Quiz #2

Question 1

According to Spinollo, there are three elements to privacy:

Answer 1

Solitude
Secrecy
Anonymity

Question 2

What are the challenges of addressing legal issues in new media?

Answer 2

Anonymity
Non transparency of activities
Local laws but a global internet
Lack of internet law

Question 3

According to Lawrence Lessig, what is regulation?

Answer 3

Law
Markets
Norms
Architecture

Question 4

Copyright

Answer 4

Original forms of creative expression can belong to the individuals who made them. If somebody uses your work you should benefit from it.

Ownership vs the public good

Question 5

Why is it difficult to enforce digital copyright?

Answer 5

Hard to define
Hard to police
Anonymity

Question 6

Digital rights management technologies attempt to control the ___, ____, and _____ of copyrighted works.

Answer 6

Digital rights management technologies attempt to control the use, modification, and distribution of copyrighted works.

Question 7

Communia

Answer 7

As much material as possible belongs to the public domain.

Question 8

“Rests on the shoulders of giants”

Answer 8

All culture/innovation builds on heritage.

Question 9

Net Neutrality

Answer 9

Refers to the idea that the network is unbiased in relation to the content transmitted. COMMON CARRIAGE.

Question 10

What are the threats facing the public if net neutrality is abolished?

Answer 10

Traffic shaping/throttling and usage based billing.

Differential pricing/”zero rating”

Question 11

Cambridge Analytica

Answer 11

Used private and personal data to create political profiles to target people with political profiles to work on their particular psychological make up. Data was mobilized to influence Brexit and 2016 presidential election.

Question 12

What are the critiques of online political activism?

Answer 12

“slacktivism” is too easy. It’s low stakes and it only preaches to the converted.

Question 13

How is online activism useful?

Answer 13

Generates awareness of issues that may not be covered in traditional press. It’s accessible, safe and affordable.

Question 14

Cute Cat Theory

Answer 14

Most people use online platforms for very mundane purposes, thus activists must use popular tools in order to engage citizens who will not seek out a specialized platform dedicated to political activism.

Question 15

Gamification of life

Answer 15

Game logic is applied to a range of activities.

Question 16

Gaming industry trends

Answer 16

Shift to online distribution
Games as franchise tie-ins
Pervasive gaming across platforms and devices
Players as developers

Question 17

Games are an indication of a ___ culture whereby ___ culture is increasingly central to the games industry and culture.

Answer 17

Games are an indication of a convergence culture whereby participatory culture is increasingly central to the games industry and culture.