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58 Cards in this Set
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Internet |
A global network of interconnected computers that communicate freely and share and exchange information |
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Binary Code |
Information transformed into a series of digits 1 and 0 for storage and manipulation in computers |
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Operating system |
The software that tells the computer how to work |
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Multimedia |
Advanced sound and image capabilities for microcomputers |
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WAN (wide area network) |
Network that connects several LANs in different locations |
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ISP (internet service provider) |
Company that offers internet connections at monthly rates depending on the kind and amount of access needed |
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World Wide Web |
A tool that serves as a means of accessing files on computers connected via the internet |
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Tim Berners-Lee |
He developed hypertext transfer in the early 1990s. He gave http to the world for free |
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Browsers |
Software programs loaded on personal computers and used to download and view Web files |
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Rating System- TV/the Nielson Ratings |
Conducts surveys 4 times a year during sweep periods. Second more important measure of TV audiences is its share. Third is the C3 rating.
Look at page 190 to see how to compute shares |
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Cable TV |
Formerly known as CATV (community antenna television) The industry today is composed of 7,143 individual cable systems serving 59.8 million homes subscribing to at least basic cable. Generates revenues of $97.6 billion. |
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Cable Television Consumer Protection & Compensation Act of 1992 |
This requires operations to offer a truly basic service composed of the broadcast stations in their area and their access channels. |
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Search Engines |
Web or Net-search software providing onscreen menus |
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Digital Native |
People who have never known a world without the internet |
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ARPAnet |
Advanced Research Projects Agency. Established to sponsor and coordinate sophisticated defense-related research. In 1962, ARPA commissioned Paul Baran of Rand corporation to produce a plan that would enable the US military to maintain command over its missiles and planes if a nuclear attack knocked out conventional means of communication |
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DARPAnet |
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Net Neutrality |
Granting equal carriage over phone and cable lines to all websites |
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Technology Gap |
The widening disparity between communication technology haves and have nots |
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Digital Divide |
The lack of technology access among people of color, people who are poor or disabled, and those in rural communities |
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Information Gap |
The widening disparity in amounts and types of information available to information haves and have nots |
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Knowledge Gap |
Growing differences in knowledge, civic activities, and literacy between better-informed and less-informed Americans |
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Marconi |
"Father of Radio" |
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Audion Tube |
Vacuum tube developed by DeForest that became the basic invention for all radio and television |
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Wireless Ship Act 1910 |
Required that all ships using US ports and carrying more than 50 passengers have a working wireless and operator |
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Radio Act of 1912 |
Passed after Titanic. Strengthened rules regarding shipboard wireless but also required that wireless operators be licensed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. |
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KDKA |
This station made the first commercial radio broadcast, announcing the results of the presidential election that sent Warren Harding to the White House. |
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Affiliates |
A broadcasting station that aligns itself with a network |
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The Golden Age of Radio |
1930s and 1940s During the Great Depression and after the bombing of pearl harbor |
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3 Major Record Companies |
Sony Warner Bros Universal Music |
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Playlist |
Predetermined sequence of selected records to be played by a disc jockey |
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Billings ratings |
Billings - income earned from the sell of airtime Ratings - cost of time is based on this. The percentage of the total available audience reached. |
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Deregulation & Telecommunications Act of 1996 |
Deregulation of radio. Elimnated regulations on the numbers of stations one person or company could own. Now no national ownership limits, and one person or company can own as many as 8 stations in one market, depending on the size of the market. |
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Duopoly |
Single ownership and management of multiple radio stations in one market |
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Syndication |
Sale of radio or TV content to stations on a market by market basis |
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Streaming |
The simultaneous downloading and accessing (playing) of digital audio or video data |
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Modem |
A device that translates digital computer information into an analog form so it can be transmitted through telephone lines |
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Open Source Software |
Freely downloaded software |
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Piracy |
The illegal recording and sale of copyrighted material |
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Copyright |
Identifying and granting ownership of a given piece of expression to protect the creators financial interest in it |
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War of the Worlds |
Aired on radio night before Halloween. Meant for radio entertainment, but listeners really believed we were being attacked by aliens |
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Quiz Show Scandal |
Enveloped independent produced, single advertiser sponsored programs, changed the way the networks did business. It was discovered that popular shows like "The $64,000 Question" had been fixed by advertisers and producers to ensure desired outcomes. |
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Sweeps Periods |
Special TV ratings times in Feb, May, July, and November in which diaries are distributed to thousands of sample households in selected markets |
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Pilot |
A sample episode of a proposed television program |
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Function of internet allowing communication via computer with anyone else online, any place in the world, with no long distance fees |
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Share |
The percentage of people listening to radio or of homes using TV tuned in to a given piece of programming |
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MUD (multiuser dimension) |
Online text based interactive game |
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Video Game |
A game involving action taking place interactively on-screen |
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MMO |
Massively multiplayer online role playing games. Interactive online game where characters and actions are controlled by other players, not the the computer. AKA virtual world games |
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Sticky |
An attribute of a website; indicates its ability to hold the attention of a user |
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ESRB Rating System |
EC- early childhood- 3 and up E - everyone- 6 and up E10+ - 10 and up T - Teen - 13 and up M - Mature - 17 and up AO - Adults Only - 18 and up |
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LED (light emitting diode) |
Light emitting semiconductor manipulated under a display screen |
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LCD (liquid crystal display) |
Display surface in which electric currents of varying voltage are passed through liquid crystal, altering the passage of light through that crystal |
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McLuhan |
Creator of concepts such as the global village and media as extensions of our bodies |
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Global Village |
A McLuhan concept; new communication technologies permit people to become increasingly involved in one another's lives |
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5 internet freedoms |
1. Freedom to access content 2. Freedom to use applications 3. Freedom to attach personal devices 4. Freedom to obtain service plan info 5. From discrimination, that is, network neutrality |
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Encryption |
Electronic coding or masking of information on the Web that can be deciphered only by a recipient with the decrypting key |
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5 Largest Internet Media Companies/who controls and owns what
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1. Apple - $181 billion revenue 2. Microsoft - $85 billion- windows, Xbox, bing 3. Amazon - $85 billion - firestick, kindle, zappos, IMDB 4. Google - $70 billion - YouTube, android 5. Facebook - $15 billion - Twitter, IG, WhatsApp, Oculus |
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convergence of media |
The erosion of traditional distinctions among media |
