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What's the definition of cyberspace? |
The Internet and the interactions that take place there |
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Why was the show 'I Love Lucy' considered controversial when it first came out? |
Lucille Ball was white and Desi Arnaz was Hispanic |
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What year did all US television broadcasting become digital? |
2009 |
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What's the purpose of the v-chip? |
Allowed parents to block programs with certain content ratings |
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Who is Jorge Ramos and which show on Univision did he host? |
Latino advocate and host of Noticiero Univision |
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What are Spanish-language television soap operas primarily called? |
Telenovelas |
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"Users should be able to ling to any document at anywhere in the world" was a principle upon which the Web was based on, but who was the man behind it? |
Tim-Berners Lee |
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Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf are known for developing what? |
Created TCP/IP, which provided common rules and translations so that incompatible computers could communicate with each other |
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Individual stations became cautious about broadcasting serious programs that contained nudity, violence, or harsh language because of what 2004 Super Bowl event? |
Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson's breast, that sneaky dog. |
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Name three media outlets that could be considered a "click and mortar" media outlet |
Gannett, Disney, and NBC |
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The World Wide Web became the standard for posting documents on the Internet because the creator did what? |
Berners-Lee wished to create a place where people could find information regardless of which computer the information was created on |
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"It's the first prime-time network series in our decades to be led by an African American woman." What show is this? |
Scandal |
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What cyberpunk author has expressed concern over that people will get such specialized news through online filters that they will be isolated from news they need? |
William Gibson |
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What's the definition of packet switching? |
When a sending computer breaks down a message into smaller pieces that can be sent separately across a network |
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What's the fifth highest rated television network in the United States? |
Univision |
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"They have lost one-third of all their viewers to cable, syndicated programming, and independent stations." Who are these Big Three television networks? |
NBC, CBS, ABC |
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Name three ways people connect to the Inernet |
Narrowband service, broadband service, and wireless service
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What factors are behind the fact that our definition of what broadcasting is has changed? |
Moving from broadcast/cable/satellite to "cord-cutting" and viewing television online |
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What is the biggest advantage of distributing a movie over the Internet instead of in-theaters in terms of cost? |
The cost is near zero |
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What is the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967? |
Established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to provide funds for a wide range of noncommercial programs, including public service and educational programs |
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What major company is known for doing television ratings in the United States? |
Nielsen Media Research |
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What movie revolutionized Internet-based promotion of films? |
Blair Witch Project
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What percentage of the world's population has access to the Internet? |
24% |
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What percentage of the United States population has access to the Internet? |
73% |
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What show made PBS attract its first signigicant audience? |
Sesame Street |
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Name three ways audience members can interact with cable and broadcast television |
Using video-on-demand, DVR, and voting for things on television programs (American Idol), |
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What was the broadcast networks' initial response to HBO going on air in 1975? |
HBO was just an office with some videotape machines, a satellite uplink, no affiliates or stations, and it could only reach the small viewing market of those on cable |
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"They can be punished if they are critical of the government" is applicable to bloggers of what country of 3.1 billion people? |
China |
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What was the ARPAnet? |
The Advances Research Projects Agency Network; the first nationwide computer network, which became the first major component of the Internet
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What was Twitter's big innovation? |
Its 140-character limit makes tweets concise and short |
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What web browser was the first one to be able to handle graphics? |
Mosaic |
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What will the next generation Internet be used primarily for? |
--UNKNOWN-- |
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What's the purpose of "cookies" on a website? |
To identify Web site visitors and potentially track their actions on the Web |
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What's the purpose of network affiliates? |
Broadcast network provide programming to local affiliate stations |
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They are channels you pay extra for and that do not carry commercials" are what sort of channels? Give two examples. |
--UNKNOWN-- |
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Who invented the basic technology for television? |
Philo T. Farnsworth |
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Why are television networks now showing more diverse programming than before? |
Protests and boycotts |
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Why could video games be considered a new mass medium? |
Video games: Are media content delivery devices Have stars/mascots Are a new venue for advertising Are the site of entire communities Can be more profitable than movies Have become a central part of the synergy used to promote and profit from movies, books, and television programs |
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Why do critics worry that television has strong influence on young people? |
Television has become more indecent |
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Why was the conversion from analog to digital television broadcasting delayed by several months in 2009? |
The Federal government decided that people weren't ready for the transition People could afford it and not be taken by surprise at the beginning of the year. Coupons were issued to poor families and a shortage of these coupons was a factor in the delay |
