COMS 203 Midterm 2

the encoding/decoding model was first described by:

The New Yorker cartoon of “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” is an example of hype and counter-hype?

Who is the National Security Agency sub-contractor that leaked about the PRISM collection data program?

Memes are complex because they have layers, which of the following are not one of these layers?

What company is banned from Canada for scraping social media photos to improve their facial recognition software

What element is not part of ‘participatory culture’?

A microcelebrity can best be described as:

cyberlibertarians believe that the internet should be governed by governments and corporations 

What's it called when the value of a network is proportional to the sq. of the number of connected users of the system?

Which best describes a regulatory challenge online?

Algorithms that shape what we see on social media can create echo chambers due to:

True or False, micro-celebrities are equal to traditional celebrities?

misinformation refers to false information that is not intended to cause harm

Which of the following best describes common carriage? 

Propaganda can spread on social media due to:

Which of the following identities is best associated with the notion of a “commodity sign”?  

Jagmeet Singh playing Among Us with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is an example of a politician acting as a micro-celebrity

Networked individualism is an example of counterhype about new technologies:

Who moderates content on the internet?

According to danah boyd (2011), what affordances of social media make networked publics possible?

By using social media, politicians can:

The first graphics interchange format (GIF) meme of a cringe dancing baby was first created by?

What came after the dotcom crash that revived tech culture?

Confirmation bias refers to our tendency:

What is it called when social media platforms collect and use user data to combine into clusters?

one potential of online activism is that:

The notion of “dramaturgy” that was first coined by Erving Goffman (1959) and refers to the idea that...

The notion of hypersignification both highlights the process of meaning making and hides networked communities? 

A good example of a risky opportunity is:

What does the online news act seek to target or achieve in Canada and Australia?

Social media users believe the fact-checking done by sites like Twitter and IG, so there is no false information there

Wikipedia is a good example of production that takes place outside of the traditional marketplace. What is this called?

The concept of a meme originated from which field?

How are public domain and fair use copyright exceptions different? 

Which of the following is not legacy media

A news source that reports true information in a way that is intended to cause harm is engaged in:

According to Alison Hearn & Stephanie Schoenhoff the micro–celebrity is an example of which of the following?

Where do we see content moderation in practice by platforms?

Networked individualism is an example of counterhype about new technologies:

Who said “Privacy is no longer a social norm?”

What principles are not part of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)?

Networked individualism claims that social media have made youth:

What is a negative consequence of information freedom on the internet?

Which concept relates to who can see your personal information on social media?

Copyright law applies in the same way digitally