CMI 3358 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Linguistic capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER internet search business model
Makes money off of searches - biggest player is Google
Digital capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER electronic commerce
Ex: Amazon
Deterritorialization - CORRECT ANSWER when communication moves from one territory to
another
Global communication - CORRECT ANSWER communication that is potentially receivable
and interacted with in virtually all parts of the world - all interconnected
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER derived from the Latin word "communicare"
(V): to share out, to impart, to make common
(N) communicatio: communication
International communication - CORRECT ANSWER communication across national borders,
originally government to government communication
As a field of study: cultural, economic, political, social, and technical analysis of communication and
media patterns and effects across and between states
Globalization - CORRECT ANSWER the interconnection of nations, cultures, and peoples
through information and communication technologies (icts)
Digital divide - CORRECT ANSWER the gap between those who have access of information
and communications technologies and those who don't; it exists between and within countries and
regions of the world
, Media - CORRECT ANSWER plural of "medium"; comes from Latin word "medius": middle,
neutral
Transplantation - CORRECT ANSWER moving communication, language, and culture to a
different place
Telegraph - CORRECT ANSWER 1st intercommunication - USA by Morse
Technological determinism - CORRECT ANSWER media change societies irrespective of
their content
Al-jabr - CORRECT ANSWER algebra
Algorithms - CORRECT ANSWER instructions that make computers work (the search bar)
International communication - CORRECT ANSWER the craft of communicating across
national borders, through the media in real space and cyberspace, to specifically defined and targeted
national or regional opinion leaders, linguistic, cultural, religious, or ethnic publics and audiences in
other countries
Governmental international communication - CORRECT ANSWER information
dissemination, propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural, and linguistic proximity, national influence,
and prestige
Examples: BBC, voa, NHK, Al-Jazeera
Commercial international communication - CORRECT ANSWER carried out by transnational
commercial broadcasters like CNN, O Globo, MSNBC, Sky News, Fox News, etc. For purposes of
informational capitalism
Tele - CORRECT ANSWER (Latin) communication, to communicate across distance
Television - CORRECT ANSWER to see far, to see images from a far
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Linguistic capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER internet search business model
Makes money off of searches - biggest player is Google
Digital capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER electronic commerce
Ex: Amazon
Deterritorialization - CORRECT ANSWER when communication moves from one territory to
another
Global communication - CORRECT ANSWER communication that is potentially receivable
and interacted with in virtually all parts of the world - all interconnected
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER derived from the Latin word "communicare"
(V): to share out, to impart, to make common
(N) communicatio: communication
International communication - CORRECT ANSWER communication across national borders,
originally government to government communication
As a field of study: cultural, economic, political, social, and technical analysis of communication and
media patterns and effects across and between states
Globalization - CORRECT ANSWER the interconnection of nations, cultures, and peoples
through information and communication technologies (icts)
Digital divide - CORRECT ANSWER the gap between those who have access of information
and communications technologies and those who don't; it exists between and within countries and
regions of the world
, Media - CORRECT ANSWER plural of "medium"; comes from Latin word "medius": middle,
neutral
Transplantation - CORRECT ANSWER moving communication, language, and culture to a
different place
Telegraph - CORRECT ANSWER 1st intercommunication - USA by Morse
Technological determinism - CORRECT ANSWER media change societies irrespective of
their content
Al-jabr - CORRECT ANSWER algebra
Algorithms - CORRECT ANSWER instructions that make computers work (the search bar)
International communication - CORRECT ANSWER the craft of communicating across
national borders, through the media in real space and cyberspace, to specifically defined and targeted
national or regional opinion leaders, linguistic, cultural, religious, or ethnic publics and audiences in
other countries
Governmental international communication - CORRECT ANSWER information
dissemination, propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural, and linguistic proximity, national influence,
and prestige
Examples: BBC, voa, NHK, Al-Jazeera
Commercial international communication - CORRECT ANSWER carried out by transnational
commercial broadcasters like CNN, O Globo, MSNBC, Sky News, Fox News, etc. For purposes of
informational capitalism
Tele - CORRECT ANSWER (Latin) communication, to communicate across distance
Television - CORRECT ANSWER to see far, to see images from a far
