I try to use questions that address the essence of a concept rather than their presence in Rheingold’s large lists.

Good recall

[One answer is the opposite of the right answer.]

What is NOT one of the characteristics of Jenkins, “participatory culture” theory?

1. relatively high barriers to artistic expression and civic management
2. strong support for creating and sharing creations with other
3. members who believe that their contributions matter
4. member who feel some degree of social connection with one another

Good relationship

[This tests the relationship between concepts.]

According to the text which of the following is true:

1. crisis management includes crisis communication
2. crisis communication is synonymous with crisis management
3. crisis communication includes crisis management
4. crisis communication is synonymous with image management

Unfair recall

[This only recalls a factoid.]

According to the text, 18% of online Americans have:

1. made their own contributions to news coverage
2. posted civic and political material
3. contributed health related content
4. used social media tools to participate in politics

Recall rather than meaning

[This tests recall of arbitrary list rather than meaning.]

According to the text, the “Seven Needs of Real–time Curators” include…

1. bundle, reorder, distribute, organize, update, invite participation
2. bundle, reorder, distribute, editorialize, update, update
3. bundle, reorder, distribute, editorialize, update, invite participation
4. bundle, select, distribute, editorialize, update, invite participation

Which term best describes the role of web participants who act as information finders and evaluators for each other?

1. Consumer
2. Network Entrepreneur
3. Curator
4. Blogger

. . .

C

What are interest driven communities?

1. Communities formed by people who already know each other and share on digital media platforms
2. Communities formed by people who don’t already know each other and use digital media to connect upon interest
3. Communities where younger generations exchange digital media skills
4. Communities of people who are part of the popular in the mainstream and exchange ideas

. . .

B

In reference to online behavior, what does “curation” mean?

1. People make choices that influence what others pay attention to.
2. People make choices that do not influence what others pay attention to.
3. People are not able to make their own choices.
4. People are easily influenced by the choices of others.

. . .

A

According to Good’s guide for News Curation, an identity niche is:

1. networking with journalists, reporters and or experts
2. focusing on a specialty as a way to distinguish yourself
3. not just having cold knowledge of at topic, but also passion
4. concentrating on the findability and spreadability of the title you give every story

. . .

B

Which is of the following was NOT recommended by Rheingold for keeping a positive image online:

1. Not posting content that might embarrass one in the future
2. Posting positive content to overshadow the negative content
3. Fighting to remove negative content from the web
4. Ignoring the negative things said about one online

. . .

C

According to the text, tagging is a way to participate, but it is also:

1. A tool companies use to take user information
2. A fundamental building block of a new way of aggregating and organizing knowledge
3. A danger to user privacy
4. Used solely for research purposes

. . .

B

According to the text, folksonomy is:

1. A way to classify and organize online content into different categories or tags.
2. A technique used to track your profile audience
3. A method used to find and communicate with friends on the web
4. A way to organize data on your computer

. . .

A

Taxonomy

Folksonomy

According to Rheingold which of the following is true:

1. Participatory culture can be defined as a culture that consumes media.
2. Participatory culture can be defined as a culture that only adds to the media but never consumes the media.
3. Participatory culture can be defined as a culture that integrates consumers and “prosumers” – a mutual give and take between consumer and media.
4. Participatory culture can be defined as a culture that only empowers the media and not consumers.

. . .

C

Dale Dougherty

Which is not an aspect of participatory culture as theorist Henry Jenkins and his team defined it:

1. Relatively high barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
2. Strong support for creating and sharing creations with others
3. Some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices
4. Members who believe that their contributions matter
5. Members who feel some degree of social connection with one another

. . .

A

Zines

Fandom slash ►

Jenkins

According to the text an affordance is:

1. A term to describe if someone can afford a product.
2. A characteristic or feature of a technology that enables a human to grasp it.
3. A technique to influence someone to do something.
4. A point-of-view that many social scientists uphold today.

. . .

B

Norman doors

The president of the Northeastern College Democrats runs her own political blog. In her most recent post, she shared details about the upcoming election in hopes of encouraging more students to vote. She is acting as what type of blogger?

1. Filter
2. Connector
3. Critic
4. Advocate

. . .

D

What does blogger Cory Doctorow mean by the notion of “sheep that shit grass”?

1. Active participation can often lead to one spewing out “information” that ends up being worse than what they originally were taking in.
2. Internet users need to improve their crap detection because the majority of content out there is “crap.”
3. Sometimes people use a resource that generates more of the same.
4. It is a psychological reaction people have when they believe that their online contributions don’t matter.

. . .

C

“Playbor”

Exploitative?

Goffman

What metaphor can be used to understand the every day Presentation of Self?

Wrap-up

If you had to identify the 6 most important concepts, which do you think they’d be?

Explain

Were any of these in your 6 most important concepts? Explain each of the following:

• folksonomy
• playbor
• “sheep that shit grass”
• presentation of self ▶