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In Carl Sagans "Cosmos", when did agrarian civilization appear on the 12- month "cosmic calender"?: 11:59:20
According to Sagan, all recorded human history in all books of the world, occured in the______ of the cosmic calender.: last 10 seconds
As discussed in class, where is the "golden record" right now?: hurtling thru the cosmic void toward the next stars
this video is the most realistic depiction of how artificial intellegience might work?: Hal 9000 computer from 2001: "A Space Odyssey"
which media technology was not shown in 2001: A Space Odyssey?: Books
In tron, which economic system prevails in cyberspace?: capitalism
In 2001: A Space Odyssey, where did Dave go on his final journey?: deep space and cyberspace
In Tron, how is the issue of privacy handled?: people have an information disk that protects privacy and freedom
In Tron, how is surveillance maintained?: by computer code
In Koyaanisqatsi, what was symbolized by the time- lapse photograghy?: the acceleration of modern life
In Koyaanisqatsi, what symbolized the emergence of the information age?: patterns of the city were followed by similar patterns on computer chips
In Naqoyqatsi, what was meant by the opening images of the film show in class?: technology is creating a fully- mediated universe
In "No maps for these territories", how did William Gibson describe the media world we live in?: we live in a post- territorial world where we can know what's going on anywhere, w/o being there
In "No maps for these territories", what did William Gibson not say about the internet?: the internet will be as important as the TV
What did William Gibson(No maps for these territories) say would happen if humans gave up all technology? We whould ____?: begin dying off big- time
In the Preface to the text book, the "digital age" is described as the era in which______?: many forms of communication, commerce, and content travel as bits and bytes on computer networks
According to chapter 2, why is King Assurbanipal important?: he built one of the first great libraries, filled w/ knowledge on clay tablets from many foriegn lands
According to the preface, why should students learn about digital media technologies?: students should be critical of developments in the digital age from a postition of knowledge and not ignorance
The library of alexandria was destroyed- lost forever were hundreds of books containing most of the knowledge of antiquity. According to chapter2 , this is an example of______?: the vulnerability of high- centralized media networks
In chapter 1 of the text book, the digital reevolution refers to ____?: convergence of computer networks and satellites w/ the media of newspapers, mags, radio, and TV
In 1983, only 7% of US households had a personal computer. By 2001, the total was over 60%. True/ False: true
According to chapter 2, what did ptolemy do with the library of alexandria?: soughgt to bring together all the knowledge of the world into one place
According to chapter 2, which technology provided the first layer of webbing in the global telecommunications networks?: telegraph
a trade route that linked china, asia, india, and the roman empire was called what according to ch 2?: silk road
According to chapter 1, who were Daniel Bell, John Naisbitt, and Alvin Toffler?: they were thinkers who percieved decades ago that information would transform society in dramatic ways
what were the first networks of human communication?: trails and trade routes
in the online reading, toffler argued that the world is splitting into 3 parts around the globe:_____: agrarian, industrial, and information cultures
Guglielmo Macroni is important b/c he used his companies to ______?: create the first modern telecommunications network that spanned thousands of miled over the vast regions of the globe
why is nicholas negroponte considered an important media theorist?: newspapers and books are distributed as "atoms" of paper, while digital media are distributed as "bits" in networks
what is George Gilder's media theory?: he belived that digital technology is creating a telecosm w/ a massive communication space made possible by infinite bandwidth
why is Alvin Toffler considered an important media theorist?: media technologies are creating a microscopic world of information that exists inside computers
how many bytes are in a terabyte?: 1 trillion
so far the most complex technology ever invented has been?: the internet
human DNA has how many bits of information?: 5 billion
the bits of info in human DNA equals how many books?: 1000
statistics suggest the average person spends____hours in front of screens everyday?: 9
True/ False the # of neurons in the human brain is approximately the number of stars in the galaxy: false
milky way
what was the main reason why humans invented books and computers?: b/c of the evolutionary need to store info. outside our bodies
what is the most fundamental thing that electronic media does for humans? what is it?: electronic media orient each of us in a spaecific space and time in the world
what was the evolution of human information according to Carl sagan?: from genes to brains to books to computers to global networks
what was the first human made object to leavve the solar system?: the voyager electronic satellite
As discussed in class, information evolves best under what conditions?: in open networks where there exists freedom of thought
how did the 20th century technology change our view of the universe? Media technology______: led to the discovery of the Big Bang and knowledge that the universe is expanding in all directions at amazing speeds
myspace.com and facebook.com are perfct examples of______?: mcluhans global village
what created the Big bang for electronic media?: moore's law
According to the introduction, what did Jeff Bezos sympbolize when he was named "person of the year" by Time?: a sea change in human consciousness that will permeate global society
what is the function of the CPU?: does the thinking inside of computer
what is the function of a cookie?: it permits computer to be monitored for surveillance
what is Echelon?: a surveillance technology that permits the government to intercept and examine messages sent thru the networks
what is said to "level the playing feild"? why?: the internet b/c it is a global technology that allows smaller firms to compete w/ larger ones
what is the function of the memory (aka RAM)?: it determines how many software programs can be running simultaneously
who was the person of the year in 1982, according to "Times"? why?: the computer b/c it was destined to "raise the production and standards of living"
how did gutenburgs printing press undermine the authority of the church?: it destroyed the church's "monopoly on knowledge and social power"
according to chapter 7, why is the essay "Areopagtica" important?: the essay argued that truth and falsehood should grapple in a field of free expression
true/false Americans embraced the surveillance society after 9/11: false
it was well embraced before then
what is the function of a hard drive?: it stores most of the information inside a computer
what was the Supreme Courts decision concerning the Communications Decency Act? why?: unconstitutional
b/c it violated free speech rights
the roots of the internet can be trace back to what?: Vannevar Bush's 1945 theory of a hyperlinked network
how many web pages were online in 2005?: around 600 billion
In the onlin reading, "The Surveillance Society", David Brin argues what?: that the "first amendment offers the best protection for privacy"
this is said to be ideal for surveillance b/c of its network nature of computer communications..?: internet
who said: "we are on the cusp of creating a global consciousness"?: Steve Jobs
which media issue was raised by will smith's wife in "Enemy of the State"?: who will make sure that the govts surveillance agents do not secretly violate the fourth amendment
In war games, what was symbolized by the WOPR supercomputer playing tic-tac-toe again and again?: the stupidity of nuclear war
why did startup.com fail?: govworks failed b/c their website wasn't as good as the competition
in "1984", what was Winston's job?: he helped re- write history by editing old newspapers so they matched w/ current gov't propaganda

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