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Internet http://www blue screen. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, media news television, crowd opinion protest, In the News 2009, breaking news

Who Invented the Internet?

Abstract vector hi speed internet technology background

History of Technology Timeline

Screen with https for internet security. (encryption, privacy, websites)

Inventions that Helped Shape How We Interact with Knowledge and Information

multiple exposures, depiction of deep web, internet

What’s the Difference Between the Deep Web and the Dark Web?

Binary Computer Code, Binary Code, Internet, Technology, Password, Data

How Does Wi-Fi Work?

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

San Francisco, California/USA-1/18/20: Womens March at Civic Center marching with signs of political protest regarding equality also embracing 2020 presidential candidates and celebrating equality

How Does the U.S. Government Define the Difference Between a Protest and a Riot?

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

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Key People

Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon

American political strategist, media executive, and filmmaker

Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American publisher

Lachlan Murdoch

Lachlan Murdoch

British-born media executive

Vladimir Gusinsky

Russian businessman

Jean-Marie Messier

French businessman

Tony Hall

Tony Hall

British media executive

Thomas Middelhoff

German businessman

Sumner Redstone

Sumner Redstone

American executive

Wilbur Schramm

American scholar

Li Ruigang

Chinese businessman

Neil Postman

American educator, media theorist, and social critic

George Gerbner

American journalist

Maxwell McCombs

American professor

Lippmann, Walter

Walter Lippmann

American journalist

Susan Faludi

Susan Faludi

American journalist and author

Marshall McLuhan

Canadian educator