Exam 6: Wikis, RSS, Mashups, and Virtual Worlds

In the growing universe of online social media, wikis tend to command a great deal of media spotlight and developer attention.

A ____ is a blending together of information from multiple sources into one tool or site.

Like the Web itself, which had to go through a period of rapid growth followed by a spectacular collapse before it could really define itself, the future of virtual worlds has yet to be written.

Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have each launched beta or completed versions of sites that help users create mashups.

Mashups and virtual worlds play a greater role than wikis and RSS feeds in the ever-growing social media world.

The blogosphere seems a lot like wikis, but at its core, the blogosphere is a(n) ____ first.

Marketers and the media are starting to pay close attention to virtual worlds as an up-and-coming resource for bringing people together.

Wikis are increasingly being adopted by companies for both internal and external purposes.

A(n) ____ is an online environment built to reflect either the real world or some type of fantasy realm in which users can interact and explore.

A(n) ____ is an icon or model used to represent a user.