SI 110 All Skirmishes

Which analogy does Zizi Papacharissi use to describe a "networked selfie"?

A story in progress, performed in search of expression and connection

What is an example of an interface metaphor?

A trash can on a computer or a shopping cart on Amazon

The process of thoroughly checking out proposed deals is __________

due diligence

Dana Boyd claims that we need _______ to a baseline to critically consume everyday conversations with current events.

media literacy

Two goals of Slack

Allow people to feel less overwhelmed by information at work & boost happiness and productivity of teams

What is a meme?

An idea that spreads virally

Nigel Holmes' view of the increasing prevalence of data visualization in journalism states

Data visualization is beautiful but useless.

What was the first way that humans transmitted information?

Orally

True or false: Following email and using a search engine, looking for health information online is the third most popular online pursuit among all those tracked by the Pew Internet Project.

True

What are some examples of misleading information in a graph?

Truncating part of a bar chart, showing only a portion of the graph, changing the proportion to skew perception

What are the top three groups of people most likely to look for health information online in the US?

Women, whites, adults living in higher income housing

What is an example of a conceptual model?

Word files are saved into selected folders

The _________ is partially responsible for driving our desires for breaking news all the time

24 hour news cycle

The readings described common design principles used by interaction designers such as visibility, consistency, feedback and constraint. What is an example of a design constraint?

A drop down menu with certain text options shaded grey instead of black.

What is information overload?

A feeling of being overwhelmed due to exposure to too much information or data

What would be an example of "gamification"?

A mobile app that uses badges and leaderboards to motivate users

How are nomenclature and classification different?

A nomenclature does not follow any classificatory principles.

A martini glass visualization is

A part open ended, part narrative visualization

Tim Wu's candidate for the AT&T of the future include

Apple, Comcast and Google

Twitter's 140 character limit is an example of which Lessig modality?

Architecture

Obscurity is a protective state that can further a number of goals such as

Autonomy

The challenge of usability during the rise of human-computer interaction was aided by what new field?

Cognitive engineering

What makes a good infographic?

Compelling and good information, being concise and shareable, engaging visual style

CSCW stands for

Computer-Supported Cooperative Work

Tim Wu's book "The Master Switch" calls for

Constraining all power that derives form the control of information

Three things humans historically prioritize over privacy (The Birth and Death of Privacy)?

Convenience, fame and wealth

Name three intellectual property rights

Copyright, Trademark, Industrial design rights

Three ways one can increase their obscurity

Correctly using privacy settings, being selective about what information one discloses in a public social media space, using fake names

Which analogy does David McCandless compare data to?

Data is the new soil

According to Bowker and Starr, systems of classification can be part of the built information environment and can result in "invisible forces." Why is there a moral and ethical agenda when creating these systems?

Each standard and each category valorizes some point of view and silences another.

What is an example of an asynchronous communication tool?

Email, blog, Facebook, letters

What are 3 properties of infrastructure?

Embeddedness, transparency, visibility

An unexpected result of private industries like meat packing organizations adopting the telegraph was?

Employing data used in coordinating flows to evaluate managerial performance

What are some of the skills Jane McGonigal argues gamers develop?

Epic meaning, social fabric, blissful productivity

What are the four basic activities involved in the process of interaction design (Wiley)?

Establishing requirements, designing alternative designs, building interactive versions of the design, evaluating designs

What term does Bogost offer to more correctly describe the trend of the use of the term gamification?

Exploitationware

According to Jane McGonigal, what is "urgent optimism?"

Extreme self-motivation, with the belief that success is always attainable

David Weinberger (reading "Too Big to Know") argues that we deal with constantly increasing amounts of information in what way?

Filtering

According to the reading, why does Ian Bogost call gamification "bullshit"?

He is disapproves of using the term gamification as a marketing trend

Net Neutrality Laws do not protect users from

High prices for mobile internet

What term does Howard Rheingold use to describe thinking about thinking?

Hypercognition

According to Lessig, what are three threats to privacy that the internet creates?

Increasing aggregation of data by private entities will lead to manipulation, increasing amount of data threatens equality, digital surveillance through emails & video

Which type of industry benefited the most from the development of the telegraph?

Industries where work flow was both geographically dispersed and highly time sensitive

How do Hartzog and Selinger define obscurity?

Information is safe when it is hard to access

According to Jeffrey Heer, what is an element of storytelling that exists in information visualization, but is missing from other visual narrative techniques?

Interaction

What is the main benefit of social media according to Clay Shirky?

It allows people to become producers as well as consumers of media

According to Lessig, indirection is bad because

It misdirects responsibility

Three solutions suggested in "Facing the Challenge of Online Harassment"

Law enforcement needs to identify real threats to safety and protect people in danger, people should stand up and speak out against harassment, online toolmakers should better reflect the diversity of the users of the internet

The cost of having to buy all accessories and different programs to use a new piece of information technology

Lock-in and switching costs

What are the key components of formatting?

Look and feel, meaningful axes, make the importance visible

Why can it be misleading to use images to compare differences between two quantities?

Manipulating only one dimension of an image implies larger-than-linear differences between the quantities.

