MIDTERM EXAM - adefelice/NEW-TECHNOLOGIES-MEDST255-SP2019 GitHub Wiki
The Midterm will take place in class on MARCH 19 at 6:30 PM sharp. Weight: 20% of your final grade.
WEEK 8 - MARCH 19 • IN CLASS • MIDTERM: We meet in our usual classroom for a sit down exam.
HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK: READ: Siapara, Eugenia. Chapter 7: New Media and Journalism (pages 137-160), Understanding New Media
The exam will consist of true/false, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and two short essay questions. The questions will be based on the material we covered in the first-half of the course, corresponding to the principles & impacts of new technology, digital communication, and the Internet.
300-450 words are required for the essay questions. Answer them both. Bring 2 writing implements. The Exam will be printed and extra paper will be provided.
Example questions for multiple choice and/or short answer:
- What does an Open Internet mean?
- Name two or more environments that an Internet Acceptable Usage Policy [IAUP] could be administered.
LIST OF TERMS: ALSO [DOWNLOADABLE AS A .PDF HERE.]
- Unlawful internet usage
- Agriculture
- Piracy
- New commodities
- Free market economy
- Internet histories
- Deciphering trust
- Computer histories
- Converging technologies
- Television
- Case study
- Social priorities - wealth and power
- Critical thinking
- TCP/IP
- Internet regulation
- Military investments
- Defense
- Cognitive Surplus
- Technology on the brain
- Telecommunications
- Prosumer/ism
- Open internet
- Net Neutrality
- UGC
- Physical/Digital goods
- New media technologies
- Analog
- P2P
- Internet Vigilantes
- Increased bandwidth
- Web 2.0/Media 2.0
- Social shaping
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Active users
- FOMO
- RSS feeds
- Social media/networks
- Cultural constraints
- Technological trajectories
- Application/software developers
- Manipulative tactics
- Cybernetics
- Hackers
- Virtual/Augmented reality & virtual worlds
- IAUP
- Skeuomorph
- Gatekeepers
- Digital divide
- Global communication
- Second-order cybernetics
- The digital inclusion
- Hyper-tasking/connectivity
- Commercial & non-commercial culture Websites
- Security in anonymity
- Internet addiction
- Corporate architectures
- Technological effects on social, political, and civic life
- Video games
- Democratic
- Citizen journalism
- Video & podcasting
- Mimicking reality
- Computer Multimedia
- Social shaping