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International Comm. ✔Correct Answer-Communication that crosses national borders as part
of concerted public diplomacy or propaganda efforts.
International News Agencies ✔Correct Answer-- AFP
- Reuters
- TASS
- AP (Associated Press)
- Xinhua
Governmental Comm. ✔Correct Answer-- VOA, BBC, CBC NHK, CCTV, etc.
- Purposes: Info. dissemination, propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural and linguistic proximity,
national influence, and prestige.
Commercial Comm. ✔Correct Answer-Carried out by trans-national blank broadcasters like
CNN International, O Globo, MSNBC, Sky News, Fox News, etc. for purposes of informational
capitalism. (Government)
Samuel Morse ✔Correct Answer-Electric Telegraph, 1833.
Alexander Graham Bell ✔Correct Answer-Invented telephone in 1876.
Hertz ✔Correct Answer-Proved existence of the electromagnetic spectrum in 1880.
(Naturally-occurring waves emitted by the earth as it spins on its axis.)
Marconi ✔Correct Answer-- 1901, Made the 1st trans-atlantic wireless radio comm. from UK
to NFL, Canada.
- Created Radio Vaticana
Propaganda ✔Correct Answer-- Congregation de propaganda fide
- Political comm. that is sent out in a deliberate attempt to change minds, opinions, and
behaviors to further the interests of the communicator.
- Derived from the Catholic Church
Governmental International Broadcasting Channels ✔Correct Answer-BBC (UK), VOA (USA),
NHK (Japan), Al-Jazeera (Quatar)
CBC NHK, CCTV, etc.
,Communication International Broadcasting Channels ✔Correct Answer-CNN International, O
Globo, MSNBC, Sky News, Fox News
Global Village ✔Correct Answer-- Term coined by Michael McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
- Communication linking of all peoples of the world with the help of computers and satellites.
What did McLuhan believe about "The Global Village'? ✔Correct Answer-That the media were
making the world smaller and interconnecting people AND the media would "shrink" the world
and lead to universal understanding and unity.
What are the journalistic challenges in Latin America? ✔Correct Answer-- Killed by drug
cartels and militias
- Government's failure to protect media personnel
- Self-censorship killing stories to protect them for corrupt purposes
- Many face legal administrative and economic pressures.
What is Russia's gateway regulation of the Internet? ✔Correct Answer-SORM/SORM IIII
(Wiretapping system)
What is Russia's version of the Internet? ✔Correct Answer-RUNET
Globalization ✔Correct Answer-Interconnection of nations/people/cultures through
networked media in real/cyberspace, of the nations, people and cultures of the world.
Diffusion of Innovations ✔Correct Answer-From a center to the periphery, once in a while an
innovation may *blank* from the periphery to the center.
Counter-Diffusion of Innovations ✔Correct Answer-Situation where ideas diffuse from the
periphery of global system to center.
Cultural Proximity ✔Correct Answer-- International broadcasting historically used to maintain
contact with a nation's citizens or persons who live abroad.
- Theory which states that people prefer to watch programming that is linguistically and
culturally close to them than other kinds of programs.
Linguistic Proximity ✔Correct Answer-How different one language is from another.
Telenovella ✔Correct Answer-(in Latin America) A television soap opera.
Knowledge Capitalism ✔Correct Answer-Databases such as Google
Wikipedia ✔Correct Answer-Commons-based knowledge development, opposite of
Knowledge Capitalism
, Linguistic Capitalism ✔Correct Answer-- The term for the Internet search business model.
- Used to describe the billion-dollar internet world/idea search.
Sexual Capitalism ✔Correct Answer-- The production and commercial distribution of sex-
themed visual imagery (pornography)
- Playboy example
Economic Globalization ✔Correct Answer-Media and information technology companies have
rushed to open subsidiaries in in other countries and languages to outsource production and
maximize profits.
What was the first live satellite broadcast of a sports event? ✔Correct Answer-1964, The
Tokyo Olympics
When did Nasa's Moon Landing occur? (Plus the famous quote that arose from it) ✔Correct
Answer-- July 20th, 1969
- "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
What are the 2 types of sexual harassment? ✔Correct Answer-- Quid pro quo ("This for that")
- Creating a hostile work or study environment)
First Amendment Guarantees ✔Correct Answer-1. Freedom FROM the state religion
2. Freedom of religion
3. Freedom of speech (oral, symbolic, etc.)
4. Freedom of the press
5. Freedom of assembly
6. Freedom to petition gov't.
Articles 18 & 19, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). ✔Correct Answer-Sets forth
the international standard for individual freedom of expression as well as freedom of
communication through the media in real space and cyberspace.
What is the lingua franca of Latin America and the Middle East? ✔Correct Answer-Spanish
What is the global lingua franca? ✔Correct Answer-English
Who created the ZERO, and why is it important? ✔Correct Answer-- 876 AD, Ancient Hindus
- Without the creation of this scientific developments would have been impossible.
- Later led to computer language (binary, digital comm.)
Who introduced the Indian system of numerals to Europe? ✔Correct Answer-Arabs
Who gave us with word 'algorithm'? ✔Correct Answer-Persians mathematician Al-kwarizmi