Digital and New Media
Twenty random questions from a hard bank of thirty on social media, misinformation, platforms and digital trends.
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Web 2.0 is associated with:
- Printed newspapers
- Analogue television
- User-generated content and interactivity
- Static, read-only web pages
Citizen journalism is:
- News gathering and reporting by members of the public
- Journalism about citizenship law
- Paid advertising
- Journalism by government officials only
Content that spreads very rapidly online is described as:
- Archived
- Offline
- Encrypted
- Viral
A social media algorithm:
- Is a type of virus
- Counts followers only
- Decides which content to show each user and in what order
- Prints posts
The term "filter bubble" was popularised by:
- Eli Pariser
- Marshall McLuhan
- Mark Zuckerberg
- George Gerbner
An echo chamber is an environment where:
- All views are heard equally
- News is broadcast twice
- Sound echoes loudly
- People mainly encounter views that reinforce their own
What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation?
- Disinformation is always true
- They are exactly the same
- Misinformation is always deliberate
- Disinformation is spread deliberately to deceive; misinformation may be shared innocently
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