Exam 9: The Web 2.0 Environment and Social Networks

MySpace's music download service that allows the site's independent musicians to sell their work directly from their profile pages has not been successful because it's illegal.

In addition to providing leadership,entrepreneurial networks may become online communities involved in endorsing reforms,legislation,or other municipal drives to advance their organization's goals.

________ is a Web service for sharing Internet bookmarks for sites.

GeoCities is one example of a virtual community with many subcommunities.

Define business networks and what determines their success.Identify locations where business networking can take place.

________ is word-of-mouth marketing that often takes place in social networks.

________ is a rapidly developing area.It refers to advertisement on cell phones and other mobile devices.

________ is a consumer media company where people can watch and share original videos worldwide via the Web.

________ are communities organized by interest,such as hobbies,vocations,political parties,or unions

________ is a Web development technique for creating quicker and more responsive Web applications by exchanging small amounts of data with the server so that the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change.

________ is the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people,groups,organizations,animals,computers,or other information processing entities.

A logical step as a community site grows in members and influence may be to turn it into a commercial or revenue-generating site.

Apple and Google undertook a formal merger to offer iPhone capabilities,such as delivering Google services through Apple hardware.

Companies that introduce a significant change in their industries,thus,causing radical changes in business operations are referred to as disruptors.

The ________ is an extension of the Web in which content can be expressed not only in natural language,but also in a form that can be understood,interpreted,and used by intelligent computer software agents.

The process of lending that is done between individuals and that circumvents the bank's traditional role is known as ________.

Several companies use enterprise social networking,and virtual worlds in particular,for training purposes.For example,Cisco is trying to use its virtual campus in Second Life for product training and executive briefings.

________ are communities that are country- or language-specific.

Disruption did not occur in the real estate brokerage industry.

________ are virtual communities organized by an interest,such as political parties,or by product,company,or health topic.