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 standard for Ethernet and WiFi link-layer standards.

  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 standards for 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile cellular system.

  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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