Exam 9: The Internet

Which is the eighth major mass medium?

In 2009,Facebook was found to be in violation of Canadian privacy laws.

Bright colours and visual appeal has always been a feature of the internet.

The internet generally has less content than traditional media.

What is a URL?

Describe the different elements of the internet industry.

Which is an example of a push media?

Which system allows global linking of information modules in user-determined sequences?

In which decade did the internet emerge?

Who invented the World Wide Web?

Which term refers to the socioeconomic distinction between those who can afford internet access and those who cannot?

What is HTTP?

Which was the first browser that made the web easily accessible and attractive to the average computer owner?

According to Barry Diller,technological convergence will make the internet more diverse.

Science-fiction novelist William Gibson coined the term __________________.

Which mass medium has democratized mass communication?

What is TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)?

The __________________ model describes how control in the communication process may shift to the receiver.

Marshall McLuhan argued that __________________ media alienated human beings from their natural state.

The internet is democratizing mass communication.