In communication, the term "digital divide" refers to: - Answers The gap between those who have access
to information and communication technologies and those who don't.
Globalization can be thought of as: - Answers a. The interconnection of nations, cultures and peoples
through information and communication technologies
b. Americanization and Westernization of global culture.
c. Homogenization and standardization of content transmitted by the media.
d.
All of the above
Correct ANSWER: ALL OF THE ABOVE
The BBC program on voice-activated elevators is about different English accents. It demonstrates that: -
Answers b. English is a global language (lingua Franca) but there are many varieties of English accents in
the United Kingdom and around the world,
c. American manufacturers of voice-activated equipment need to be aware that there are different
English accents around the world.
ANSWER:
Both b & c
When Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore talked of the "global village," they meant that: - Answers
The media are interconnecting the world, making it "smaller" and changing societies and social systems.
In communication and media studies, the term "media convergence" means: - Answers The blending or
fusion of technologies and media content on the Internet
Wikipedia is becoming one of the greatest platforms for the collection and editing of knowledge. It is
remarkable because: - Answers It is a non-profit, commons-based knowledge-creation platform with a
prefix from Hawaii
Google's search system is based on a secret algorithm. The words algebra and "algorithm" originated
from: - Answers Early Arabian & Persian mathematicians
The international organization that regulates telecommunications and sets transnational communication
standards for audio, video, satellite and Internet streaming is: - Answers The International
Telecommunications Union
, The communication process is a continues process of encoding and decoding. This means: - Answers
Senders encode messages in communication technologies, transmit them through commication
channels to receivers who decode them.
Chinese architecture of censorship that filters the content of the open Internet: - Answers The Great
Firewall of China
International digital standard for audio and video - Answers MPEG3 & MPEG4
Biblical architectural structure that stands as a metaphor for the beginning of global linguistic and
cultural diversity - Answers The Tower of Babel
Commons-based, non-profit knowledge development platform, the opposite of knowledge capitalism -
Answers Wikipedia
The divide between those who have access to intellectual resources & those who don't. - Answers The
digital divide
Fusion of different media technologies and systems on the Internet. - Answers Tecnhological and media
convergence
Computer applications that program computers & determine Internet search results - Answers
Algorithms
The international broadcaster of Japan. - Answers NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokei).
The ideograpic writing system that originated from Japan - Answers Emoji
Languages that asre grounded in Latin grammar, Emerged after the collapse of the Roman Empire. -
Answers Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
The most common radio broadcasting technologies on the electromagnetic spectrum. - Answers
Amplitude Modulation (AM) and Frequency Modulation (FM).
Another name for the Internet search business model - Answers Linguistic capitalism
Societies in which large proportions of the population is engaged in the produciton, processing, storage,
dissemination and consumption of information. - Answers Information societies.
Hindu/Indian digit on the number line that is the foundation of the global binary digital system -
Answers The zero
The movement of inovations and ideas from the periphery to the center of the global system. - Answers
Counter-diffusion
Technical expression used to describe blended telecommunications, telephony, computer and broadcast
technolories that make globalization possible. - Answers Information and communication technologies.