Internet

Question 1

What has the internet change?

Answer 1

Changes our views, the way we get news, entertainment, the definition of “friends”, we meet people etc..

Question 2

Is the internet a different kind of media?

Answer 2

changes the definition of communication, equalizes the messengers, changes feedback, changes our relationship to media, changing journalism/PR/Advertising and US

Question 3

Who is Herbert Marshall McLuhan?

Answer 3

He said that the internet is a global Village, media as extension of our nervous system

Question 4

Steve Jobs

Answer 4

Apple, iPods, Iphone, ITunes and iBook

Question 5

Bill Gates

Answer 5

Microsoft Software for personal computers

Question 6

What the vision?

Answer 6

linked computers informed, interested, involved in government. Home computers

Question 7

“Giant teleconference”

Answer 7

Apart of the vision for political process

Question 8

The first computer

Answer 8

desktop computers connected to a “mainframe” and Internet first used at work

Question 9

The revolution with the revolution

Answer 9

Personal Computers! small, affordable and portable. Point and click technology. Opens the internet to everyone

Question 10

What is the audiences doing with the internet?

Answer 10

becoming users and creators

Question 11

The Internet Definition:

Answer 11

A global network of interconnected computers that communicate freely and share and exchange information.

Question 12

Worldwide Users

Answer 12

more than 3 billion, seven time what it was 15 years ago. 43% of the world Population

Question 13

What are the top user worldwide for the internet?

Answer 13

China, US, Inda, Japan and Brazil

Question 14

In the United States

Answer 14

84% of people use the Internet and 50% of them are 15 years old

Question 15

Who uses the Internet?

Answer 15

Older adults lag behind (58 percent), People with college educations, People with higher incomes (>$70,000), Hispanics, blacks less likely to use the Internet than whites, Rural residents less likely than urban residents, and Women, men use the Internet equally

Question 16

Social Networking

Answer 16

online communities, united by common interests, professions, schools.

Question 17

Why do we use social media?

Answer 17

Stay in touch with current friends, family, old friends. Share Hobbies/interests. Make new friends and celebrity news, dating

Question 18

What are Search Engines

Answer 18

Allows you to navigate the net, key terms are important and 113 billion searches per month
Ex: Bing, Google and YaHoo!

Question 19

WWW

Answer 19

Http: Transporting files from one place to another
URL – a site’s official, unique address
Domain – .com .gov .edu .org

Question 20

Home Pages

Answer 20

are what the viewers see first and entryway to a site

Question 21

What does the Social Media do for Journalism, Public Relation and advertising?

Answer 21

MUST use Social Media

Question 22

Digital Native

Answer 22

Never known a world without Internet

Question 23

Equalizers

Answer 23

Individuals, groups, corporations can communicate with a large audience

Question 24

Feedback

Answer 24

can be immediate

Question 25

The internet and mass communication

Answer 25

changes our relationship with media, each other

Question 26

Roles Collide

Answer 26

a medium without audience, both are users and creators. We are all gatekeepers and journalists, broadcasters, commentators, filmmakers, advice columnists

Question 27

Media R Us

Answer 27

Media as extensions of our brains and bodies, media allow us to be involved in others' lives and allows us to experience the world

Question 28

Free Expression

Answer 28

Theoretical vs. Practical Coperation vs. Lone User voice for the voiceless, expanded expression

Question 29

Why can free expression on the internet be bad?

Answer 29

No on/off switch, Now everyone can be a publisher, ideas with borders

Question 30

Authority

Answer 30

who controls?

Question 31

Activism

Answer 31

is a # enough?

Question 32

Anonymity

Answer 32

good or bad?

Question 33

Affordability

Answer 33

Democracy?

Question 34

Abuse

Answer 34

How do we stop it?

Question 35

Global Village

Answer 35

Exchange ideas and information through technology

Question 36

What are some ethical issues with the internet?

Answer 36

Anonymity, paid bloggers, smear forward, flash mobs, see-through society and accuracy

Question 37

Pornography: Child Pornography Presentation Act of 1996

Answer 37

RIP and too damaging to free expression

Question 38

Pornography: Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000

Answer 38

Filters Allowed

Question 39

Copyright

Answer 39

creator owns the work, creator gets paid, must give permission.

Question 40

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Answer 40

Can't use codebreaking devices to illegally copy software, can't pirate materials, ISPs can't be sued for transmitting materials and fair use applies in cyberspace

Question 41

Encryption

Answer 41

Only with a court order

Question 42

E-mail

Answer 42

it's private, sort of

Question 43

Dataveillance

Answer 43

Digital trail, cookies, clock streams and spyware

Question 44

Digital Democracy

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Freedom and Self-Governance (Flash Mobs, advocacy groups) Digital Divide-Technology Gap=knowledge gap

Question 45

What is Net neutrality?

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All Internet service providers must allow free, equal flow of all Web traffic.

Question 46

What would it be like to not have net neutrality?

Answer 46

companies can buy priority access to the internet, service providers can prevent you from visiting some websites, redirect you from one website to another. Ex: Netflix would be slower

Question 47

Digital Divide

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Gap between those who have access to the internet and those who do not Gap between those who benefit from digital technology and those who do not

Question 48

Who is affected in a digital divide?

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People of color, people with disabilities, poor people, people in rural areas, and older people

Question 49

Information Gap

Answer 49

Need information to be good citizens, without the internet, we may not get information. Technology acts as a censor?

Question 50

Knowledge Gap

Answer 50

If we don't have technology-we don't have information and we don't gain knowledge

Question 51

Truth Splinters

Answer 51

Different Media provide different information, virtual communities form around common interests. You can be isolated and you have your truth, I have mine.