Deck 10: Technology-Mediated Social Relationships

Question 1

Eric A. Havelock argued that when societies moved from being oral to literate societies, they transformed. What was one of the key arguments about this transformation related to?

A) How they perceived their culture
B) The content of thought
C) How they expressed identity
D) Second orality

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The telephone brought about changes in social accessibility, which of the following is a key change:

A) households were more shielded from outside influences
B) families were able to stay connected throughout the day
C) children could easily get in touch with their parents
D) high status individuals could be reached directly and instantly

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is "media bias" according to Harold A. Innis?

A) The tendency of messages conveyed through communications technology to reflect the opinions, attitudes, or beliefs, of the author of that message
B) The transforming power of media in human affairs
C) The enduring inability of the press to provide a truly neutral perspective, despite the commonly held assumption of its neutrality
D) The tendency of individuals to favour different forms of media for different tasks

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Where might one find the least curated iteration of selfie culture?

A) Facebook
B) LinkedIn
C) Snapchat
D) Instagram

Question 5

Canadians have adopted many digital devices in the past decade, which of the following devices is the least commonly owned by Canadians in 2016.

A) non-smart cellular phone
B) Internet-enabled smart TV
C) video game console
D) digital video camera

Question 6

What is the term for Internet users who came to the Internet later in life and are generally slow and apprehensive to adopt novel forms of communication?

A) Digital seniors
B) Digital neighbours
C) Digital immigrants
D) Digital laggards

Question 7

Cyber bystanders are best described as follows ________.

A) those who participate directly in cyberbullying
B) those who use the same social media platforms as cyberbullies
C) those who experience passive cyberbullying
D) those who witness cyberbullying directly or indirectly

Question 8

Which core components does the definition of "the self" by Higgins (1987) involve?

A) An actual self, realized self, and theoretical self
B) Actual self, ideal self, and "ought to be" self
C) A real self, actualized self, and "ought to be" self
D) A realized self, idealized self, and theoretical self

Question 9

Which of the following situations best describes context collapse as defined by boyd?

A) On Snapchat, the wrong video gets posted on your story
B) On Instagram, users from different cultural contexts comment on a post
C) On Facebook, your boss sees a picture of you consuming alcohol at a party
D) On Twitter, one of your posts goes viral

Question 10

According to research by boyd (2006), what is one of the four different features of social networking sites that affect friendship formation?

A) Public or near-Public access
B) Relationship webs
C) Searchability
D) Security concerns

Question 11

Which of the following terms best describes oral societies in which there is an emphasis on community and metaphysics?

A) Time bias
B) Space bias
C) First orality
D) Second orality

Question 12

Cyberbullying is usually thought of as ________.

A) harmless
B) a necessary part of online life
C) something that allows young people to express their identity online
D) a set of non-accidental abusive behaviours

Question 13

What theorist argued that "objects mediate memory and represent a person's identity in a specific moment in time"?

A) Tufekci
B) Sofka
C) Gershon
D) van Dijck

Question 14

In a study of selfie culture, Diefenbach and Christoforakos examine the intricacies of how young people engage with selfies. They found that selfies were motivated by which of the following?

A) young people take selfies with how others will perceive them in mind
B) young people take selfies so they can express their true self
C) young people take selfies to increase their social capital
D) to create an escapist identity that allows them to navigate real-life challenges

Question 15

What is a common information seeking behaviour displayed by some people that occurs after a breakup?

A) Attempting to gain illicit access to a former partner's social media account
B) Following an ex-partner's profile, directly or indirectly.
C) Using mutual friend's accounts to gain passive insight into an ex-partner's behaviour and state of mind
D) All of the above, depending on the person.

Question 16

Why can the Internet be described as a thanatechnology?

A) Because it is a utopian community
B) Because it is a social space where people can connect to strong and weak ties simultaneously
C) Because it is a place that hosts mechanisms that are used to access information or aid in learning about death-related topics
D) Because it is a place to profit from the deaths of others

Question 17

What is a form of mourning that can be seen on the Internet?

A) Public participatory mourning
B) Inclusionary stranger sympathy
C) Digital memorial
D) Virtual stranger loss

Question 18

What activity did Carroll and Landry (2010) observe on social networking sites after a person's death?

A) Creation of a "from the grave" narrative
B) Addressing the deceased directly
C) Providing of updates
D) Setting up a GoFundMe account for funeral costs

Question 19

Ghosting is defined as:

A) The creation of fake identities and profiles to disrupt a former partner's online activity
B) The sudden ending of all contact from a romantic partner, without explanation
C) The viewing of a contact's social media activity to gain an unfair advantage when facing them in online games, thus disrupting any relationship.
D) The act of contacting the account of a deceased person, to help with the bereavement process.

Question 20

When young people take selfies, they usually don't worry about how others will perceive them.

Question 21

The Toronto School of Communication provided many early insights into how media become integrated into society, as well as their transformative nature.

Question 22

The telephone was adopted gradually, as the technology became embedded in existing social norms and practices.

Question 23

Sherry Turkle argues that the Internet allows for identity exploration and experimentation with variations of the self.

Question 24

The laws around cyberbullying in Canada vary by province and territory.

Question 25

Gershon (2010) argues that social media is either intrinsically formal or informal, but social groups can influence whether a particular medium is seen as appropriate or not by establishing norms surrounding its use.

Question 26

Snapchat, the image sharing app, is never used to share less than perfect images.

Question 27

Carroll and Landry (2010) have done a study on the persistent online presence of deceased individuals known personally by those left behind.

Question 28

In research conducted by Quirk and Campbell, they found that there is only one type of cyber bystander.

Question 29

In a study of parents and child safety, the finding was that the most common strategy reported by parents was "to talk to my child about what they do online".

Question 30

Describe the difference between digital native and digital immigrant.

Question 31

Define the terms primary and secondary orality as described by Ong.

Question 32

What are the four main features of social networking sites that affect friendship formation as proposed by danah boyd?

Question 33

What are media ideologies and how do they affect communication? Give an example to illustrate your point.

Question 34

List the four types cyber bystanders identified by Quirk and Campbell.

Question 35

Discuss how the introduction of the telephone into society helped to redraw social boundaries and shift our understanding of private space over time.

Question 36

What are the key distinctions between the terms drama and cyberbullying? Why do you think that teens are more likely to employ the term drama while parents and caregivers employ cyberbullying? Explain how the different terminology can make it difficult to create effective intervention methods that support youth.