CS 100 (Actual) Final Exam Verified 2025
Application of printing to production & dissemination of news - ANSWER-provided
individuals with a valuable source of information about current and distance events
Birth of early formation of film cultures - ANSWER-- Early 1900's
- not just technology but also infrastructure for production of longer films,
exhibition/market and mass audience/group viewing
Blind Booking - ANSWER-- Colluded to make cinemas owners play their own movies
- People had no idea what they were going to see
block booking - ANSWER-Paying for multiple shows even if you only wanted to watch
one
Childhood and Literacy - ANSWER-- a new symbolic word for adults
- Took 200 years to be fully featured in society
- Came from the idea that each individual is important in themselves and create a sense
of community
Diffusion - ANSWER-- The widespread use of an invention/innovation in the market
- The work of designers, marketers, or innovative users adapting to this technology
Edison's attitude towards the Phonograph - ANSWER-- Loved the idea and expressed it
- Saw various ways for use of the phonograph
Explain dissemination (Manovich) - ANSWER-The ability to disseminate same texts,
images and sounds to millions of citizens was essential to keep track of records of
individuals
Explain English as a medium - ANSWER-TV is a mass medium, sending a message to
all receivers
Explain how people made room for the TV - ANSWER-- After WWII people pushed TV
to be used by everyone
- The TV replaced the FIREPLACE AND PIANO
- Essentially replaced music as something new to entertain families
, Explain how the Nickolodeons (1900's) helped immigrants - ANSWER-- They provided
early motion pictures
- They targeted immigrants who were not wealthy, but still showed interest in going out
Explain Network vs Local radio content - ANSWER-- Networks amounted for 50-70% of
content from New York & up to 80% transcriptions in some cases
- Local networks: 64% live, 21% transcriptions, 12% playing records & only 10-20%
transcriptions
Explain photography's integration into family life - ANSWER-- It was documentation for
one another, cameras go with family life
- Each family constructs a portrait chronicle of itself, creating a sense of connectedness
Explain postal service between 17th - 18th century - ANSWER-- Postal services linked
up together
- Did not need to be on a certain postal network, just joining one could get you
anywhere
- First time people can reach others from far away and gave direct contact
Explain postal service between the 15th - 17th century - ANSWER-- Partial postal
service proliferates
- postal services did not link up to one another
- did not have to be wealthy to get mail
Explain Process of underwater cable networks - ANSWER-- The use of gutta-percha: a
rubbery gum that grows in Asia's jungle
- It took 4 gutta covered wires wrapped in tar for success
Explain the relevance between truth, experience and photography - ANSWER-- To
collect photography is to collect the world
- Photography possesses the past
- Sontag notices the relationship between the value of what is depicted and the actual
value of the object
- Photography can be used as evidence
Application of printing to production & dissemination of news - ANSWER-provided
individuals with a valuable source of information about current and distance events
Birth of early formation of film cultures - ANSWER-- Early 1900's
- not just technology but also infrastructure for production of longer films,
exhibition/market and mass audience/group viewing
Blind Booking - ANSWER-- Colluded to make cinemas owners play their own movies
- People had no idea what they were going to see
block booking - ANSWER-Paying for multiple shows even if you only wanted to watch
one
Childhood and Literacy - ANSWER-- a new symbolic word for adults
- Took 200 years to be fully featured in society
- Came from the idea that each individual is important in themselves and create a sense
of community
Diffusion - ANSWER-- The widespread use of an invention/innovation in the market
- The work of designers, marketers, or innovative users adapting to this technology
Edison's attitude towards the Phonograph - ANSWER-- Loved the idea and expressed it
- Saw various ways for use of the phonograph
Explain dissemination (Manovich) - ANSWER-The ability to disseminate same texts,
images and sounds to millions of citizens was essential to keep track of records of
individuals
Explain English as a medium - ANSWER-TV is a mass medium, sending a message to
all receivers
Explain how people made room for the TV - ANSWER-- After WWII people pushed TV
to be used by everyone
- The TV replaced the FIREPLACE AND PIANO
- Essentially replaced music as something new to entertain families
, Explain how the Nickolodeons (1900's) helped immigrants - ANSWER-- They provided
early motion pictures
- They targeted immigrants who were not wealthy, but still showed interest in going out
Explain Network vs Local radio content - ANSWER-- Networks amounted for 50-70% of
content from New York & up to 80% transcriptions in some cases
- Local networks: 64% live, 21% transcriptions, 12% playing records & only 10-20%
transcriptions
Explain photography's integration into family life - ANSWER-- It was documentation for
one another, cameras go with family life
- Each family constructs a portrait chronicle of itself, creating a sense of connectedness
Explain postal service between 17th - 18th century - ANSWER-- Postal services linked
up together
- Did not need to be on a certain postal network, just joining one could get you
anywhere
- First time people can reach others from far away and gave direct contact
Explain postal service between the 15th - 17th century - ANSWER-- Partial postal
service proliferates
- postal services did not link up to one another
- did not have to be wealthy to get mail
Explain Process of underwater cable networks - ANSWER-- The use of gutta-percha: a
rubbery gum that grows in Asia's jungle
- It took 4 gutta covered wires wrapped in tar for success
Explain the relevance between truth, experience and photography - ANSWER-- To
collect photography is to collect the world
- Photography possesses the past
- Sontag notices the relationship between the value of what is depicted and the actual
value of the object
- Photography can be used as evidence
