Chapter 4

Question 1

user-generated content

Answer 1

 Stories, images, videos, and random musings that are the core of today’s World Wide Web
* Web-centric companies like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook provide service platforms that host this content

Question 2

interactivity

Answer 2

 Entails Web users contributing personal expertise and knowledge. They ultimately build something together that is far greater than the sum of its parts

Question 3

semantic web

Answer 3

 Computers do the heavy lifting when it comes to organizing and analyzing content on the Web

Question 4

crowdsourcing

Answer 4

 Where individuals participate by adding their own information, experiences, and expertise

Question 5

open systems

Answer 5

 Those that encourage wide participation and nurture diverse view points

Question 6

closed systems

Answer 6

 Don’t allow people who weren’t journalists to contribute or collaborate

Question 7

online service providers

Answer 7

 Allowed you access to the Internet
* These were closed systems, but they allowed people to interact freely behind a subscription paywall

Question 8

internet service providers

Answer 8

 Connected and individual computer to the Internet via telephone lines or cable television, and then use a browser (like Microsoft Explorer) to connect to the Web)

Question 9

controlled systems

Answer 9

 Platform Service Providers – companies that provide you space to post – control access to content in a controlled system
* Require users to sign up, agree to user terms, and log in if they want to participate
* Controlled systems take on many of the characteristics of a gated community in the physical world

Question 10

walled gardens

Answer 10

 The intent of a walled garden is to keep the user in place or allow movement only within a narrowly defined system.