Social media

Question 1

What is media convergence?

Answer 1

• The way a whole range of different hands of information can be combined and delivered in one format.
  e.g. videos, texts, and images can all be stored on one website.

Question 2

What is the impact of globalisation happening quicker in western countries?

Answer 2

Western capitalist ideas (wanting profit, material/private objects) have became dominant across all forms of media.

Question 3

Who discusses digitalisation?

Answer 3

Boyle

Question 4

What does Boyle say?

Answer 4

• Digitalisation allows media convergence.
• Separate forms of media can now be accessed through one device. (e.g. a phone can play music, call, watch tv…)

Question 5

What is big data?

Answer 5

• Extremely large data sets that may be analysed digitally and non-digitally to reveal patterns, trends and links, especially relating to human behaviour and interaction.
• There are several features of Big Data, which make it different to other forms of data.

Question 6

What are the five features of big data?

Answer 6

• Volume: Info is now stored online, producing large amounts of data which is stored for infinite amounts of time.
• Velocity: Streaming at speed and must be dealt with promptly.
• Variety: Data comes in all types of formats. (text docs, emails, videos, numerical data)
• Variability: Data flows can be highly inconsistent. Idea of trends peak data loads.
• Complexity: Data comes from multiple sources.

Question 7

What is social media?

Answer 7

Any forms of digitally based platform for making, confirming or developing social networks which have a global reach.