Deck 8: Call Me Cait: Trans Perspectives on Social Media

Question 1

The term microblogging primarily refers to which platform?

A) Twitter
B) Facebook
C) Blogger
D) WordPress

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which platform is most associated with curation?

A) Facebook
B) LinkedIn
C) Pinterest
D) Twitter

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which platform lets you create unique pages for items like books, documentaries, and albums?

A) ResearchGate
B) Facebook
C) Flickr
D) Tumblr

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which platform is the best start to a social media strategy, according to Social Media Freaks?

A) Facebook
B) WordPress
C) Pinterest
D) Twitter

Question 5

What strategy can you use to index your posts?

A) ats/@s
B) hashtags/#s
C) Bings
D) Pokes

Question 6

I am creating a new profile and I decide to make it center on me and my interests in civic engagement, superhero comics, and sociology. What kind of social media identity have I chosen?

A) Group identity
B) Personality-based identity
C) Individual identity
D) Project-based identity

Question 7

I wide to reach a wide range of followers with my social media project. What is the best strategy?

A) Make a clear list of audience groups and reach each group with unique content
B) Identify my audience as "everyone" and post a wide range of content.
C) Identify several specific groups as my audiences and reach them all with the same content
D) Post something specific for each of my followers

Question 8

Journal articles, one of the major ways that social scientists reach an audience, have had declining citation rates. As of 2010, what is the yearly average number of citations received across articles in social science journals?

A) 20
B) 10
C) 5
D) Less than 1

Question 9

I would like more journalists to pay attention to my scholarship. What is the best strategy for reaching them?

A) Add the hashtag #Journalists to my posts to get their attention
B) Add the handle of a major news outlet to my posts
C) Identify journalists who cover my topic and add their handle to my posts
D) Go to the comments sections of news sites and discuss my topic there

Question 10

Which of the following is not a good way to build your Twitter audience?

A) Use appropriate hashtags
B) Follow as many people as possible
C) Follow people who should be in your audience
D) Use @s to attract the attention of specific users and their followers

Question 11

Identify five specific steps that an organization should take as they begin to use social media to encourage civic engagement or social change.

Question 12

Identify three major audiences that a social project might want to reach and give an example of a good way to reach that audience on social media. Your example should specify the platform you would use and the content of the post.