Internet & Communication, BON-CHA
The development of the World Wide Web had a massive impact on the ways in which people interact and communicate, ultimately paving the way for the heavily interconnected world that we live in today. Although Internet communication dominates in many spheres of life, other means of communication remain no less important.
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Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer
Frederick Gilmer Bonfils was a publisher who made the Denver Post into a crusading newspaper of nationwide prominence......
Bontempelli, Massimo
Massimo Bontempelli was an Italian poet, novelist, dramatist, and critic whose âmagic realismâ developed from Futurism.......
book
book, published work of literature or scholarship; the term has been defined by UNESCO for statistical purposes......
bookbinding
bookbinding, the practice of joining together a number of leaves or folios (most frequently of paper, parchment,......
bookmobile
bookmobile, shelf-lined motor van or other vehicle that carries books to rural and urban areas, establishes library......
Booth, Mary Louise
Mary Louise Booth was an American journalist, prolific translator from the French, and the first editor of Harperâs......
Booth, Wayne C.
Wayne C. Booth was an American critic and teacher associated with the Chicago school of literary criticism. Booth......
Boucher, Anthony
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Bowker, Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers Bowker was an editor and publisher who was important in the development of U.S. professional library......
Bowles, Jane
Jane Bowles was an American author whose small body of highly individualistic work enjoyed an underground reputation......
Bowring, Sir John
Sir John Bowring was an English author and diplomat who was prominent in many spheres of mid-Victorian public life.......
Boxer, Mark
Mark Boxer was a British magazine and newspaper editor and cartoonist known for his political and social caricatures......
Boyce, William
William Boyce was one of the foremost English composers of church music, known also for his symphonies and stage......
Boyle, Edward
Edward Boyle was a British politician who served as Britainâs minister of education (1962â64) and was a leading......
Bradford, William
William Bradford was a printer who issued one of the first American almanacs, Kalendarium Pennsilvaniense or Americaâs......
Bradlee, Ben
Ben Bradlee was an American journalist and newspaper editor who set exacting standards and promoted an aggressive......
Bradley, Ed
Ed Bradley was an American broadcast journalist, known especially for his 25-year association with the televised......
Bradwell, Myra
Myra Bradwell was an American lawyer and editor who was involved in several landmark cases concerning the legal......
branding
branding, the permanent marking of livestock or goods using a distinctive design made by hot or superchilled metal,......
Bratby, John Randall
John Randall Bratby was a British painter who rose to prominence in the 1950s as a member of the Kitchen Sink School,......
Braun, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Braun was a German physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909 with Guglielmo Marconi for......
BrazdĆŸionis, Bernardas
Bernardas BrazdĆŸionis was a leading Lithuanian poet, editor, critic, andâunder his pseudonymâauthor of popular......
Brentano, Clemens
Clemens Brentano was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, one of the founders of the Heidelberg Romantic school, the......
Bretscher, Willy
Willy Bretscher was a Swiss editor, from 1933 to 1967, of Neue ZĂŒrcher Zeitung (NZZ) of ZĂŒrich, one of the worldâs......
Brickhouse, Jack
Jack Brickhouse was an American sportscaster best known for his announcing of Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox......
Brin, Sergey
Sergey Brin is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur who created, along with Larry Page, the online search......
Brinon, Fernand de
Fernand de Brinon was a French journalist and politician who became a leading advocate of collaboration with Nazi......
Brisbane, Arthur
Arthur Brisbane was a U.S. newspaper editor and writer, known as the master of the big, blaring headline and of......
Britannicaâs Book Bingo
Do you like to read? Or do you want to read more? Britannica is here to help. In our Book Bingo, youâll find reading......
British newspapers
Newspapers play a significant role in British social life. They are, generally, highly regarded by the readers......
broadband technology
broadband technology, telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band......
broadcasting
broadcasting, electronic transmission of radio and television signals that are intended for general public reception,......
- Introduction
- British, Company, Formation
- Radio, TV, Networks
- Radio, TV, Satellite
- Public Authorities, Private Interests
- Educational, Radio, TV
- TV Production, Audio, Visuals
- Dramatic Techniques
- Entertainment, Radio, TV
- Radio, Podcasts, Audio
- Religion, Media, Audience
- Regulation, Administration, Control
broadsheet newspaper
broadsheet newspaper, a newspaper format the name of which is derived from its large page size. This format and......
Brockhaus, Friedrich Arnold
Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus was a German publisher and editor of a respected German-language encyclopaedia. In 1808......
Brown, Helen Gurley
Helen Gurley Brown was an American writer and editor whose upbeat, stylish publications, beginning in the mid-20th......
Brown, Tina
Tina Brown is an English American magazine editor and writer whose exacting sensibilities and prescient understanding......
Brownlow, William G.
William G. Brownlow was the editor of the last pro-Union newspaper in the antebellum South of the United States......
browser
browser, software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. Web browsers interpret......
Bry, Theodor de
Theodor de Bry was a Flemish-born German engraver and editor. De Bry fled the Spanish persecution of Flemish Protestants......
Bryant, William Cullen
William Cullen Bryant was a poet of nature, best remembered for âThanatopsis,â and editor for 50 years of the New......
Bryher
Bryher was a British novelist, poet, and critic, best known for her historical fiction. She was also a cofounder......
BT Tower
BT Tower, communications tower and landmark located west of the Bloomsbury district in the borough of Camden, London.......
Buckley, William F., Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr. was a versatile American editor, author, and conservative gadfly who became an important......
bulletin-board system
bulletin-board system (BBS), computerized system used to exchange public messages or files. A BBS was typically......
Bunner, Henry Cuyler
Henry Cuyler Bunner was a poet, novelist, and editor whose verse and fiction primarily depict the scenes and people......
