RTV 3001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Federal Radio Commission, Betamax, Headache
6 Oct 2015
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Computer-cell phone: define telecommunications, media, broadcasting, telecommunications: dissemination of messages over a distance, media: conduits or carriers of human information that can reach great numbers of people, broadcasting: originally from agriculture. The distribution of seeds, one to many: functions of electronic media, entertainment, news and information, commerce, culture and customs, watchdog, relaxation and companionship, connecting people, weaknesses of wired communication, construction and maintenance, samuel morse a. Invented the telegraph (morse code) mid 1800s: alexander g bell a. Informal chats that helped him connect to people and push legislation through: leaders were no longer distant, nbc breakup and formation of abc, fcc ruled that it was too monopolistic, red remained nbc and blue sold to. Who is credited with inventing email: ray tomlinson used @ symbol and usernames to show who was messaging about research. Who founded microsoft: bill gates prodigy 1976 created, windows 1985. Apple and macintosh: steve jobs and wozniak, pc macintosh revolutionized the market.
