Exam 6: Interactive Media: The Internet, Video Games, and Virtual Reality

What is a key advantage of using video games to help train or educate people?

In World of Warcraft, players create characters and go online to participate in quests or missions. They work with other players in real time using __________.

Which of the following features is a crucial element for online communication to reach its full potential as a mass medium?

__________ is the carrying capacity and speed of telecommunication networks that determine how much information can be sent and how fast it can travel over the networks.

Describe the distribution dynamics of digital media.

What social medium was invented in 1971 by the computer engineer Ray Tomlinson?

Brad and Hiro use an app from the NikeFuel campaign that transcribes their daily activities into points. Allowing them to compete with each other and earn rewards, this system is based on the principles of __________.

__________ help set parameters on content and game-play dynamics.

Which of the following features are added capabilities for the latest generation of consoles, such as Xbox One, PS4, and Wii U?

Which of the following is a mainstay of sci-fi stories popular in the late twentieth century?

Based in France, __________ is Europe's largest independent game-development company and the third largest in the United States.

Which media pioneer created Final Fantasy, one of the most enduring and iconic franchises in video game history?

Valerie was frustrated to discover that an online article featuring a photo of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw above the headline "Stars Who Divorced in 2017" offered no information on her favorite country stars. This practice is common with __________.

Because of their relative complexity, computers have more __________ than traditional media.

Which of the following games is the product of an independent developer?

Keeping your information on personal computers with large hard drives for storage and making it available to others on the Internet is the basis of __________.

__________ is the process in which multiple downloads of the same file are temporarily coordinated to accelerate the downloading process.

Describe the concerns about video-game addiction.

What uses 3-D animation techniques and characters from popular video games to make movies?

What proved to be an unanticipated problem with Google Glass?