Exam 4: Searching the Social Web

____ draw on the power of the masses to provide information.

Because social media search engines let you find information from multiple social media sites simultaneously, they can save you quite a bit of time.

The term tag refers to a published blog entry.

A tweet author can tag a tweet by using ____________________, which are words in a tweet that the author identifies by typing the pound sign before the word.

In a photo sharing site, if you click the name of a photographer or organization, that photographer's or organization's ____________________, the home page of the account holder, appears.

Each type of social media platform provides the same way for participants to connect with each other.

____________________ search multiple social media sites simultaneously, typically in real time.

You can use ____ before a word in Twitter to create topical categories that others can search for.

When you use blog search engines, you have to filter through results from other types of web pages.

____ is a protocol that gives you the ability to selectively subscribe to automatic updates from a wide variety of social media platforms.

You get an e-mail from your grandmother saying that she had heard someone in her book group say that he had used a search engine to find videos on a video sharing site. She didn't want to admit that she did not know more about this option, and is now asking you. You sent her a quick reply explaining what is possible.

Social media search engines vary widely in the number and type of social media platforms research.

A tag ____ is a presentation of tags in which the font size of the text indicates how often the tag is used.

You cannot search or browse for a person on LinkedIn or Facebook without being a member.

The ____________________ is made up of all blogs and their interconnections.

Which of the following is an example of the social media platform?

On a discussion group, topics are typically organized into discussion ____________________.

Most blogs are interactive, encouraging readers to publish comments, which bloggers often respond to.

____ are key words that identify the contents of blog and microblog posts, videos, photos, articles, and questions on Q&A sites.