CMM288 Final Review

The “Victorian Internet” refers to the telegraph.

The first media monopoly in the U.S. was a partnershipo between...

Which “decision” is considered the precursor to the Fairness Doctrine?

What is the principle that the capability of computers doubles biannually, as a result of advances in microchip tech

Apple stole many of their early ideas from _____.

_____ was the first government agency to use telegraph services?

Lee DeForest is the inventor of_______ which allowed_______.

What natural phenomenon proved that electromagnetic fields travel invisibly through the air?

What is the European equivilent to the Associated Press

Transistors eventually replaced tubes because they were lighter and, eventually, cheaper.

The telephone helped concieve modern news gathering techniques.

Microsoft provided what service to IBM, launching the Bill Gates-led company?

“Walled Garden” is the term used to describe_______.

Free speech rights are included in the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights.

President Johnson once remarked if he lost Walter Cronkite’s support, he lost middle America’s support.

Tim Berners-Lee invented the browser for the World Wide Web.

_______ is responsible for Public Broadcasting Systems mainstays such as “Sesame Street.”

Which company launched Internet.org in an effort to bring free internet access to populations who need it?

SixDegrees is considered the Internet’s first_______.

The Great Depression led to an increase in newspaper ad revenues.

“Toy Story” was animated using which company’s workstations?

What 1930s event led radio operators to see the value in news?

Pigeons were once used as a communications tool.

The Internet and World Wide Web are the same thing.

Which presidential campaign released the first television ad?

Which website essentially wiped out newspaper classifieds?

Encyclopedia Britannica is akin to what web-based service?

Nixon's "wort enemy" was the press.

Newton Minow referred to TV as a "vast wasteland" because of_____.

Who is considered the inventor of the television?

MS-DOS was the software produced by Microsoft to serve as ‘VHS tapes’ for computers.

Edward Murrow was barred from the London Correspondents Club for the whole of his career.

The World Wide Web was formally launched in _______.

The major regulation included in the Radio Act of 1912 was______.

IBM was the first PC to allow use with printers.