CMN 170v Midterm 1, video/quiz questions with answers rated A+ 2024/2025

CMN 170v Midterm 1, video/quiz questionsWhen president Lincoln was elected in 1860, how long did it take for the message of his victory to reach the West Coast from the East Coast? - correct answer About 1 Week Professor Hilbert thinks that all the world's technology is actually one giant human brain. T or F? - correct answer True In the late 1980s (i.e. 1986), humankind was able to store only a small share of their stored information in digital format? - correct answer Yes, less than 1% The invention of the telephone was so important in history because it constituted the the world's first "tele-communication ("distance communication") device". T or F? - correct answer False (even smoke signals allowed to "distance communicate" "ICT convergence" or "digital convergence refers to the fact that? - correct answer 3 previously separate technological trajectories converge on the digital paradigm (communication, storage, computation) "The internet increases productivity" is an example of? - correct answer Technological determinism (in reality, the internet can make one also extremely unproductive; the internet is just a tool) "The internet can be used in a way to increase productivity" is an example of? - correct answer Social constructivism (it's a tool that's used by society to construct a certain outcome; in this case, productivity) The first fundamental necessary condition for digital developments consist in? - correct answer Hardware, software, human capital The prefix "e" implies that? - correct answer Part of the involved information process takes place in electronic format