CMN 170V Midterm Questions and Answers Graded A

CMN 170V Midterm Questions and Answers Graded A What is ICT? Information and Communication Technology True or False. The invention of the telephone was not the world's first "tele-communication" or "distance communication" device, smoke signals can and were used for distance communication True How has communication evolved? Smoke signals → Trumpet, horns (100 B.C.) → News paper (1502)→Chappe Telegraph (1794)→Electromagnetic Telegraph (1837)→Telephone (1876)→Radio (1918)→TV (1927)→Cellular (1973) How has information storage evolved? Wall-painting→Chinese paper (105 A.D.)→Printing Press (1450)→Punch cards (1801)→Magnetic disk (1956)→CD-Rom (1982) How has computation evolved? Abacus calculator → Mech. Calculator (1500 A.D.)→Relay (1935)→Vacuum tube (1942)→ Transistor(1959) → Microprocessor(1973) → Laptop (1975) → Mac (1981) What three areas have converged into ICT? Communication, information storage, and computation Who is Claude Shannon? Father of the information and digital age "Digital convergence" or "ICT convergence" on the bit refers to the fact that... Three previously separate technologies trajectories (Communication, Information Storage, and Computation) converges on the digital paradigm True or False. Time online has dramatically decreased. False. Time online has dramatically INCREASED. True or False. Technology is a tool and a means to an end. True. What is technology determinism? Technology determines the outcome Is this an example of technology determines or social construction of technology? Example: internet implies freedom and democracy, the internet is inherently good, or, technology implies a informational dictatorship, total control, surveillance, internet is inherently bad Technology determinism Is this an example of technology determinism or social construction of technology? Example: "The internet increases productivity" Technology determinism What is social construction of technology? technology has different outcomes and they have to be socially constructed, technology is a tool like a hammer Is this an example of technology determines or social construction of technology? Example: "The internet can be used in a way to increase productivity" Social constructivism What is the Cube Framework? Frame of reference that enables us to sort out the intricate relationships between information and communication tech. and development What does the Cube Framework focus on? -interdependency among technology -policy interventions -socioeconomic sectors What are the horizontal layers of the Cube Framework? -Infrastructure: tangible like hardware, computers, mobile phones, cables -Generic services: software, apps, email services, social networks -Capabilities, skills and culture: ability to use it What