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Chapter 14 Flashcards

1
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Why is it necessary to learn about interactive media?

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  1. pervasive in everyday life

2. helps with personal and professional success

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A collection of mediated communication technologies that are digital

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Interactive media

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Interactive media is commonly used for 4 main functions, which are?

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  1. Connecting with others
  2. Search for/exchange information
  3. Entertainment
  4. Financial transactions
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4
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Critics say that because we have so much access to so much info, we do what?

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We “skim” and don’t make an effort to remember

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Information that is transmitted in an numerical format based on only two values (0 and 1)

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Digital

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6
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Group of internet-based applications that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content

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Social media

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Computers use ___ based communication, meaning that messages are carried digitally between two or more people

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Digital-based

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Interactive media is a ___ form of communication

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Mediated form

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9
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Interactive media is this

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social media

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10
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Web-based service where people construct their profiles, identify others with whom they share a connection, and interact with others within the system

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Social networking site (SNSs)

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11
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text-based “virtual reality” games in which participants interact with enrichments, objects, and other participants

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Massively multiplayer online names (MMOGs)

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12
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What are six categories of social media?

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  1. blogs
  2. social networking sites
  3. virtual social worlds
  4. collaborative projects
  5. content communities
  6. massively multiplayer online games
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13
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What is Facebook an example of?

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Social networking site

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14
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What are wikis an example of?

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Collaborative projects

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15
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What are YouTube and Pinterest exs of?

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Content communities

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16
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What is World of Warcraft an example of?

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Massively multiplayer online games

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17
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T/F: new versions of interactive media are always emerging

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True

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18
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One media characteristic is that some interactive media lacks the capability of what?

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social cues

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19
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Communication in which messages are sent and received at the same time

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Synchronous

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Communication in which messages are sent and received at different time s

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Asynchronous

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21
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Theory that describes the potential information-carrying capacity of a communication medium

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Media richness theory

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22
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Degree of psychological closeness or immediacy engendered by various media

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Social presence

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23
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Email, blogs, and text messaging are how rich according to the social presence/media richness theory?

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Low

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Video chats, virtual social worlds, and virtual game worlds are how rich according to the social presence/media richness theory?

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High

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Social presence theory suggests that what is generally highest in social presence?

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Face-to-face communication

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26
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What is the least rich media according to the media richness theory?

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Text messages

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Theory that suggests face-to-face comm is generally high in social presence, and that media vary in the amount of social presence they convey

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Social presence theory

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Interactive media varies in they type of self-presentation and self-disclosure is allowed

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ya

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In social media, refers to not knowing exactly who is reading one’s posts

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Collapsing contexts

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30
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The ease with which content can be spread on social media

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Spreadability

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31
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There are 3 (overlapping) types of information that can be disclosed on interactive media sites?

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  1. standard information
  2. sensitive personal info
  3. potential stigmatizing info
32
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What is one of the biggest challenges of managing identity?

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How to present yourself and manage your online identity

33
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Those who say they are concerned about privacy online reveal a lot of information about themselves

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Privacy paradox

34
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People who read, observe, but do not actively participate in online communities/sites

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Lurkers

35
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There is an increasingly less opportunity for what online?

A

Anonymity

36
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In some ways, the freedom that people feel as a result of their anonymity may lead them to be what?

A

Less responsible communicators

37
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Unwanted commercial messages and advertisements sent through emails

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Spam

38
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The practice of trying fraudulently to get consumer banking and credit card information

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Phishing

39
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Knowing something about the person sending information gives a context for what?

A

judging his/her message

40
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Is anonymous and an infinite number of viewers can participate. The deliberate and repeated misuse of communication technology by an individual or group to threaten or harm others

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Cyberbullying

41
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Providing false information

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Deception

42
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Goes beyond anonymity by Projecting a false identity, can be done by using avatars

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Pseudoanonymity

43
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Digital alter egos or versions of oneself, used in MMOGS

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Avatars

44
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These through interactive media overcome limits of time and space

A

Relationships

45
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What are weaknesses of online relationships?

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Lack of nonverbal cues, asynchrocity

46
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What are strengths of online relationships?

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Continuity regardless of distance, offer more potential partners than offline,

47
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T/F: It is easier to find similar others and to achieve intimate exchanges online

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true

48
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Online relationships can be based on, this

A

deception

49
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Creating an intentionally deceptive social media profile

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Catfishing

50
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Storage of data online on multiple servers, accessible from multiple locations

A

Cloud locations

51
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What problems arise through superior-subordinate communication in interactive media?

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  1. status and boundary issues
  2. surveillance issues
  3. confidentiality issues
52
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T/F: For the most part, communication technologies have decreased the ability for people to do their jobs

A

false

53
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In the workplace this increases uncertainty and has the potential for disagreements and misunderstandings

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When colleagues just interact online

54
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__ are more likely to play online games

A

Males

55
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___- tend to email more and use social networking sites more

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Women

56
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What is the fastest growing group of internet users?

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70+

57
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What ethnicity has a significant presence on twitter

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Black americans

58
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Inequity of access between the technology “haves” and “have nots”

A

Digital divide

59
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Cultural knowledge and cultural competencies that people need to function effectively in society,

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Cultural capital

60
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Access to technological skills and resources

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Technocapital

61
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Cultural capital is determined by who?

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Those with the most power

62
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Who has access to interactive media in the US is based on what disparities?

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Income, education, and urban-rural differneces

63
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The range or breadth of internet activities

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Multimodality

64
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What kind of people are most likely to have access to interactive media?

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  • young or middle aged
  • college degree/current student
  • comfortable income
  • urban/suburban area
  • physically abled
65
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Some believe that equitable access may lead to what>

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a more democratic and equitable world

66
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Some believe globalization primarily benefits what nations?

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Wealthy western nations, and that these nations continue to control and profit

67
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For people to accept new technology, they must see it as what?

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Useful and compatible with their values and lifestyle

68
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People are more likely to adopt tech if who adopts it?

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Their peers

69
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Who has suggested that crossing the digital divide requires 4 levels of technocaptial?

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Jan van DIjk

70
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What are Vab Dijk’s 4 levels of access to technocapital

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  1. Mental access
  2. Material access
  3. Skills access
  4. Usage access
71
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Motivation and acceptance of new media as meaningful

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Mental access

72
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This to digital hardware is where most public policy focuses

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Material access

73
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Lack of training is seen as a barrier

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Skills access

74
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Means knowing how to use computer applications

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Usage access

75
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What are 4 ethical challenges interactive media

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  1. ethics and identity
  2. privacy issues
  3. posting ethical messages
  4. building ethical mediated relationships
76
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Interactive media etiquette: Email:

  • give your email a context through what?
  • address the recipient appropriately
  • check your spelling carefully
A
  • give your email a context through the subject field

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