Deck 6: Social Media: Private Conversations in Public Places

Question 1

The rise of the 'Information Age' has created the paradigm shift that communication is no longer a linear process, but circular.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

BBS can be considered the origin of interactive, social gaming.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

On social network sites user generated content is created within professional routines and practices.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In exchange for watching television programs on YouTube, viewers are not allowed to comment on what they watch.

Question 5

Twitter allows ordinary citizens to break important news stories.

Question 6

Social media can be considered "watchdogs" of both the government and the media.

Question 7

Blogs present all of the attributes of social network sites.

Question 8

Social media have had some success generating social and political change, but not the wholesale change some have hoped for.

Question 9

The Internet has changed how we process information and reduced our ability to concentrate.

Question 10

Ambient awareness is blamed for a decline in journalistic substance.

Question 11

Emoticons are different from emoji.

Question 12

Online users are concerned about privacy, but most adults believe social media are secure.

Question 13

Social media rarely play a significant role during times of crisis.

Question 14

As social media change, ambient awareness is likely to weaken.

Question 15

Social networking has reduced misinterpretation and misunderstanding among communicators.

Question 16

Which of the following is not an example of preweb social networking?

A)MUDs
B)BBS
C)IRC
D)QRS

Question 17

Which of the following is considered to have broken the ground for the social networking sites of today?

A)Friendster
B)LiveJournal
C)BlackPlanet
D)Asian Avenue

Question 18

In order for user-generated content to be considered social media, it must:

A)be published on a publicly accessible web site or a social networking site accessible to others
B)show some creative effort
C)be created outside of professional routines and practices
D)all of the above

Question 19

Which of the following options best describes social network sites?

A)they are a subset of social media
B)they provide a space to create a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system
C)they allow users to view and traverse their connections
D)all of the above

Question 20

Which of the following options began as a way to connect college students?

A)Google+
B)Tumblr
C)Facebook
D)Pinterest

Question 21

Which of the following options best describes Google+?

A)a social layer across all of Google's services
B)a countertextual interface
C)a social network designed to create connections among college students
D)none of the above

Question 22

Which of the following options best describes Instagram?

A)a place to store visuals
B)a social network
C)a microblog
D)both A & B

Question 23

Which of the following options best describes Twitter?

A)an open-access network
B)a microblogging social networking site
C)a countertextual interface
D)both A & B

Question 24

Which of the following options is used to create montages of images that reflect a mood or vision, and is considered a "self-expression engine"?

A)Instagram
B)Facebook
C)Pinterest
D)Google+

Question 25

Which of the following options is most closely associated with careers and professional identities?

A)LinkedIn
B)Google+
C)Reddit
D)Flickr

Question 26

Which of the following options is designed around impermanence?

A)LinkedIn
B)SnapChat
C)Reddit
D)blogs

Question 27

Which of the following options is primarily issue-oriented, and is used more to exchange ideas and opinions than to share photos and personal information?

A)LinkedIn
B)Google+
C)Reddit
D)blogs

Question 28

Which is the proper term for when the ordinary person on the street, using social media, acts as an observer and a reporter?

A)cybernews
B)press freedom
C)citizen journalism
D)gatekeeper redistribution

Question 29

Which of the following options is a cross between a social media site, live streaming app, and microblog?

A)Tumblr
B)Pinterest
C)SnapChat
D)none of the above

Question 30

Which of the following options was hoped would bring people together socially and bring about political change?

A)blogs
B)Facebook
C)Twitter
D)all of the above

Question 31

Which of the following statements is true of social media?

A)they have not contributed to what is called "the information frenzy"
B)they are blamed for a decline in journalistic substance
C)they have helped prevent changes in how our brains process information
D)both A & B

Question 32

Contemporary ways of online socializing may actually be making us:

A)lonelier
B)more proximal
C)fear-averse
D)oligopolistic

Question 33

Which of the following is correct term for being loosely yet incessantly connected with others via social networks?

A)digital proximity
B)nonsocial isolationism
C)ambient awareness
D)alternative linkages

Question 34

Social media can be used by employers to tap into:

A)ambient awareness
B)online hierarchy
C)customization
D)collective intelligence

Question 35

Which of the following is true regarding privacy and the Internet?

A)online postings might stay there forever
B)digital communications can facilitate surveillance
C)users feel particularly vulnerable to privacy breaches on social media sites
D)all of the above