04:192:410 Study Guide - Arpanet, Disclose, Ico
30 Oct 2014
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The internet and new technologies: media at the crossroads: media theorist marshall mcluhan wrote in 1972 that the wired planet has no boundaries and no monopolies of knowledge. Internet: the google. cn site stripped away e-mail and blog features because they might be used for political protest. Internet is unique in that there is no limit on how large its databases of content can grow: usa patriot act granted sweeping new powers to law-enforcement agencies for intercepting computer communications, including e-mail messages and web browsing. Origins of the internet: rapid technological advances that accompany the new routes pose a major challenge to cable tv and to the more traditional media. Internet allowed immediate two-way communication and one-to-many communication between senders and receivers of media messages. Internet is a contemporary response to new concerns. Transporting messages more rapidly for an increasing mobile and interconnected global population: novelty or development stage. Inventors and technicians try to solve a particular problem: entrepreneurial stage.
