Exam 4: Chapter 9- Social Computing Flashcards
The World Wide Web first appeared in what year? What was the first generation of the web?
1990; Web 1.0
What were the two key developments of Web 1.0?
- Creation of websites
- The commercialization of the Web
T or F: Users typically had minimal interaction with Web 1.0 sites. Rather, they passively received information from those sites.
True
a loose collection of information technologies and applications, plus the websites that use them; the websites enrich the user experience by encouraging user participation, social interaction, and collaboration
Web 2.0
What is the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 sites are not so much online places to visit (like Web 1.0). They are Web locations that facilitate information sharing, user-centered design, and collaboration.
What are the 5 Web 2.0 information technology tools?
- Tagging
- Really Simple Syndication
- Blogs
- Microblogs
- Wikis
What are the two major types of Web 2.0 sites?
- Social Networking Sites
- Mashups
a key word/term that describes a piece of information (ex: a blog, a picture, an article, or a video clip); users typically choose _____ that are meaningful to them.
tags
Tagging allows users to place information in multiple, _________ associations rather than in ______ categories.
overlapping; rigid
Tagging is the basis of __________.
folksonomies
user-generated classifications that use tags to categorize and retrieve Web pages, photos, videos, and other Web content.
folksonomies
One specific form of tagging → _________: tagging information on maps.
geotagging
a Web 2.0 feature that allows you to receive the information you want (customized information), when you want it, without having to surf thousands of websites.
Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
T or F: Most browsers have built-in RSS readers
True
a personal website, open to the public, in which the site creator expresses his or her feelings/opinions via a series of chronological entries.
weblog (or blog for short)
people who create and maintain blogs; write stories, convey news, and provide links to other articles/websites that are of interest to them.
bloggers
term for the millions of blogs on the Web.
blogosphere
Many companies listen to consumers in the blogosphere who express their views on the companies’ products. Marketers refer to these views as:
consumer-generated data
T or F: Blogs often provide incredibly useful information, often before the info becomes available in traditional media outlets (ex: television, newspapers).
True
What is the primary value of blogs? What is the disadvantage of thise?
- their ability to bring current, breaking news to the public in the fastest time possible. (They have transformed the ways in which people gather and consume information)
- Bloggers sometimes cut corners, and they can be inaccurate
a form of blogging that allows users to write short messages (or capture an image or embedded video) and publish them.
microblogging
Content of a microblog differs from a blog because of the
limited space per message (usually up to 140 characters)
What is a popular microblogging service?
Microblogging is very popular in what country?
What is the most popular microblogging service in that country?
China; Weibo