Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Engl 326 Final Exam Questions

Final Exam Questions

1. The democratization of outlets to share creations and post information leads naturally to an abundance of available information on many topics, which in turn leads to
a. development of online niche groups
b. most users limiting their contact to the digital world to one device
c. small furry animals crawling out of VCRs
[See part of my blog post]

2. Goodreads.com helps you share information about what you're currently reading with your friends (either through requesting to be a goodreads friend or through Facebook), and you can look at what your friends say about what they're reading. Goodreads capitalizes on the ____________ part of the create, connect, and consume model.

3. Shelby Boyer talks about trolling in her blog post "Anonymous." What is a definition of "lulz" in connection to trolling?
a. "buzzing" people's feeds to annoy them and drive them crazy
b. the thrill from getting attention for doing deplorable things online
c. creating a loop in the code to make the website not go anywhere

4. Print media will be obsolete in coming years due to the way the Internet and e-reader devices are developing. [See my blog posts: post 1; post 2; post 3]
 5. Because it is so easy to get lost from reality when using virtual technologies, each person who decides to enter that world (including the Internet) should create a plan of action for how they will interact with and use their time and attention there. [See Greg William's blog post "What is Real? The Good News of a Digital Culture"]
 

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