Media and Society Fall 2017

Hey guys, I've just posted the PowerPoints for you to review for the final, which will start with Chapter 6 (Radio) and go through today's lecture on Media Law. Good luck! I'll be at home the rest of the week, but you can call my cell if you need to talk to me before Monday morning. 501 472-1576. Study hard, and don't forget your potluck offering! See you Monday. DLS

I am not posting the powerpoints because we did a shortened version, but you need to be familiar with: • First Amendment, 1789, and what it guarantees • Copyright Act, 1791 • Antitrust Act, 1890 — How did that play into the story of the Arkansas Gazette? • Telecommunications Act, 1996 • Freedom of speech — Defamation, libel, slander • Politics and Fairness Doctrine • Obscenity and Indecency • Privacy — USA PATRIOT Act • Intellectual property — Patents, copyrights, trademarks, Fair Use • Ownership issues — Antitrust, vertical and horizontal integration • Freedom of Information laws

n Chapter 9 The Internet n Media Then & Now n 1972: Internet invented n 1991: The Web is born n 1995: Amazon.com n 2000: Dot-com bust n 2007: Web 2.0 n 2009: Google cyberattack n History: Spinning the Web n Atanasoff’s computer n Turing’s code cracker n ENIAC and the Cold War n Modems, WAN and LAN n ARPANET (1969) n The Web Is Born n Alto computer (Xerox) n Bill Gates: Microsoft n Steve Jobs: Apple n Videotex , AOL & BBSs n Internet & e-mail (1972) n Berners-Lee & HTML (1991) n n The Dot-Com Boom n First browser: Mosaic n By 1995, commercial providers take over Net n Amazon.com , eBay, Yahoo! and Google n AOL fades after merger n Dot-com bust in 2000 n Reining in the Net n Net’s cultural impact n Communications Decency Act n Net as a threat to children n Cross-border communication n Intellectual property n Digital-divide issues n Control: ICAAN vs. U.N. n Old Media in Internet Age n Web compe...