ESOC 150 final

What does boyd think of the term "digital native "? A) correct and accurate B) inaccurate and dangerous C) accurate and will not raise any problems. D) accurate but dangerous

B) inaccurate and dangerous

Which of the following were discussed in class as being precursors of microcelebrity and selfie culture? (Check all that apply.) A) Online marketing of products B) The Cosby Show C) Aliens D) The collapse between "front stage" and "back stage" on Candid Camera E) The Assassination of JFK

A) Online marketing of products D) The collapse between "front stage" and "back stage" on Candid Camera

In our readings and in class we compared selfies to which of the following? (Check all that apply) A) Portraits (taken by others) B) Written status update C) Anarchist governments D) Journal entries

A) Portraits (taken by others) B) Written status update D) Journal entries

Which are the three important lessons about the Internet and political advocacy that we should take from the #wiunion movement in Wisconsin? A) The interest group ecology associated with the Democratic Party network has changed. B) Political organizing on the Internet is not worth the efforts and time. C) Internet-enabled political organizing moves fast. D) The value of an individual e-petition or Facebook group is questionable. E) Internet-mediated political organizing is hardly limited to blog posts and e-petitions.

A) The interest group ecology associated with the Democratic Party network has changed. C) Internet-enabled political organizing moves fast. E) Internet-mediated political organizing is hardly limited to blog posts and e-petitions.

A marketing perspective assigning value according to something's capacity to attract "eyeballs" in a media-saturated, information-rich world

Attention Economy

boyd found in her interviews that many white youth had moved away from one social media platform to another one considered more "clean". Which did they move from and to? A)From Twitter to Instagram B) From MySpace to Facebook C) From Yikyak to Snapchat D) All of the above

B) From MySpace to Facebook

A 2005 study in the prominent journal Nature comparing the accuracy of the Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia reported which study results? (Check all that apply.) A) Google was more accurate than both Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica. B) Wikipedia and The Encyclopedia Britannica had around the same numbers of errors and levels of accuracy. C) Wikipedia had no errors and was far more accurate than the Encyclopedia Britannica. D) The Encyclopedia Britannica had no errors and was far more accurate than Wikipedia.

B) Wikipedia and The Encyclopedia Britannica had around the same numbers of errors and levels of accuracy.

Which is true according to boyd's It's Complicated, chapter 7? Choose the most complete answer. A) Wikipedia is a good source of information that shows the social constructions of knowledge. B) Google should be used critically because it returns information based on a market-driven algorithm. C) Both of the above D) Neither of the above

C) Both of the above

Which is the moderating claim offered by David Karpf in his book The MoveON Effect: The unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy Chapter 1? A) The new media environment has enabled a surge in "organizing without organizations" B) Many fundamental features of American politics remain unchanged by the new media environment. C) Change in information technology has transformed the organizational layer of American politics.

C) Change in information technology has transformed the organizational layer of American politics.

Which of the following were found by a Pew Research Center study on online dating in 2015? (Check all that apply.) A) More people who are married or in long-term relationships today met their partners in person than met online. B) One-in-five online daters have asked someone else to help them with their profile. C) Online dating has jumped among adults under age 25 as well as those in their late 50s and early 60s. D) The majority of people who have used online dating have never actually gone on a date with someone they met on these sites.

C) Online dating has jumped among adults under age 25 as well as those in their late 50s and early 60s. B) One-in-five online daters have asked someone else to help them with their profile.

Which four affordances make social media environments different from offline social spaces? A) Danger, fake identities, cyberbullies, hackers B) Hardware, software, networking, graphics C) Persistence, visibility, spreadability and searchability D) All of the above

C) Persistence, visibility, spreadability and searchability

Which of the following was discussed in class related to online dating? (Check all that apply.) A) At the time of the BBC's 2016 survey, Badoo beat Tinder as the most popular mobile dating app in the world. B) The practice of erotic messaging began with the birth and quick spread of digital communication. C) The majority of people feel upset when they receive unsolicited images of other people's genitals online. D) In the article we read from Vanity Fair, author Sales argues that Tinder is a feminist app, controlled more by its female co-founder than its male co-founder(s).

C) The majority of people feel upset when they receive unsolicited images of other people's genitals online.

A moral panic is A) When the public is no longer able to judge what is right or wrong. B) When a social or community group reacts violently to charges of immorality. C) When the public comes to believe a cultural artifact, practice, or population threatens the social order.

