Exam 10: The Internet and Social Media

The availability of trustworthy _____________-coding and decoding-technologies that make online use of credit and bank card numbers,addresses,social security numbers,and other sensitive information safer for both seller and buyer has fueled interest in the Internet as a place to do business.

How do the technology gap and information gap differ? How are they related?

The heart of the Web lies in the _____________ (common communication rules and languages)that define its use.

Privacy in the global village has two important dimensions: the use of personal information people willingly give online and the protection of

Tim Berners-Lee developed the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP).

The first "full-service" electronic computer,_____________,was based on the work of Iowa State University's John V.Atanasoff and introduced by scientists John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert of the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.

Commercialization of the Internet will open it up to even more users.Commercialization of the Internet will cheapen it,making it just another ad-dominated entertainment medium like television.These are two sides in another raging Internet controversy.What is your opinion of the commercialization of the Internet? Defend your position.

Instances in which copyrighted material may be used without permission or payment are referred to as

The first successful commercial computer,used by the Census Bureau in 1951,was

The massive collection and distillation of consumer data is referred to as dataveillance.

What does A.J.Liebling mean when he says that freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own the presses?

A _____________ is a personal Web page that comments on the news and provides links to stories that back up the commentary with evidence.

Each file or directory on the Internet (that is,on the host computer connected to the Internet)is designated by an address,called its

_____________ is a form of technologically imposed censorship,in which people without the new communication technology have diminished access to the information it makes available.

Why is it inaccurate to speak of the Internet's audience?

_____________,the requirement that all ISPs Allow the free and equal flow of all web traffic,is at the center of the fight over SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)and the PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act).

People using the World Wide Web encounter hosts,URLs,browsers,search engines,and home pages.Define each of these terms.

Computer stations connected to large,centralized mainframes or minicomputers are called

The idea that we use social media to communicate our actual identities is the

How has the introduction of new computer technologies changed the issue of privacy in mass communication?