Lecture 8 Social Networking

Question 0

What is the history of networking

Answer 0

Before the Internet network were created physically in person

This is similar to Facebook or twitter

Question 1

What is networking

Answer 1

A social get-together of like-minded people with a goal to share information or knowledge

Question 2

Name the three types of social networking

1. sharing information
2. gaming
3. communication and networking

Answer 2

1. sharing information
2. gaming
3. communication and networking

Question 3

What is the biggest social network

Answer 3

Facebook has over 1 billion members

Question 4

What is RSS short for

Answer 4

Really simple syndication

Question 5

Name some problems with online voting

Answer 5

How do you guarantee someone’s identity
How do you stop multiple votes
How would we make sure the results are not tampered with

Question 6

Name some problems with social networking

Answer 6

Bullying and social exclusion
Privacy protection
Security and authorised access to information

Question 7

What is crowdsourcing

Answer 7

Getting a large number of people together to achieve a task