final deck Flashcards
Who invented the Internet?
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), a branch of the defense department.
What year was the internet invented?
1957
What is HTML?
A computer code which creates demands for what is displayed onscreen
What does HTML stand for?
Hyper Text Markup Language
What is collective intelligence
Crowdsourced intelligence common in virtual communities
What is a monopoly?
When a single firm dominates production and distribution within an industry
What is an oligopoly?
When a handful of companies dominate an industry
3 examples of markets with an oligopoly
Smartphones
Film Making
Oil/Energy
Deregulation
The government scaling back its relationship with big business
Led to a wave of media consolidation; scaled back limits on TV and Radio Stations a single company can own
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Synergy
The idea that you can realize more profits by coordinating different media outlets than you can independently
What does SLAPS stand for?
Serious Literary, Artistic, Political, or Scientific value
What are the 3 prongs of obscenity?
1) Appeals to prurient interests when taken as a whole
2) depicts sexual content in a patently offensive way
3) lacks SLAPS
Vertical integration
Controlling production, distribution, and exhibition across one industry
Horizontal integration
Acquiring competitors within an industry
