Globalisation

Question 1

what is globalisation

Answer 1

Process where the world is becoming more interconnected
Increase in global soviet and global culture

Question 2

What are social networks

Answer 2

groups created through recent rapid increase in digital technology that go beyond face to face

Question 3

What is the digital revolution

Answer 3

massive and rapid advances in technology, known as new media

Question 4

what are the 2 forms of new media

Answer 4

1) development of existing forms
e.g newspapers now online, cable TV
2)new forms of media
e.g phones,laptops

Question 5

what is a global village

Answer 5

increasing people’s ability to create and maintain social relationships (close or far away)
the idea the world is shrinking even if time and distance are increasing

Question 6

What are social networks in employment

Answer 6

when people rely on the internet for creating and maintaining work based relationships

Question 7

Positive about social networks in employment

Answer 7

when people have access to social networks they have grater employability and hierarchal status

Question 8

What is a virtual community

Answer 8

a social networks of individuals who create an online community that may or may not reflect their offline lives

Question 9

examples of a virtual community

Answer 9

message boards
chat rooms

Question 10

explain Boellstoff’s study on virtual communities

Answer 10

looked into a game called second life
people build a life , buy properties, go to weddings and get married
problems reported when people commit crimes such as rape and prostitution
questions moral regulations of online forms as they are hard to regulate and punish

Question 11

what is media convergence and give an example

Answer 11

the way a range of different kinds of information can be combined into one format
e.g video, text and images found on one website

Question 12

features of big data
(volume, velocity, variety, variability, complexity)

Answer 12

volume= information stored for a infinite amount of time, decreased cost in storing it
velocity= data streaming at an unprecedented speed
variety= data comes in all types of format (documents, videos)
variability= data flow can be inconsistent, even-triggering peaks can be hard to manage
complexity= data comes from multiple sources