Chapter 14 - Communication and New Technologies

Question 1

New Media

Answer 1

A collection of mediated communication technologies that are digital and converging and tend to be interactive.

Question 2

Blogs

Answer 2

Short for weblogs; online diaries or news commentaries.

Question 3

Podcast

Answer 3

Audio file stored digitally.

Question 4

Digital

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)

Answer 5

The exchange of messages carried through an intervening system of digital electronic storage and transmitted between two or more people.

Question 6

Cyberspace

Answer 6

The online world; often used synonymously with the Internet.

Question 7

Internet

Answer 7

A system of networks that connects millions of computers around the world.

Question 8

World Wide Web (WWW)

Answer 8

A system of interlinked hyperlinked documents contained on the Internet.

Question 9

Social Networking Sites (SNSs)

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs)

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Media Deficit Approach

Answer 11

A theoretical perspective that sees mediated communication as less useful than face-to-face communication.

Question 12

Media Augmentation Approach

Answer 12

A theoretical perspective that sees views mediated communication as complementing or augmenting face-to-face communication.

Question 13

Filtering

Answer 13

Removing nonverbal cues.

Question 14

Social Presence

Answer 14

Degree of psychological closeness or immediacy engendered by various media.

Question 15

Social Presence Theory

Answer 15

Suggests that face-to-face communication os generally high in this kind of social presence, and that media vary in the amount of social presence they convey.

Question 16

Media Richness Theory

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Emoticon

Answer 17

Pictographs used to convey relational information in computer-mediated communication, such as the smiley face :)

Question 18

Synchronous

Answer 18

Communication in which message are sent and received at the same time.

Question 19

Asynchronous

Answer 19

Communication in which messages are sent and received at different times.

Question 20

Social Network Theory

Answer 20

Theory that proposes that the patterns of connections among people affect their social behavior and communication.

Question 21

Spoofing

Answer 21

Misrepresenting oneself online.

Question 22

Spam

Answer 22

Unwanted commercial messages and advertisements sent through email.

Question 23

Phishing

Answer 23

The curative or trying fraudulently to get consumer banking and credit card information.

Question 24

Cyberbullying

Answer 24

The deliberate and reported misuse of communication technology by an individual or group to threaten or harm others.

Question 25

Pseudoanonymity

Answer 25

Projecting a false identity.

Question 26

Avatar

Answer 26

Digital alter-egos or versions of oneself, used in MMOGs.

Question 27

Field of Availables

Answer 27

Potential partners and friends, typically much larger via CMC than via face-to-face relationships.

Question 28

Digital Divide

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Cultural Capital

Answer 29

Cultural knowledge and cultural competencies that people need to fiction effectively in society.

Question 30

Technocapital

Answer 30

Access to technological skills and resources.

Question 31

Diffusion of Innovations

Answer 31

Theory that suggest that in order for people to accept a new technology like the computer, that have to see it as useful and compatible with their cases and lifestyle.