The chilling effect of copyright law is difficult to avoid because

Most people do not have a working knowledge of fair use policies, and these policies can be difficult to interpret due to the ambiguity of the law

When an information technology increases in value as more people use it

Network effects

Which of the following metaphors for "controlled attention" does Glenn use in his article, "Divided Attention"?

Nightclub Bouncer

What are some gamification-like features of social media?

Personal benchmarks, reputation systems, pseudonymous and anonymous interactions

When companies offer different prices for different groups of people (seniors, students, etc)

Personalized pricing & price sensitivity

How were incoming letters stored before the invention of the vertical file?

Pigeon holes

How were outgoing communications copied and kept for records before carbon paper?

Press rollers, press books, manual copying

What is true about the value of privacy with our generations over time?

Privacy attitudes are shifting as younger generations value privacy less than older generations

Three parts of Altman's Theory of Privacy

Privacy is bi-directions, there can be "too much" privacy, there is a difference between actual and desired level of privacy

According to Lessig, what are three types of the privacy policy?

Privacy rules that enable choice about privacy, privacy law that restricts the freedom of individuals to give up certain aspects of their privacy, policies that regulate the process to protect privacy

What are some of the affordances of social media that Cliff mentioned in his TEDx talk?

Purchasing, persistence, edit-ability

According to Noah Illinsky, what is the correct order of the Four Pillars of Effective Visualizations?

Purpose > Content > Structure > Formatting

David Weinberger argues that the knowledge today is best conceptualized as a

Pyramid

Three technical disciplines that Slack is focused around

Recommendation systems, computer vision, natural language processing

Three ways to get started in UX design?

Run a small user test, redesign a particularly horrendous screen, do a mini-IA project to restructure a corner of a site

According to George A. Miller, what is the limit of humans' working-memory capacity?

Seven units

What is an example of synchronous communication?

Skype call, phone call, talking in person

What support is included in CSCW research of social unit?

Social psychology of group support, networks and community support, organizational psychology and support

Which law first established the idea of copyright?

Statute of Anne

What are some examples of Sherry Turkle's definition of "Alone Together"?

Students go on facebook during class, people text during board meetings, children play on iPads during family dinner

What is the top search health topic?

Symptom of a disease

What is the Task-Artifact Cycle?

Tasks create artifacts which create new tasks

Three driving factors to change in the workplace with social media and millennials as the foundation

Technology, gamification of tasks, business and organizations focus on community

In her TED Talk, Sherry Turkle states that people want to be in control of their attention and affections. What is this called?

The Goldilocks Effect

What was the top-searched topic in the Google Zeitgeist last year?

The Paris Terror Attacks

What is technodeterminism?

The belief that technology shapes our thought and behavior

According to David McCandless's Ted Talk, what are some advantages of visualizing information?

To make more sense of data, to tell a story with data, to help focus on the information that matters

If SI 110 was a company Inc., which aspect of intellectual property law protects its logo?

Trademark

Three examples of a violation of Net Neutrality

The government of China banning Facebook, The government of India banning all pornographic sites, An ISP charging double the data rate when users visit Facebook

According to Cliff's Ted Talk, what is the Social Grooming effect?

The idea that we devote different amounts of time and effort to people depending on our social interaction level with them.

According to Bowker and Starr, what are the three classification system properties?

There are consistent, unique classificatory principles in operation, the categories are mutually exclusive, the system is complete

What are some unique characteristics of social media?

There is relatively unmediated interaction between multiple participants, user interactions are supported by a bundle of computer tools, the content of the system is primarily generated by users

Why is the chilling effect of copyright laws in online communities a problem?

These effects can result in lost opportunities for learning and art, stifling creativity

Petronio's CPM theory is most useful for

Understanding interpersonal communication on social media and blogging platforms

According to the survey in "User Experience Career Advice", what are three important roles of UX professionals?

User research, interaction design, information architecture (IA)

Which important information innovation in information storage and retrieval was mentioned in "Control through Communications"?

Vertical filing

How are "serious games" defined in Detarding et al.?

Video games that have been developed with the intention to be more than just entertainment

In his TEDx talk, Cliff Lampe argues that social media is best at maintaining what type of relationship?

Weak ties

What is the chilling effect of Copyright Law?

When a person decides not to do something that they should be able to do for fear of legal sanctions

Information is _____ to produce but _____ to reproduce

costly, cheap

Three communication devices mentioned in "Control through Communications"

duplicator, typewriter, file cabinet

The _________ effect describes our tendency to seek information that we're likely to agree with.

echo chamber

Name three objectives of the intellectual property law

economic growth, morality, financial incentive

Libraries that are part of the Library as an incubator project display and share art created by people in the _____________.

local community

A throwback to the mechanics' libraries of the 19th century, ___________ provide old and new technologies, encouraging patrons to develop and share skills that cannot be practiced over the internet.

maker spaces

Transparency is being _________ about what you do and who you are.

open

We can no longer afford to be _______ consumers

passive

The tendency to assign apparently equal weight to opposing viewpoints when one is backed by facts and another is backed by opinion is called _________ by journalists.

providing balance

Carnegie libraries exemplify what sociologist Ray Oldenburg calls a _______, neither work nor home, a universally accessible space.

third place