Knowledge checks


"Who controls the Internet?"



  Match an organization name below with the role of the organization in Internet governance. To answer this question you’ll need to watch the Chapter 1 supplemental video on “Who Controls the Internet?”.



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  1. Sets the technical standards for 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile cellular system.

  2. Sets the technical standards for Internet infrastructure -- particularly protocols, device requirements, and data formats -- in more than 9000 Request for Comments (RFCs).

  3. Sets the technical standard for Ethernet and WiFi link-layer standards.

  4. Handles (assigns, adjudicates) Internet names, and manages the root level of the DNS.

  5. A multistakeholder deliberation body, convened by the United Nations, that does not make decisions but informs and inspires those who do.


 

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What does it mean to "use" the Internet?



In 2021, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported that 61.6% of the worlds’s population are “Internet users”.  What does it mean to be an “Internet user” according to the ITU? To answer this question you’ll need to watch the chapter 1 supplemental video on “Who Uses  the Internet?”




 

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The digital divide.



Between 2010 and 2018, which of the following digital divides has changed the least in the US? To answer this question you’ll need to watch the chapter 1 supplemental video on “Who Uses  the Internet?” To answer this question you’ll need to watch the chapter 1 supplemental video on “Who Uses  the Internet?”




 

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