Exam 9: The Internet

In North America,over 97 percent of people have access to the internet.

Which technology would make every wireless device both a receiver and a transmitter?

Television is generally classified as a pull media.

The internet emerged as a powerful new mass medium in 2004.

The internet may facilitate what Marshall McLuhan called retribalization.

Entrepreneurs were slow to appreciate the commercial possibilities of the internet.

Marshall McLuhan argued that television has alienated human beings from their natural state.

The social networking site Facebook had how many users in 2009?

Internet gamers play an average of 15.7 hours per week.

The terms internet and web mean exactly the same thing.

In 2009,what percentage of North Americans had access to the internet?

__________________ is a structure of codes that permits the exchange of text,graphics,video,and audio.

__________________ was the first browser that made the web easily accessible and attractive to the average computer owner.

The term cyberspace was coined by a science fiction writer.

Who was the first broadcast regulator in the world to address the issue of controlling the internet?

According to Marshall McLuhan,which media alienated human beings from their natural state?

Which was the first computer network,created by the U.S.military?

Who devised the coding that made the web possible?

In 2009,what percentage of African countries had access to the internet?

The fundamental network that carries messages is the __________________.