Exam 9: The Internet and New Technologies: the Media Converge

Recent court decisions have upheld Congress's authority to restrict children's access to pornographic Web sites.

The Web is a participatory medium in which anyone can be involved.

Most Web sites follow an "opt-in" data policy when collecting information from online consumers.

The Linux operating system was developed by Microsoft in an attempt to deter an antitrust suit by the U.S.government.

The iconic achievement of Web 2.0 is social networking.

Microprocessors led to the development of personal computers.

Talking Points Memo is a leading

The primary use of the Internet in the 1990s was social networking.

Wikis are informative Web sites that are strictly controlled by professional editors.

Open-source software has code that can be updated by anyone interested in modifying it.

According to the text, which of the following technological advancements have aided the Internet's role in media convergence?

Many Internet visionaries talk about Web 3.0 as the Romantic Web.

How do major Web companies make money from e-mail?

The Internet was created by private enterprise, but it has been taken over and expanded by the federal government.

HTML stands for "HyperText Markup Language."

The Internet was designed so that a centralized authority could control electronic communication during a nuclear disaster.

Which of the following is not part of Web 2.0?

Facebook is a

Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson, who invented e-mail, established the "login name@host computer" convention for e-mail addresses.

One form of media convergence is