Exam

Question 1

Web 2.0

Answer 1

“The trend in the use of technology and web sites that aims to enhance information sharing, creativity and most notable, collaboration among users.” - Wikipedia.

Question 2

Differences between web 1.0 and web 2.0?

Answer 2

WEB 1.0

1. Has limited interaction between sites and web users.
2. It’s simply an information portal where users receive information without being given the chance to post reviews, comments and feedback.
3. It’s provider generated.

WEB 2.0

1. It’s the ‘writeable’ phrase of the world wide web with interactive data.
2. It facilitates interaction between web users and sites and allows users to interact more freely with each other.
3. It encourages participation, collaboration and information sharing. Examples of web 2.0 applications are youtube, facebook, twitter etc.

Question 3

Social Media is a…

Answer 3

tool, not a behaviour.

Question 4

Social media doesn’t cause…

Answer 4

behaviour. it provides a platform for behaviour, making it seem as if a trend is growing.

Question 5

Social media doesn’t cause social problems..

Answer 5

people cause social problems, social media just makes it easier for people to cause those problems.

Question 6

What is social media?

Answer 6

Tools that promote sharing, characterised by…

1. increased interaction
2. ease of use
3. personal
4. promotes sociality

Question 7

Social media does not cause social issues..

Answer 7

it magnifies them.

Question 8

Participatory culture is defined as..

Answer 8

“Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement’ - Harry Jenkins.

Question 9

Participatory culture

Answer 9

is a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civil engagement. There is a strong support for creating and sharing ones creation.

Question 10

Information retrieval is…

Answer 10

finding material (usually documents) of an unstructured nature (usually text) that satisfies an information need from within large collections (usually stored on computers) - Christopher D.Manning.

Question 11

Information science is…

Answer 11

the science and practice dealing with the effective collection, storage, retrieval and use of information. It is concerned with recordable information and knowledge and the technologies and related services that facilitates their management and use. (Bawden, Robinson, Intro to info science, 2012, p.2)

Question 12

Personal information management (PIMS)

Answer 12

PIMS is the activities people perform in order to acquire, organise, maintain retrieve and use personal information items such as documents (paper based and digital), web pages and email messages for everyday use to complete tasks and responsibilities…“keeping found things, found”/

Question 13

Types of PIM media

Answer 13

1. email
2. documents (paper/electronic)
3. web bookmarks
4. hand written notes
5. files and folders.

Question 14

What are the five attributes of infrastrucutre?

Answer 14

1. invisibility
2. dependence on human practices.
3. modularity
4. standardisation.
5. momentum.

Question 15

What are the five meta level PIM activities?

Answer 15

1. organising
2. maintaining
3. managing privacy and the flow of information.
4. measuring and evaluating
5. making sense