Burlyuk, David Davidovich
David Davidovich Burlyuk was a Russian poet, painter, critic, and publisher who became the centre of the Russian......
Burnham, Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron
Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham was an English newspaper proprietor who virtually created the London Daily......
business magazines
The addition of the magazine format to business journalism allowed for more in-depth coverage of the economy and......
Butterfield, Stewart
Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian entrepreneur who cofounded both Flickr (2004), a photo-sharing site, and Slack......
Buttrose, Ita
Ita Buttrose is an Australian journalist, editor, and businesswoman who was the founding editor (1972â75) of the......
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed, publicly traded online media company known for its commentary, quizzes, listicles (articles formatted......
byline
Bylines are used to give credit to writers who pen articles for print or online publications. They can take multiple......
Byrd, William
William Byrd was an English organist and composer of the Shakespearean age who is best known for his development......
byte
byte, the basic unit of information in computer storage and processing. A byte consists of 8 adjacent binary digits......
ByteDance
ByteDance, Chinese technology company that developed novel video-sharing social networking applications, most notably......
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C++
C++, version of the traditional C programming language augmented with object-oriented programming and other features.......
cable modem
cable modem, modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt......
cable news
The development of cable news in the United States began with the launch of the Cable News Network (CNN) on cable......
cable television
cable television, generally, any system that distributes television signals by means of coaxial or fibre-optic......
cache memory
cache memory, supplementary memory system that temporarily stores frequently used instructions and data for quicker......
Caesar cipher
Caesar cipher, simple substitution encryption technique in which each letter of the text to be encrypted is replaced......
Cahan, Abraham
Abraham Cahan was a journalist, reformer, and novelist who for more than 40 years served as editor of the New York......
Calasso, Roberto
Roberto Calasso was an Italian editor, publisher, and writer whose book Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia (1988; The......
calotype
calotype, early photographic technique invented by William Henry Fox Talbot of Great Britain in the 1830s. In this......
camera
camera, in photography, device for recording an image of an object on a light-sensitive surface; it is essentially......
camera obscura
camera obscura, ancestor of the photographic camera. The Latin name means âdark chamber,â and the earliest versions,......
Campbell, John W.
John W. Campbell was an American science-fiction writer, considered the father of modern science fiction. Campbell,......
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP), privately owned company that operates one of Canadaâs two transcontinental......
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
The Canadian Radio-television Commission was established in 1968 as a federal agency to oversee broadcasting in......
Canetti, Elias
Elias Canetti was a German-language novelist and playwright whose works explore the emotions of crowds, the psychopathology......
Canfield, Cass
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Cape, Jonathan
Jonathan Cape was a British publisher who in 1921 cofounded (with George Wren Howard) the firm that bears his name;......
CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA, a visual interface feature, or code, to stop automated computer programs, known as bots and spiders, from......
captioning
Captioning is the process of displaying a transcription of the audio portion of a program on a television, video......
Caray, Harry
Harry Caray was an American sportscaster who gained national prominence for his telecasts of Chicago Cubs baseball......
carbon paper
carbon paper, a tissue of varying weight coated with a colour, generally carbon black, and some waxy medium. It......
Carlile, Richard
Richard Carlile was a radical English journalist who was a notable champion of the freedom of the press. Although......
Carlson, Tucker
Tucker Carlson is an American conservative political pundit who from 2016 to 2023 was the host of Tucker Carlson......
Carnivore
Carnivore, controversial software surveillance system that was developed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation......
carrier wave
carrier wave, in electronics, the unmodulated single-frequency electromagnetic wave that carries the desired informationâi.e.,......
Carte-de-visite
Carte-de-visite, originally, a calling card, especially one with a photographic portrait mounted on it. Immensely......
cash register
cash register, business machine that usually has a money drawer and is designed to record sales transactions. The......
cassette
cassette, in audio and video recording, flat, rectangular container made of plastic or lightweight metal that holds......
Cattell, James McKeen
James McKeen Cattell was a U.S. psychologist who oriented U.S. psychology toward use of objective experimental......
Caxton, William
William Caxton was the first English printer, who, as a translator and publisher, exerted an important influence......
CD-ROM
CD-ROM, type of computer memory in the form of a compact disc that is read by optical means. A CD-ROM drive uses......
Cela, Camilo José
Camilo José Cela was a Spanish writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1989. He is perhaps best known......
Celestial globe
Celestial globe, representation of stars and constellations as they are located on the apparent sphere of the sky.......
cell phone
cell phone, wireless telephone that permits telecommunication within a defined area that may include hundreds of......
cellular automata
cellular automata (CA), model of a spatially distributed process that consists of an array (usually two-dimensional)......
central processing unit
central processing unit (CPU), principal part of any digital computer system, generally composed of the main memory,......
Cerf, Bennett
Bennett Cerf was an American publisher and editor. With Donald S. Klopfer, in 1925 Cerf acquired the Modern Library......
Cerf, Vinton
Vinton Cerf is an American computer scientist who is considered one of the founders, along with Robert Kahn, of......
Chambers, John T.
John T. Chambers is an American business executive who, as CEO (1995â2015) of Cisco Systems, Inc., elevated the......
Chambers, Robert
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Chamorro, Violeta Barrios de
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was a Nicaraguan newspaper publisher and politician who served as president of Nicaragua......
Chan, Paul
Paul Chan is a Hong Kong-born American artist and activist whose informed interrogative approach to material, imagery,......
chancery
chancery, in public administration, an office of public records or a public archivesâso called because from medieval......
Chandler, Norman
Norman Chandler was an American newspaper publisher who helped change the Los Angeles Times from a conservative......