Exam 5: User-Generated Content on the Internet

Yahoo! and Bing include dedicated sites where users can post and share videos.

Within six months of ICQ's introduction, America Online (AOL) created its own instant messaging software called ____.

Most video-sharing sites let users ____ content, which makes it easy for others to find video content related to research projects or specific subjects.

A(n) ____ message is sent in real time between users who are chatting over a network.

Most business professionals use ____ on their cell phones and other mobile devices to communicate with clients and customers.

One way of sharing information is to join, or follow, a mailing list. _________________________

Classmates.com started in 1995 as a way to connect people from specific graduating classes at high schools and colleges, and people ____.

An early online social network, craigslist, which was created in 1995 by Craig Newmark, started as an information resource for ____ area residents.

Users with a sound card, speakers, and a microphone connected to their computers can participate in a ____, in which participants speak to each other in real time, much like they would using a telephone.

A(n) _________________________ sends subscribed users frequently updated content on a schedule that the user specifies.

Podcasting's original use was to make it easy for people to create and broadcast their own ____, but many other uses soon followed.

Many blogs are published using free blogging tools available from sites such as Blogger, WordPress, and Windows ____ Writer.

A virtual community, now more commonly called an online _________________________ network, provides a way for people to discuss issues and share information using the Internet or cellular networks.

In 1988, Jarkko Oikarinen wrote a multiuser communications program called Internet Relay ____ (IRC).

_________________________ refers to using Internet communication to harass, threaten, or intimidate someone.

A(n) ____ is a form of blogging in which users send short messages on a very frequent schedule.

The early networks that became the Internet included many computers that ran a program called ____ that allowed users to exchange short text messages.

Political candidates, grassroots campaigns, television programs, and millions of businesses have Facebook ____ that are an integral part of their marketing efforts.

The following is NOT an example of push technology: ____.

When anyone can subscribe to a mailing list, it is called a free list.