C) When the public comes to believe a cultural artifact, practice, or population threatens the social order.

From boyd ch. 8, we learn that French poet Charles Baudelaire defines a "flaneur" as: A) A chef who creates desserts such as flan B) A street performer dressed as a clown C) A stalker hiding in the shadows D) A person walking the streets of Paris simply to see and be seen

D) A person walking the streets of Paris simply to see and be seen

According to boyd, which element(s) must be present to constitute bullying? A) Aggression B) Repetition C) Imbalance in power D) All of the above

D) All of the above

Which of the following statements is true according to boyd? A) Most reported cases of teens' unhealthy sexual encounters with an online suitor are abduction cases. B) Social media encourages risky behaviors. C) Typically, teens who meet people online have been deceived. D) Social media brings out preexisting risky behaviors.

D) Social media brings out preexisting risky behaviors.

Technical and social coordination on Wikipedia includes which of the following capabilities? (Check all that apply). A) Dedicated volunteers can arbitrate and mediate disputes. B) Government officials can freeze pages containing official truths. C) Editors can be tracked or blocked. D) The histories of pages are tracked and pages can be rolled back to previous versions.

D) The histories of pages are tracked and pages can be rolled back to previous versions. C) Editors can be tracked or blocked. A) Dedicated volunteers can arbitrate and mediate disputes.

What is an explanation for Zeynep Tufecki's question: As digital technologies make things easier for movements, why haven't successful outcomes become more likely as well? A) Today's movements are too focused on institutional leadership and not enough on netroots organizing. B)Today's movements scale up very slowly due to slacktivism instead of activism. C) Movements built too easily thanks to online organizing lack the capacity to think together and work together needed for meaningful outcomes. D) All of the above E) A and B only

E) A and B only

What is true about online trolls according to our class presentation on them? Choose the most complete answer. A) Trolls are the best defense against trolls B) Trolls feed on attention C) Trolls channel the worst human impulses and articulate them publicly D) All of the above E) B and C only

E) B and C only

The Greek theatrical practice in which the speaker addressed the audience directly.

Methexis

the durability of online expressions and content

Persistance

the ability to find content

Searchability

the ease in which content can be shared

Spreadability

Goffman's theory that our identity is formed through the performance of different kinds of social scripts

Symbolic interactionism

Joshua Gamson's phrase denoting that "Celebrity culture is increasingly populated by unexceptional people who have become famous and by stars who have been made ordinary."

The "demotic turn" in celebrity

Platos way of describing how we perceive the world based on ideas about its "forms" rather than its existence through our senses

The Allegory of the Cave

the potential audience who can bear witness

Visibility

What is it about selfies that makes Saltz describe them as "Folk Art?" (Check all that apply.) a) They are a new genre, with their own formal logic and structure. b) They have grown popular through widespread public use rather than being invented by artists. c) They are always shallow and carry little meaning. d) They are usually only shared among people who know one another well.

a) They are a new genre, with their own formal logic and structure. b) They have grown popular through widespread public use rather than being invented by artists.

What happened just before this selfie was taken? (Check all that apply.) a) This man just survived a deadly plane crash. B) A helicopter dropped this man in the sea and then blared through the loudspeaker, "You're on Candid Camera!" C)A shark attacked this man's boat and ate two crew members. D) A dolphin took a selfie with this man's camera

a) This man just survived a deadly plane crash.

In boyd's book, It's Complicated, "media literacy skills" refers to what an average teen picks up hanging out with friends on Facebook and Twitter. A) True B) False

false

True or False: 15 year old Alexis Anne Beyer and 13 year old Alexandra Nicole Dimarco were abducted from their California homes in 2006 by a sexual predator they met on MySpace.

false

True or False: According to boyd and other scholars, severe psychological terrorizing and extortion is considered bullying.

false

True or false: As discussed in class, research has shown that images are more true than words.

false

Goffman's theory that the views of ourselves we impress upon others are what is "given" and what is given off"

impression management

A collection of self-presentation practices in which you create a profile, reach out to followers, and reveal personal information for attention and increase of status or social capital.

microcelebrity

True or false: Clay Shirky argued in the video we watched that the traditional logic of collective action has been fundamentally altered by the lowered transaction costs of the new media environment.

true

images are more persuasive than words

true