger ones
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what is the function of the memory (aka RAM)?
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it determines how many software programs can be running simultaneously
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who was the person of the year in 1982, according to "Times"? why?
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the computer b/c it was destined to "raise the production and standards of living"
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how did gutenburgs printing press undermine the authority of the church?
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it destroyed the church's "monopoly on knowledge and social power"
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according to chapter 7, why is the essay "Areopagtica" important?
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the essay argued that truth and falsehood should grapple in a field of free expression
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true/false
Americans embraced the surveillance society after 9/11 |
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it was well embraced before then |
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what is the function of a hard drive?
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it stores most of the information inside a computer
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what was the Supreme Courts decision concerning the Communications Decency Act? why?
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unconstitutional
b/c it violated free speech rights |
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the roots of the internet can be trace back to what?
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Vannevar Bush's 1945 theory of a hyperlinked network
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how many web pages were online in 2005?
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around 600 billion
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In the onlin reading, "The Surveillance Society", David Brin argues what?
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that the "first amendment offers the best protection for privacy"
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this is said to be ideal for surveillance b/c of its network nature of computer communications..?
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internet
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who said: "we are on the cusp of creating a global consciousness"?
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Steve Jobs
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which media issue was raised by will smith's wife in "Enemy of the State"?
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who will make sure that the govts surveillance agents do not secretly violate the fourth amendment
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In war games, what was symbolized by the WOPR supercomputer playing tic-tac-toe again and again?
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the stupidity of nuclear war
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why did startup.com fail?
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govworks failed b/c their website wasn't as good as the competition
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in "1984", what was Winston's job?
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he helped re- write history by editing old newspapers so they matched w/ current gov't propaganda
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