Psu Comm 180 Exam 1 Study Guide Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

PSU COMM 180 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. Speed of telecommunications
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Travels at the speed of light

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2. Telecommunications is MASS and CHEAP
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Can reach billions of people at an insanely low cost

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3. Neil Postman
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Five ideas about tech change

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4. 1st idea of tech change
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All technological change is a trade-off

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5. 2nd idea of tech change
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Benefits are unequal - tech change creates winners and losers

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6. 3rd idea of tech change
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Every technology embodies an underlying philosophy

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7. 4th idea of tech change
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Tech change is ecological - it changes everything

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8. 5th idea of tech change
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Technology becomes mythic - it seems preexisting, natural, and beyond our control

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9. Preagricultural societies
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Nomadic, oral storytelling

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10. Agricultural societies
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Permanent settlements, inventory and accounts, written culture

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11. Industrial societies
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High population density, steam powered printing, mass media

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12. Information societies
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Data and information management

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13. What is the media now?
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Digital, asynchronous, interactive, web 2.0 - very interactive, targeted (narrowcasting)

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14. Common carrier examples
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Telephone, shipping, railroad, airline, taxi

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15. Interexchange carriers
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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint

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16. Local exchange carriers
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Verizon, AT&T, CenturyLink

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17. Nokia 3310
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126 million phones sold upon release

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18. When was the first iPhone created?
Answer:
2007

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19. Convergence