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Online Communities Flashcards

1
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What is an online community?

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A group of people with a shared common interest who communicate online

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The function of social networking sites:

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Allows members to connect through their shared interests and relationships. These communities include professional networks and personal networks

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Features that enable the functioning of social networking sites:

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  • Profiles
  • Friend request/follow/connect
  • Stream/timeline
  • Posts
  • Groups/circles
  • Tags
  • User suggestions
  • Reactions/likes
  • Share
  • Comments
  • Third-party integration
  • Private/direct message
  • Notifications
  • Analytics
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“Social networks are powerful marketing tools”. Explain

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Because they contain a huge amount of information that people post about themselves. This info. can be analyzed and stored in a database and then sold to advertisers so that they can advertise through targeted marketing.

Members can also pay a fee to promote their posts (used by org.)

Sponsored posts (profile data is not accessed)

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Functions of tags:

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  • Allow members to categorize the content they create and post on SNS
  • Other members can then search for content using tags that were added to the content when it was posted
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Use of analytics:

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  • Allow members to see info. about how other people reacted to their posts.
  • Helps org. identify their most effective communications so that they can increase the size of their networks and gain followers
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Examples of online gaming:

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PlayStation Network
X-box Live
Steam
MMORPG

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Features that enable the function of online gaming communities:

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  • User profiles
  • Notifications
  • Experience points
  • Statuses
  • Links to social media
  • Information that tells the user how to complete the game
  • Discussion boards and forums
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Examples of online workplaces:

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Adobe Connect
Slack
Microsoft SharePoint
Workplace by Facebook

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Features that enable the function of online workplaces:

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  • Cloud storage (storage provided by servers connected to the internet) and web applications
  • Comments
  • Enabling documents to be edited by two or more workers at a time
  • Messaging systems
  • Shared calendars
  • Shared contact lists
  • Chat rooms
  • Systems for booking resources
  • Virtual meeting spaces: presentations, video conferencing, speak using VoIP
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Examples of VLEs:

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Pearson Active Teach
Google Classroom
Moodle
Schoology
Blackboard
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The function of VLEs:

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To allow students and teachers to access learning and assessment materials

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Features that enable the function of VLEs:

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  • A wall or timeline that contains posts
  • A notice board for announcements
  • Ability to share audio, video…
  • Quizzes or MCQs that are graded electronically and automatically
  • Tools for submitting assignments
  • Communication tools

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

  • Log-in system (SSO)
  • Document editors
  • Gradebooks (to monitor progress)
  • Access statistics
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What are examples of user-generated sites?

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Wikis: an encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Discogs

Forums: Yahoo, Google Groups, Quora, The Student Room

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What are wikis?

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A website or database that is developed by a number of collaborating users, all of who can add and edit content

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Features that enable the function of wikis:

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  • Member accounts (track…)
  • An edit button: text editor
  • Structured language: allows formatting or add links to other content
  • Search tools
17
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What is an online forum?

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A website or web page where users can post comments and information.
Also known as bulletin boards or notice boards

18
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The function of forums:

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To allow members of the community with online spaces for structured discussions. Posts are arranged in topics or threads

19
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What is third-party integration?

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Websites include direct links to SNS so that people can easily share the information provided on the third-party website

20
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Features that enable the function of forums:

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  • Groups
  • Moderators (allow or block posts)
  • Administrators (moderators + demote/promote moderators)
  • Posts
  • Threads (messages concerning the same subject)
  • Sticky notes
  • Ratings
  • Private/direct messaging
21
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Safety features of forums:

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  • Word or URL censoring
  • Ignore or block
  • Rules and acceptable use policies
  • Report or flag a user or a post
22
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Examples of video-sharing and photo-sharing sites:

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Vimeo
Flickr
500 px
Giphy
Youtube
23
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Features that enable the function of video-sharing and photo-sharing sites:

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  • User accounts and profiles
  • Content management systems
  • Comments
  • Ratings
  • Tags
  • Third-party integration
24
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What are blogs and vlogs?

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Blog: website or web page that is updated regularly, often written like a diary or a series of articles

Vlog: video blog

25
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The function of blogs and vlogs:

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Allow people to create online diaries of events or articles

26
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Features that enable the function of blogs and vlogs:

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  • User accounts and profiles
  • Text editors
  • Tools for uploading videos and photographs
  • Tags
  • Ratings
  • Comments
  • Third-party integration
27
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What are social bookmarking sites?

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Allow users to use tags to categorize and share web documents and URLs with other people

28
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Examples of social bookmarking sites:

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Pinterest
Reddit
Digg
Pocket
StumbleUpon
29
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Features that enable the function of social bookmarking sites:

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  • Tags
  • User accounts
  • Third-party integration
  • Social networking features to connect users to each other
30
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Advantage and disadvantage of anonymity:

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Advantage: keeps users safe; protects user identity from other users and third-party

Disadvantage: can lead to misrepresentation (pretending to be someone they aren’t).
Person id unidentifiable/ untrackable.

31
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How can location data be given away?

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By uploading geotagged photos to photo-sharing sites

32
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Users can include their location in their posts. How is this information provided?

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This information is provided by GPS data or it can be calculated by the user’s Wi-Fi access points or ISP data

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