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| the lack of technological access among people of color, people who are poor or disabled, and those in rural communities |
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| in copyright law, instances in which material may be used without permission or payment |
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| Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) |
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| phone calls transferred in digital packets over the internet rather than on circuit switched phone wires (skype) |
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| common communication rules and languages for computers linked to the internet |
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| founders of Microsoft. they licensed the operating system (software that tells the cpu how to work) |
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| founded Apple II. advanced in multimedia use and developed the IBM PC, the home cpu revolution was ready in 1981 |
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| user workstations that are connected to larger centralized cpus |
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| a McLuhan concept; new communication technologies permit people to become increasingly involved in eachother's lives |
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| Canadian English Professor, wrote Understanding Media (1964). Nicknames include "High Priest of Popcult" and "Metaphysician of Media". human tribe= one family. |
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| McLuhan's media extensions |
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media- extension of our bodies
clothes- extension of our skin
television- extension of vision and hearing
computer- central nervous system
automobile |
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| opposite of McLuhan. believed tech had destructive potential to turn us into indistinguishable non-individuals |
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| pioneer in development of tv, american |
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| Russian pioneer in development of tv. developed iconoscope tube and kinescope. |
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| recreation on tv news of some event that is believed to have happened |
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| work of FBI agents that documented public personalities allegedly involved with Communism |
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| produced ILL with Desi Arnaz whom she was married to off set as well and sold the rights to CBS. Moved tv capital to Hollywood from NYC |
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| global network of interconnected cpu's that communicate freely and share and exchange of information |
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| began selling individual 60 second slots to a wide variety of advertisers |
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| cpu developed by the british to break german codes during ww2. first electronic digital cpu. it reduced info to binary code (made up of 1 and 0) |
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| computers linking individual personal cpu users to internet |
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| invented ARPAnet. purpose of it was to allow the US to launch a counterattack if need be |
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| universal automatic cpu. first successful commercial cpu |
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| Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. first full service electronic cpu. it was big enough to fill an auditorium |
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| periods in which studies are conducted about what kind of tv people watch. done 4 times per year |
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| households tuned into a given program/ all households tuned into television at that time |
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| households tuned into a given program/ all households with tv |
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| signals carried by light beams over glass fibers. allows more channels to be broadcasted |
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| original programming produced specifically for the syndicated tv market |
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| fast forwarding through taped commercials on a vcr |
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| taping a show on a vcr for a later viewing |
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| delivering tv, audio, internet, long distance and local phone service, multiple phone lines |
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| episode of a tv show condensed so that it can be shown on a cell phone or laptop |
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| Real time email, allowing two or more people to communicate instantaneously and in immediate response to one another |
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| websites that function as online communities of users |
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| regularly updated online journals |
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| designation of each file or directory on the host computer connected to the internet |
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| on the internet, an identifying name rather than a site's formal URL, that gives some indication of the nature of a site's content or owner |
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| the widening disparity between communication technology haves and have nots |
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