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

Use the following to answer questions: Matching 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. -AOL

The law that grants sweeping powers to law-enforcement agencies to intercept individuals' online communications, including e-mail messages and browsing records, is the _______.

Cookies are files that allow a Web site owner to chart the computer user's movements within the Web site and collect other information about the user.

The Kindle Fire and iPad are examples of touchscreen _________________________.

Invented in the 1980s, the _________________________ is the most popular part of the Internet and is essentially the navigation system for it.

What does the term digital divide refer to?

Briefly describe how digital communication has progressed from e-mail.

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

Yahoo!'s business method has been to make itself an all-purpose entry point, or _______, to the Internet.

Briefly explain how the converging of media content on the Internet, from movies to books to music, came about.

What is social media? Give at least three examples.

By 2014, Bing had nearly 66 percent of the search engine market share.

A form of Internet identity theft involving phony e-mail messages asking customers to update their credit card numbers, account passwords, and other personal information is called _______.

Web navigation software packages such as Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer are known as _________________________.

The BlackBerry was the first popular Internet-capable smartphone in the United States.

What is the difference between the Internet and the Web?

Name a group that worked to establish the early Internet.Explain the motivation for developing the Internet.

The Internet is a hierarchically structured and centralized network.

The Internet originated as a military and government project.

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