(F) Lesson 1: Specific Issues in STS

Question 1

Refers to knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance that is provided or learned about something or someone

Answer 1

Information

Question 2

This was a period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information by computers and computer networks

Answer 2

Information Age

Question 3

The information age also went by 2 other names, what are those?

Answer 3

1. Digital age
2. New media age

Question 4

Interconnection of computers via telecommunication is also known as?

Answer 4

Wireless communication

Question 5

T or F: Information operates on both real-time and as-needed basis

Answer 5

True

Question 6

T or F: The information age creates user independency

Answer 6

False (dependency)

Question 7

T or F: A pro of information age is its convenience and user-friendliness

Answer 7

True

Question 8

This refers to the human cost of information overload

Answer 8

Information anxiety

Question 9

This is produced by the gap between what we understand and what we think we should understand

Answer 9

Information anxiety

Question 10

A blackhole between data and knowledge, and what happens when information doesn’t tell us what we want or need to know

Answer 10

Information anxiety

Question 11

T or F: Information doesn’t compete against other sources and citations

Answer 11

False (it must compete)

Question 12

T or F: Newer information is not always the most accurate

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T or F: Selection is rarely a viewpoint in the information age

Answer 13

False (users only view information using their own lenses)

Question 14

T or F: Culture buys what media sells

Answer 14

False (media sells what culture buys)

Question 15

T or F: The early word gets the perm

Answer 15

True (“perm” meaning permanent; the first news that hits becomes the basis for all despite no guarantee of it being true)

Question 16

T or F: Information doesn’t define the user

Answer 16

False (you are what you eat, and so is your brain)

Question 17

T or F: Anything in great demand will be counterfeited (e.g. crack versions)

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T or F: In the information age, ideas are rarely seen as controversial

Answer 18

False

Question 19

T or F: Dead information walks ever on

Answer 19

False (undead)

Question 20

T or F: The media presence creates the story

Answer 20

True (it tells us stories that we want to hear)

Question 21

T or F: The message selects the medium when it comes to information

Answer 21

False (the medium selects the message)