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| the exchange of information is the predominant economic activity |
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| one-to-many, with limited audience feedback |
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| computer readable information formatted in 1s and 0s |
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| communication uses continuously varying signals corresponding to the light or sounds originated by the source |
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| an electronic or mechanical system that links the source to the receiver |
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| the integration of mass media, computers, and telecommunications |
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| Telecommunications Act of 1996 |
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| federal legislation that deregulated the communications media |
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| the legal right to control intellectual property |
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| users are not discriminated against based on the amount or nature of the data they transfer on the Internet |
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| the gap in Internet usage between rich and poor, Anglos and minorities |
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| people lived in small groups as hunters of animals and gatherers of plants. Depended on spoken word to transmit ideas among themselves and generations. Ex. Illiad and Odyssey |
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| Work found on farms or resource extraction. Literacy common among priests and the upper classes. Christian monks copied books. With much of the populace still illiterate, couriers skilled at memorizing long oral messages were valuable communications specialists. |
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