Exam 2: The Internet, Digital Media, and Media Convergence

Content communities on the Web include which of the following?

Select from the following list of terms to match the description with the best answer. Some terms may be used more than once or not at all. -A procedure whereby Web sites ask for your explicit permission before they can collect browsing history or other data

Apple's response to which of the following established the new media economics?

Linux is an example of open-source software.

Which one of the following statements about Apple's iPad is true?

Select from the following list of terms to match the description with the best answer. Some terms may be used more than once or not at all. -A plan for fixed-line broadband ISPs that exempts wireless connections from the "unreasonable discrimination" rule

MMORPG stands for ''massively multiplayer online role-playing game.''

Select from the following list of terms to match the description with the best answer. Some terms may be used more than once or not at all. -A company that provides access to the Internet 28

Hypertext inventor Tim Berners-Lee published an article in 2001 that introduced the idea of the .

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

Google is a subsidiary of YouTube.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that efforts to ban indecent and obscene material on the Web through the Communications Decency Act of 1996 were unconstitutional.

Second Life is an example of a(n) .

The 1996 Telecommunications Act encouraged mergers and joint ventures among phone companies and cable operators.

Which invention brought the Internet to mass audiences?

While no one owns the Internet, some businesses have had commercial success controlling parts of the Internet experience. Which of the following endeavors has/have been commercially successful?

The Internet was originally created to transport messages more rapidly for an increasingly sedentary and isolated population.

Select from the following list of terms to match the description with the best answer. Some terms may be used more than once or not at all. -A term that describes the gap between the information ''haves'' and ''have-nots''

Selecting from the following list of terms, match the description with the best answer. Some terms may be used more than once or not at all. -Facebook

What was the original motivation for developing the Internet?