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"Baby Boom Generation"
refers to the large number of children born after World War II, from 1946 to 1964
Alexander Gardner
Civil War photographer; one of Brady's photographers; took some of the most notable photographs of President Abraham Lincoln
American Broadcasting Company
one of the four major television networks in the U.S.
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
the broadcast network that was originally the NBC Blue network.
Apple Computers
groundbreaking company begun by Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs
Biz Stone
one of the founders of Twitter
blogs
a website that allows individuals or organizations to post information, usually in journal style, on different topics; the name is a combination of "web" and "logs"
Brad Greenspan
one of three founders of MySpace
Broadcast network news
informational programs that can be found on the television networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox.
Cable network news
informational programs that can be found on the cable networks such as CNN, Fox News Network or MSNBC.
Cable News Network
the first of the cable news operations.
Chad Hurley
one of three founders of YouTube
Chris DeWolfe
one of three founders of MySpace
Columbia Broadcasting System
one of the four major television networks in the U.S.
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
the broadcast network that made its reputation with a high quality news operation.
Colussus
British digital computer
conglomeration
media properties bought by non-media companies
Convergence
the term used to describe the linking of media in unprecedented ways as a result of the Internet (Example: newspaper content accessed by computers rather than being read as a paper).
Craig Newmark
created Craigslist
Craigslist
online selling website begun in 1999
Culture
the behaviors, actions or beliefs of a given group.
cuneiform
picture language; pictures resemble objects they represent
eBay
online selling website begun in 1995
ENIAC
Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer & Calculator, the early American digital computer
Evan Williams
one of the founders of Twitter
Facebook
the social networking website begun in 2004
Fox
one of the four major television networks in the U.S.
Fox News Network
the cable news network begun by Rupert Murdoch.
General Electric
the large company that owns NBC
Google
the search engine begun in1998
hieroglyphs
Egyptian form of writing, primarily done on walls
Home Box Office (HBO)
the premium cable channel, a subsidiary of Time Warner
Hulu
a joint website begun in 2008 jointly owned by NBC Universal & News Corporation; can view a variety of television programs, film, etc.; CBS programs unavailable through
illiteracy
the inability to read and write
Information Revolution
author Irving Fang defines it as "profound changes involving new means of communication that permanently affect entire societies."
information revolutions
periods of profound change in which various forms of communication have changed the world
Jack Dorsey
one of the founders of Twitter
Jawed Karim
one of three founders of YouTube
Johannes Gutenberg
created the first printing press that he used to print The Bible.
Larry Page
one of the founders of Google
literacy
the ability to read and write
Mark Zuckerberg
the founder of Facebook
Mathew Brady
noted Civil War photographer who opened his own company; he hired some of the best photographers of his time; often given personal credit for most of the photos of the war
Michael Eisner
the former chief executive of Disney
MSNBC
the 24-hour cable news network that is joint owned by Microsoft and NBC.
MySpace
social networking website begun in 2003
National Broadcasting Company
one of the four major television networks in the U.S
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
the broadcast network that was the first, and at one time, the most powerful; it was so powerful, it owned two networks: NBC Red (dominant) and NBC Blue (later ABC).
News Corporation
the third largest media company
papyrus
a plant whose slices were strung together and used for the purpose of writing
parchment
dried animal skins used as a surface for writing
Phoenicians
ancient civilization along the coast near present-day Lebanon and Israel; known for their business skills, they were given credit for developing the first
Pierre Omidyar
created eBay
Pixar
the computer animation company bought by Steve Jobs; it is later acquired by Disney
Reformation
the 16th century religious movement that ushered in the Protestant Church; also called the Renaissance
Renaissance
the period that is characterized by huge changes in society and a thirst for knowledge; the term means rebirth of learning.
Rosetta Stone
the historic stone divided into three sections, carved in ancient & cursive forms of Egyptian hieroglyphics & Greek; its discovery made it possible to read ancient writings
Rupert Murdoch
owner and founder of News Corporation
Samuel Morse
invented the telegraph in 1844; sent his first message between Washington D.C. and Baltimore
Sequoyah
the Cherokee man who developed the Cherokee syllabary still used by Cherokees today
Sergey Brin
one of the founders of Google
social media
interactive media that allow individuals to be in touch through technology
Steve Chen
one of three founders of YouTube
Steve Jobs
one of the most powerful media moguls ever; Jobs has an interest in Apple Computers, Pixar, Disney, etc.
Storytelling
using various gestures, vocalizations and movement to express a message to an audience.
Sumner Redstone
the powerful head of Viacom
syllabary
a group of symbols, each representing a syllable
Ted Turner
the visionary media mogul who created CNN, WTBS, etc.; later Time Warner will acquire most of Turner's holdings
The Disney Company
the second largest media company
Time Warner
the largest media conglomerate
Tom Anderson
one of three founders of MySpace
TV.com
CBS's website begun in 2005; competition for Hulu; now revamped to allow viewers to television information
Twitter
one of the newest networking tools begun in 2006; allows users to use 140 characters per message; messages known as "tweets"; tweets usually answer the question "What are you doing?"
Viacom
the fifth largest media company in America
World's Fair
1939,notable as the debut of television; held in New York City
YouTube
video hearing website founded in 2005
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