MDST1002- Midterm
The following encompasses the three hypotheses that analysts project on the internet?
1. The Internet Transforms Community 2. The internet Decreases Community 3. The internet Supplements Community
Which disciplines does Humphreys draw from to engage theories for the content of her book?
1. journalism 2. marketing 3. psyhcology 4. communication 5. sociology
which of the following are characterisitcs of color-blind racism?
1. the avoidance of racial language 2. concerns about reverse racism 3. covert racial discourse
T/F: according to your reading what percentage of Wikipedia users produce 90% of Wikipedia content?
10%
as of January 2015, what % of Yelp's leadership was white?
100%
to what time did Balka trace historical trends of male harassment in feminist forums?
1980s
what year did LinkedIn launch?
2003
what year does your author first record the use of the phrase "BlackLivesMatter" was used?
2013
according to survey data, what % of primary and secondary students have experienced online bullying?
23%
According to the Knight Foundation Report, roughly what percentage of respondents rely on social media for primary news and information?
50%
As of January 2015, what percentage of Google's leadership was male?
79%
as of january 2015, what % of Facebook's leadership was male?
83%
as of january 2015, what % of facebook's leadership was straight?
92%
as of January 2015, what % of Twitter's leadership was white?
94%
what was the name of Zoe Quinn's game who reviews precipitated #GamerGate?
Depression Quest
which company is the largest social media company?
The authors present this study to inform what special concern?
How networked communication moves social structures from groups and towards networked individualism
According to the Knight Foundation Report, what do the majority of Americans report about the use of social media by politicians to communicate with the public?
It's been negative
what doesn't Naomi want Lacie at her wedding anymore?
Naomi doesn't want a person with such a low score at her wedding
what does NEET stand for?
Not in Education, Employment or Training
What two observations did researches conclude about the effects of mobile phone use on Japanese Society?
Physically separated Japanese are able to keep in frequent contact with each other.
what does the term "SJW" stand for?
Social Justice Warrior
what is technological determinism?
The belief that technology shapes human communication AND affects our culture/why things happen to a society.
What is machine learning?
The predictive algorithms that lets software use data to predict choices for customers
according to this article, what is the origin of the term 'trolling'?
a fishinf term where baited lines are pulled behind a boat
what is network analysis?
a form of measurement that looks at how information flows between people and online
How do the authors describe the moves towards netowrked individualism?
a move from a densely knot and tightly-bounded groups to sparsely knit and loosely-bounded networks
what is intersectionality
a paradigm that considers how racism, classism, sexism and other oppressions interlock
How does Humprey's define "social media"?
a practice of using media socially
what is gender?
a social role a person preforms as part of their identity
in the context of our discussions, what is a "public"?
a space where individuals and groups congregate to discuss matters of mutual interest
who first used and coined the "GamerGate" hashtag?
adam baldwin
according to research, which group is most likely to create blogs and websites?
african americans
According to your text, how are people most likely using Flickr today?
as a photo storage service
under the libertarian values of discourse, how does resistance to harassment get framed?
as cencorship
because digital language has democratized access to publication, what had become the point of competition among voices?
attention
of the three measures of media exposure, which do page visits belong to?
attention
what two approaches did discussants try to take when dealing with harassment?
ban or ignore
why does Rambukkana describe hashtags as hybrids in the context of types of info
because they contain both info and tag
The authors make some suggestions for designing conversations space to account for trolling. One of those suggestions is to use filters to allow individuals to refuse to see posts from an individual user. What modern social media practice does this suggestion resemble?
blocking someone
when considering the context of online communication, what does it mean to say that communication has a synchronous temporal structure?
both parties are present or co-present in the same digital space at the same time
what is privacy?
boundaries we expect others to respect
how does Lacie know Naomi?
childhood best friends
Where does Humphreys say she engaged insome ethnographic work for the book?
coffee shops
of the three measures of media exposure, which do 'downloads' belong to?
conversation
on a study of Facebook profiles (rose) found males tend to present photos that emphasizw what
dominant and active traits
according to research, texting and driving tends to have what correlation on drivers experiences?
drivers who text while driving are 23 times as likely to be in car crashes
of the three measures of media exposure, which do Facebook 'likes' belong to?
engagement
T/F: Self-presentation theory suggests users don't care about audience in performing their identity
false
T/F: social comparison theory suggests users don't care about audience in performing their identity
false
the type of media that results from a technology
form
what term is used to describe the number of times a person has seen a message?
frequency
a particular set of conventions
genre
what story does the truck driver share with Lacie?
