Question 1

What is reverse synergy?

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When new media bring together ...

Question 2

Approximately 43% of the people living on the African continent have access to the Internet.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Websites use ______ to track users while they are on the site.

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A)  small files called cookies
B)  remote-controlled web cameras
C)  the person sitting next to you at a cybercafe
D)  a site map

Question 4

One of the big advantages of distributing a movie over the Internet instead of in theaters is which of the following?

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A)  the quality of the image is higher online
B)  the quality of the sound is higher online
C)  you can charge more for people to see it
D)  the cost of online distribution is close to zero

Question 5

By 2018,less than half of Americans were online with mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The purpose of hypertext is to let people move electronically from one document to another without necessarily knowing which computers the documents are located on.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

ARPAnet,a predecessor of the Internet,was created to do which of the following?

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A)  allow incompatible computers to talk with each other
B)  provide the military with a network that could survive nuclear war
C)  serve as a medium for advertising clothing
D)  allow people to share music,movies,and television programs

Question 8

Which of the following is not a characteristic of online media?

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A)  They are social.
B)  They are mobile.
C)  They are location based.
D)  You can't fool me,all of these are characteristics of online media.

Question 9

______ are a major new medium of mass communication?

Accepted Answer

A)  Video games
B)  Cell phone calls
C)  Handwritten letters
D)  Memory sticks

Question 10

Twitter was originally created so people could share their answers to this question.

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A)  What did you watch on television last night?
B)  What are you reading?
C)  What did you have for breakfast?
D)  What are you doing?

Question 11

Name two of the three ways you can post messages to the social networking tool Twitter.

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Using SMS (text)mess...

Question 12

The word cyberspace is used to mean which of the following?

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A)  a computer pilot
B)  a science of communication and control theory
C)  the Internet and the interactions that take place there
D)  the future in outer space

Question 13

By 2018,89% of American adults were online in one way or another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In a brief essay,discuss how bloggers can serve as a force to correct mistaken news published by legacy media.

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Typically,bloggers see something that is...

Question 15

Social media are online services that allow users to ______.

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A)  generate content
B)  comment
C)  tag
D)  all of these

Question 16

The World Wide Web became the standard for posting documents on the Internet because its creator did which of the following?

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A)  created something that was better than any of the alternatives
B)  had support from both Microsoft and Apple
C)  gave it away for free
D)  came up with a unique idea

Question 17

In a brief essay,discuss how cell phones and user-generated video sites such as YouTube can be used as a channel for citizen journalism.

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With cell phones,virtually anyone is abl...

Question 18

Fandor is an online service that provides ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  streaming video of science fiction and comic book conventions
B)  online purchase of movie tickets
C)  streaming video of art house films,B-movies,and documentaries
D)  all of these

Question 19

The Uniform Resource Locator (URL)is the address of content placed on the web.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Video games could be considered a new mass medium because ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the major video game systems are all produced by the top six Big Media companies
B)  the consoles can be used to deliver a range of media content and video games are becoming a new way to deliver advertising
C)  video games are available using a range of technologies
D)  you can't fool me,no way are video games a new mass medium

Exam 10: Online Media: The Internet, Social Media, and Video Games

Video games could be considered a new mass medium because ______.

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By 2018,89% of American adults were online in one way or another.

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Approximately 43% of the people living on the African continent have access to the Internet.

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Websites use ______ to track users while they are on the site.

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The purpose of hypertext is to let people move electronically from one document to another without necessarily knowing which computers the documents are located on.

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The World Wide Web became the standard for posting documents on the Internet because its creator did which of the following?

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Name two of the three ways you can post messages to the social networking tool Twitter.

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The word cyberspace is used to mean which of the following?

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______ are a major new medium of mass communication?

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ARPAnet,a predecessor of the Internet,was created to do which of the following?

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of online media?

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What is reverse synergy?

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The Uniform Resource Locator (URL)is the address of content placed on the web.

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