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Jour 301 final
History of Communtication
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Journalism
Undergraduate 3
05/09/2011

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____ helped the British break the German code called ____.
Definition
Colossus / Enigma
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A small electronic device that made radio portable was called the _____.
Definition
transistor
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Advertisers buy time on radio because radio delivers_______________.
Definition
targeted audiences based on demographics
Term
True/False: After 1960, the amount of commercial radio news began to increase.
Definition
False
Term
Before 1915, most people had thought of radio technology as __________.
Definition
wireless telephone system for ships at sea
Term
Bill gates introduced Microsoft Windows in ____.
Definition
1990
Term
CATV stands for _____.
Definition
Community Antenna Television
Term
Certain groups of US people are more likely to have internet access is the principle idea behind _____.
Definition
digital divide
Term
Content of radio programs was controlled by _____ in the early years.
Definition
advertisers
Term
Deregulation of the radio which resulted in dropping commercial stations news occurred in the ___’s.
Definition
1980's
Term
Early internet was created for the following?
Definition
correspondence and research
Term
ENIAC was developed where and when?
Definition
University of Pennsylvania in 1946
Term
First law that gave the federal government the power to license radio stations and assign frequencies was _____.
Definition
radio act of 1912
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FORTRAN was released by who and when?
Definition
IBM in 1955
Term
HTML and HTTP made the World Wide Web possible, it was developed by whom?
Definition
Tim Berners - Lee
Term
Law establishing the Federal Communications Commission was _____.
Definition
Communications act of 1934
Term
Marc Andreeson introduced Mosiac in what year?
Definition
1993
Term
Microsoft Corporation was started in ____ by these two people ___.
Definition
1975 by Bill gates and Paul Allen
Term
NBC and CBS expanded their evening news programs from 15 to 30 min in _____.
Definition
1963
Term
Public broadcast stations are supported by what 3 factors?
Definition
donations, grants, and corporate underwriting
Term
Radio network development was started by ______.
Definition
AT&T
Term
True/False: Radio networks developed because it could provide high quality programming for less than individual stations
Definition
True
Term
True/False: Six radio networks shaped the industry from the beginning.
Definition
False
Term
Superstations were first created by ____.
Definition
Ted Turner
Term
The AP wire service did what during the newspaper/radio war?
Definition
temporarily stopped allowing radio stations to use their news
Term
The blacklist was published by who and during what decade?
Definition
right wing political group called Counterattack in the 1950s
Term
True/False: The 1996 Telecommunications Act limits the number of radio stations a company can own to thirty.
Definition
False
Term
The computer industry expanded to become a microelectronics industry with the development of ___.
Definition
the silicon chip
Term
The first broadcast of a national political convention was in ____.
Definition
1952
Term
The first computer chip was called _____ and developed in _____.
Definition
Intel 4004 in 1974
Term
The first electronic general purpose computer was ____.
Definition
ENIAC
Term
The first form of cable television was called _____.
Definition
CATV
Term
The first to develop an experimental network which was the forerunner to the internet was ____.
Definition
US Dept. of Defense
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The golden age of radio was during the ____and ____s.
Definition
30s and 40s
Term
The Memex was conceived by whom and when?
Definition
Vannevar Bush in 1945
Term
The newspaper war began in ____ when radios beat newspapers in announcing presidential election results.
Definition
1932 (Roosevelt)
Term
The personality that made radio news a household term in WW2 was _____.
Definition
Edward Murrow
Term
The scandal of the TV quiz shows like 21 and 64,000$ question was the downfall of what?
Definition
Single Sponsor System
Term
The Silicon chip was created in ____.
Definition
1959
Term
True/False: The digital divide seems to be narrowing.
Definition
True
Term
The time period when radio audiences are biggest are called______.
Definition
Drive Times
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The transistor was developed in the ____’s.
Definition
1950s
Term
The type of noncommercial radio station that receives money from foundations, individuals, and government agencies is called a ___ station.
Definition
-public
Term
The US department of defense created what for computers?
Definition
ARPanet
Term
The War of the Worlds broadcast occurred in _____.
Definition
1938
Term
Tim Berners-Lee called his links between sources the _____.
Definition
World Wide Web
Term
Who developed ENIAC?
Definition
Mauchly and Eckert
Term
Who invented Apple II?
Definition
Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs
Term
Who created programming to share scientific text, graphics, and video electronically through links between sources?
Definition
Tim Berners-Lee
Term
Who was the TV show contestant that confessed 21 have him the answers?
Definition
Charles Van Doren
Term
While technology existed in ____ to create the radio, it would take another 5 years for it to become a commercial enterprise.
Definition
1915
Term
Which two inventors sold their discoveries for free?
Definition
Tim Berners-Lee and Marc Andreesen
Term
When Ted Turner transformed UHF Channel 17 into WTBS, he created the first ___.
Definition
superstation
Term
When was Apple II perfected?
Definition
1977
Term
What was the first personal computer to be marketed?
Definition
the MITS Altair 8800
Term
What was passed by congress in 1998 that prohibits sharing of copyrighted material on the internet? What was passed by congress in 1998 that prohibits sharing of copyrighted material on the internet?
Definition
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Term
What was created to aid scientists in solving engineering problems?
Definition
FORTRAN
Term
What provides news and info programming to noncommercial radio stations?
Definition
National Public Radio
Term
What protects the rights of content published on the internet to be compensated for the use of their work?
Definition
Intellectual property rights
Term
What outlined rationale for FCC and set standards for public service in 1946?
Definition
“Blue Book”
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Under the _______, a station broadcasting one side of a controversy had to offer time to someone representing the other side.
Definition
Fairness Doctrine
Term
What enables radio listeners in cars to listen to the same station anywhere while they drive?
Definition
Satellite Radio
Term
What has become the fastest growing segment for delivering TV content?
Definition
DBS distribution
Term
True/False: TV reports worked against civil rights movement by showing the brutal attacks on police and federal troops.
Definition
False
Term
The first station to offer scheduled programming was ___ in.
Definition
KDKA Pittsburg
Term
True/false: Television networks have always controlled television program content.
Definition
False
Term
True/False: Television regulations were based on those from Radio.
Definition
True
Term
True/False: Television news reports about American progress in Vietnam supported reports by government officials.
Definition
False
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