1. Describe the difference between wireless point-to-point communication and broadcasting. How did RCA exploit the latter to become one of the most powerful corporations of the 20th century?
2. According to William Boddy, describe two ways that the commercial broadcasters took control of television prior to 1950?
3. How did a computer-a device designed to computer numbers-become the central processor of modern media, according to Lev Manovich?
4. Janet Abbate describes 1980s Internet network applications as unattractive to novices. How did the World Wide Web change that in the 1990s?
5. How did the emergence of HBO and Ted Turner's superstation in 1975 contribute to the rise of cable TV, the expanding of programming choices, and, ultimately, the decline of the broadcast TV networks?