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PS 129B Midterm
Blogs, Politics, & the Media
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
05/01/2008

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Term
Who created the Internet?
Definition
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Term
What were the two initial protocols developed?
Definition

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Internet Protocol (IP) 

Term
What are the two primary components of the Internet Activities Board (IAB)?
Definition

The Internet Engineering Task Force

The Internet Research Task Force 

Term
How often does the IETF meet?  And how?
Definition

3 times a year

 

electronic mail, teleconferencing, face-to-face meetings 

Term
How often does the IAB meet?  How?
Definition

Quarterly

Face-to-face 

Term
BITNET
Definition

Multi-disciplinary in nature with users 

Term
CSNET
Definition

Networking for research groups

Example of white pages directory service 

Term
What did BITNET and CSNET merge to form?
Definition

Corporation for Research and Educational Networking

(CREN) 

Term
Are conservatives or liberals more likely to link?
Definition
Conservatives
Term
Are bloggers more likely to link conservative or liberal blogs?
Definition
Conservative
Term
Do liberal or conservative bloggers post more?
Definition
Liberal
Term
Of conservatives and liberals, who cites each other more?
Definition
Conservatives cite liberals more
Term
Are conservatives or liberals more likely to post comments?
Definition
Conservatives are more likely to post comments
Term
Do liberal or conservative bloggers cite the media more?
Definition
Liberal bloggers cite the media more often
Term
Which media resources are frequently used by conservatives?
Definition

FOX News

National Review

NY Post

Washington Post

WSJ Opinion Journal 

Term
Which media sources are liberals more likely to use?
Definition

Salon

LA Times

NY Times

WSJ

The New Republic 

Term
Public figures hated by the right
Definition

Dan Rather

Michael Moore

Yassar Arafat

Terry Mcauliffe 

Term
Public figures hated by the left
Definition

Donald Rumsfeld

Colin Powell

Zell Miller

Tim Russert 

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