CMN 170V Midterm Exam 1 – Questions With Proper
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What was one of the first methods for - Printing press
mass cmn? - Printing became 100x cheaper and took only an
hour with lead letters
What is the pinnacle of our the internet
interconnected society?
True or false: Each year we generate True; World holds 2.5 quintillion bits of data
more info than the whole of history - This is around Seven or 8 piles of cdroms that go to
before us. the moon
who argued that democracy could - Aristotle
never be executed beyond a radius of - info couldn't travel far enough by walking, so no
70 km or 45 miles?Why? cmn = means no democracy
- Def of democracy was that it had to restricted to a
limited geographic scope
How was the west and east coast of - 1860s Pony Express
the US first joined in cmn? - Democracy was implemented on a scale much
larger than that
- Hen Lincoln was elected in 1860, info could travel
from east to west at :the speed of a horses breath"
§ In 7 says and 17 hours the west coast was notified
of Lincolns elections in newspapers in
When president Lincoln was elected - About one week
in 1860, how long did it take for the - at :the speed of a horses breath"
message of his victory to reach the
West Coast from the East Coast?
,T or F: all the world's technological True
storage technologies combined can
now store more information than is
stored in the DNA of the 60 trillion
cells of the human body.
True or false: All the world's general- True
purpose computers combined can
execute more instructions per second
then a human brain can execute nerve
impulses per second
In an average min, cyber space 350,000
produces about ____ micro blog news
in the form of tweets
In an average min, cyber space 400,000
produces about ______ pictures Fickr,
snapchat, insta, fb.
In an average min, cyber space 700,000
produces about _____ posts on one
social network like Facebook
In an average min, cyber space 2 million
produces about______ google searches
a min
In what year did digital share explode 2002
and surpass analog (paper) info? aka
the beginning fo the digital age.
What year is this statement describing: Late 1980's (i.e. 1986)
less than 1% of the world stored info
was in digital and more than 99% was
in analog format stored in papers or
analog video tapes
,What year is this statement 2000
describing:25% digital and 75% analog
What year is this statement describing: 2007
94% digital 6% analog
What is ICT? Information and communication technologies
What are the 3 components of ICT? 1. storage
2. cmn
3. computation
What were the first info storage - cave paintings
devices? The second? - Gutenburg's printing press
Storage transmits info through_______. time
What was the first form of Smoke and fire signals
communication technology?
Communication Transmit info through space
________.
What was the first form of The abacus calculator with wooden beads
computation technology?
True or false: The invention of the False; even smoke signals allowed to "distance-
telephone was so important in history communicate"
because it constituted the world's first
"tele-communication" ("distance-
communication") device
The digital paradigm is the result of the binary digit
the fact that these 3 previously
separated tech trajectories (storage,
cmn, computation) converged on....
, "ICT convergence" or "digital Three previously separate technological trajectories
convergence" refers to the fact that: converges on the digital paradigm
Ernest (Che) Guevare De La Serna - students of the world should never forget that
remarks on what the fuzz is about the behind every tech is somebody who is using it and
digital revolution: this somebody is society
- tech is a weapon
- whoever feels that the world isn't as perfect as it
should be, should fight, so that the weapon of tech is
used to the benefit society
examples of how tech is a tool: - Can use mobile phones to obtain food and make it
cheaper
- Increase productivity of agriculture
- Enhance edu and spread its reach
- Can use It in emergencies to get help
- Create and maintain friendships
- Find and fall in love
Technological Determinism Tech determines the outcome
Social Constructivism - Tech has different outcomes and these outcomes
have to be socially constructed and chosen in a
proactive way
- Tech is just a tool
Explain the hammer in relation to - tech is a tool, like a hammer
social constructivism. - Can be useful in building a house
- But can be a weapon
- This is not the fault of the hammer, it is not
inherently good or bad because it is just a tool
- Up to the user whether or not it is good or bad
Technological Determinism or Social - Technological Determinism
Constructivism? - The internet determines the outcome
-Its good, it implies freedom and democracy
"The internet implies freedom and
democracy"
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Terms in this set (382)
What was one of the first methods for - Printing press
mass cmn? - Printing became 100x cheaper and took only an
hour with lead letters
What is the pinnacle of our the internet
interconnected society?
