New Media Studies
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25 Questions

1. Which media holds more information?
2. In order to access the World Wide Web you need _______________.
3. RAM (Random Access Memory) is the __________ of the computer.
4. Castells argues that it is not purely the technology that defines____________.
5. Which computer is the fastest?
6. Which device is considered as the brain" of a computer system?"
7. Radio transmission is done through________.
8. Which of the following is an example of wireless marketing?
9. New National Association of Broadcasters President Gordon Smith compared broadcasting to what?
10. Anthony Giddens has described the modern world as a____________________.
11. Giddens thinks that social structure can be both_____________________.
12. What machine allows money to be withdrawn from a checking account after the bank has closed?
13. What part of the computer processes information?
14. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?
15. According to Bauman, _____________ has become the most powerful and coveted stratifying factor in the world today.
16. Which of the following is not a type of FM transmission wave?
17. Frequency modulation radio (FM) was invented by ______________.
18. Technological determinism is the belief where_________________.
19. Which of the following is the term that Giddens uses to describe the prevalence in modernity of relationships with those who are physically absent and increasingly distant?
20. Electronic journals have several advantages over traditional____________ journals.
21. ._________ computer enthusiast who delights in exploring and experimenting with computer systems.
22. Daniel Bell has received ________ Prize for the Social Sciences by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993.
23. According to Giddens, in modernity the individual becomes responsible for the creation and maintenance of ____________ through the reflexive organization of social life.
24. The virtual worlds sometimes are referred to as_______________
25. Who was known as the Father of Computers?