how after her husband died of cancel she stopped caring about the ranking/system
what do cyborg and post-human theories concern themselves with understanding?
how technology is used to extend the natural senses and abilities of people
what effects does framing resistance of harassment as censorship have on online conversations?
it encourages trolling
What did the researchers conclude was the Internet's effects on social capital?
it was becoming both more specialized and mobilizable
While noting that in the US there has been recently been "an increase in private activity at the expense of public activity", what did the researchers suggest was occurring in women's community?
it was becoming more public
what has the reported influence of text-based interactions had on disagreements?
more polarization
what term is used to indicate deeper forms of measurement of online behavior, like participant observation, interviews and immersion in a culture or subculture?
netnography
what is meant by the term "two-faced racism"
noting that racist discourse is more prevelant in someone's social media speech than in their offline speech
what is slacktivism
online activism that is only response-based
in 2014, what phenomenon dominated twitter discourse?
outrage at the events in Ferguson, MO
one of the differences between mass comm and social media comm is that the audience is not ____ but instead more _____.
passive; active
what is meant by the term "identity tourism"?
people who pretend t be a different race online than offline
When watching "Nosedive" what is social media mainly used for in the world of the show
ranking people and content on scale of 1-5
what term is used to describe the number of people that have seen a message?
reach
what is doxxing?
revealing personal identification of someone online for the purposes of enabling harassment
what happens to Lacie at the airport?
she become angry after her flight is cancelled so security drops her score a whole point
why does Lacie get anonymous low votes at work?
she gives 5 stars to someone her coworkers are mad at
why is Lacie so nice to everyone she meets?
she is trying to raise her score
a material configuration that allows for the production or reception of media
technology
which of the following interesting insights did researcher Danah Boyd discover about social media use?
that black and Latino teens preferred Myspace and white teens preferred Facebook
in describing the tensions between different values at play in a discussion forum, what was the communitarian perspective?
that discussion spaces should be a safe space for all
In describing the tensions between different values at play in a discussion forum, what was the libertarian perspective?
that the internet should be free from rules to champion free expression
in 2014, what phenomenon dominated Facebook discourse?
the ALS ice bucket challenge
what event precipitated the first use of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag?
the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Treyvon Martin
what does 'conversation' mean in terms of media measurement?
the actions taken in response to a message
what does the term "interpellation" mean?
the affect on feelings an identity one experiences from being called certain names and categories
what is collaborative production?
the collaboration of a community on the creation of a product
what is social presence?
the degree to which a medium allows users to experience others as present
what is heteronormativity?
the degree to which a user assumes men prefer women and women prefer men
what does the term 'engagement' mean in regards to measurement?
the degree to which an audience is responsive to a particular message
what does the term "social construction" refer to?
the idea that reality is constructed through social understandings
according to your text, what is social identity?
the intersection of how we see ourselves and how others see us
in terms of online media experiences, what is meant by the term "flow"?
the mental absorption with use that leads to escape and loss of time
what are corporate interlocks?
the places where the board of one company share personnel with the executive office of another
What is the digital divide as defined in the report?
the socioeconomic gap between those who use computer-mediated communication and those who do not
what is homophily?
the tendency of individuals to associate and bond with people like themselves
what is meant by the term "use value"?
the value a commodity has to the individual who possesses it
what is meant by the term "exchange value"?
the value of compensation through sale or exchange of a commodity
In addition to the volume of communication increasing for those using Internet technologies, what did the researchers suspect had also increased?
the velocity of communication
When the researchers cite Manuel Castells to say that "Communities and societies have been changing towards networked societies where boundaries are more permeable, interactions are with diverse others, linkages switch between multiple networks, and hierarchies are flatter and more recursive," what does it mean that "hierarchies are flatter and more recursive"?
there is overall less social standing difference between citizens than before
which of the following is the best explanation for why lacie and her blockmate curse each other out?
they both lived so long being fake nice to everyone that they are relieved to be able to be themselves and let everything out
Compared to urban social media users, what is one way that rural social media users differ?
they have a higher proportion of strong to weak ties
what was a difference between the Netville citizens who regularly used internet access and the citizens that did not?
those that did had more local conversations with neighbors
what does tl;dr mean?
too long, didn't read
T/F: James Surowiecki claims that crowdsourcing can produce knowledge that is superior to the sum of individual knowledge
true
T/F: Uses and Gratification Theory suggests that there are purposes and motives behind social media use that can be measured
true
in terms of social media experiences, what is meant by context collapse?
when two or more social worlds collide