True or false: Each year we generate True; World holds 2.5 quintillion bits of data
more info than the whole of history - This is around Seven or 8 piles of cdroms that go to
before us. the moon
who argued that democracy could - Aristotle
never be executed beyond a radius of - info couldn't travel far enough by walking, so no
70 km or 45 miles?Why? cmn = means no democracy
- Def of democracy was that it had to restricted to a
limited geographic scope
How was the west and east coast of - 1860s Pony Express
the US first joined in cmn? - Democracy was implemented on a scale much
larger than that
- Hen Lincoln was elected in 1860, info could travel
from east to west at :the speed of a horses breath"
§ In 7 says and 17 hours the west coast was notified
of Lincolns elections in newspapers in
When president Lincoln was elected - About one week
in 1860, how long did it take for the - at :the speed of a horses breath"
message of his victory to reach the
West Coast from the East Coast?
,T or F: all the world's technological True
storage technologies combined can
now store more information than is
stored in the DNA of the 60 trillion
cells of the human body.
True or false: All the world's general- True
purpose computers combined can
execute more instructions per second
then a human brain can execute nerve
impulses per second
In an average min, cyber space 350,000
produces about ____ micro blog news
in the form of tweets
In an average min, cyber space 400,000
produces about ______ pictures Fickr,
snapchat, insta, fb.
In an average min, cyber space 700,000
produces about _____ posts on one
social network like Facebook
In an average min, cyber space 2 million
produces about______ google searches
a min
In what year did digital share explode 2002
and surpass analog (paper) info? aka
the beginning fo the digital age.
What year is this statement describing: Late 1980's (i.e. 1986)
less than 1% of the world stored info
was in digital and more than 99% was
in analog format stored in papers or
analog video tapes
,What year is this statement 2000
describing:25% digital and 75% analog
What year is this statement describing: 2007
94% digital 6% analog
What is ICT? Information and communication technologies
What are the 3 components of ICT? 1. storage
2. cmn
3. computation
What were the first info storage - cave paintings
devices? The second? - Gutenburg's printing press
Storage transmits info through_______. time
What was the first form of Smoke and fire signals
communication technology?
Communication Transmit info through space
________.
What was the first form of The abacus calculator with wooden beads
computation technology?
True or false: The invention of the False; even smoke signals allowed to "distance-
telephone was so important in history communicate"
because it constituted the world's first
"tele-communication" ("distance-
communication") device
The digital paradigm is the result of the binary digit
the fact that these 3 previously
separated tech trajectories (storage,
cmn, computation) converged on....
, "ICT convergence" or "digital Three previously separate technological trajectories
convergence" refers to the fact that: converges on the digital paradigm
Ernest (Che) Guevare De La Serna - students of the world should never forget that
remarks on what the fuzz is about the behind every tech is somebody who is using it and
digital revolution: this somebody is society
- tech is a weapon
- whoever feels that the world isn't as perfect as it
should be, should fight, so that the weapon of tech is
used to the benefit society
examples of how tech is a tool: - Can use mobile phones to obtain food and make it
cheaper
- Increase productivity of agriculture
- Enhance edu and spread its reach
- Can use It in emergencies to get help
- Create and maintain friendships
- Find and fall in love
Technological Determinism Tech determines the outcome
Social Constructivism - Tech has different outcomes and these outcomes
have to be socially constructed and chosen in a
proactive way
- Tech is just a tool
Explain the hammer in relation to - tech is a tool, like a hammer
social constructivism. - Can be useful in building a house
- But can be a weapon
- This is not the fault of the hammer, it is not
inherently good or bad because it is just a tool
- Up to the user whether or not it is good or bad
Technological Determinism or Social - Technological Determinism
Constructivism? - The internet determines the outcome
-Its good, it implies freedom and democracy
"The internet implies freedom and
democracy"
