Communications 203 Quiz 1 prep
Communications 203 Quiz Prep
Test your knowledge and prepare for your Communications 203 course with this comprehensive quiz! With 35 carefully crafted questions covering essential theories, technologies, and historical milestones, you'll be well-equipped to ace your exam.
- Explore key concepts in communication technologies
- Learn about influential figures and their contributions
- Understand different models and theories in the field
Which is NOT one of the three C's?
Convergence
Communications
Select the corresponding term to this definition: "the process by which media technologies, industries and services are merging"
Socio-technical
Convergence
Diffusion of innovations
Social shaping of technologies
True or false: technology is neutral
True
False
Who created the World Wide Web?
James Gibson
William Gaver
Vint Cerf
Tim Berners Lee
What did Carolyn Marvin look at?
The telephone
The telegraph
The Television
Social Media Platforms
Which system is faster and more efficient?
Circuit Switching
Packet Switching
Select what is NOT true about packet switching
Not centralized
Collects data into packets
Packets are always routed together
Faster and more efficient
True or false: the invisibility of infrastructures increase the amount we take advantage of them
True
False
True or false: process of adoption can't be forced
True
False
Affordances being relational means?
Everyone can relate to the same affordances
There is a relationship between people and the object
All affordances can relate to a bigger picture
Affordances creates relationships between people
Normans view of affordances is related which type?
High-level affordances
Low-level affordances
What is an example of a commodity?
Animals
Education
Yourself
All of the above
None of the above
What term means the same thing as socio-technical?
High-level affordances
Cultural studies
Social shaping of technology
None of the above
Which technology model states that social change is (only) driven by technology?
Social shaping of technology
Political economy
Technological determinism
Diffusion of innovations
Did the switch from Twitters "favourite" button to a like receive a hype or counter-hype reaction?
Hype
Counter-hype
Which is NOT a counter-hype reaction to new media?
Utopian idea
Scared
Pessimistic
None of the above
Which is NOT a description of media archaeology?
Method of reading new against old
Physically taking apart old artifacts
Reconstructing old
Multiple different narratives
Which two countries were in a "race" to "create the internet" (broadly)?
United States and Canada
United States and China
Russia and United States
Russia and China
What does "network of networks" refer to?
Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
ARPANET
Research done by Lisa Gitelman
Diffusion of Innovations
What is NOT one of the 3 properties of the world wide web?
Decentralized
Centralized
Easy to Use
Ephemeral
What technology model focuses (only) on "how technologies are adopted/become mainstream"?
Political Economy
Cultural Studies
Technological Determinism
None of the above
All of the above
According to Karl Marx, power = ?
Media Power
Business Power
Social Power
Economic Power
What are the four types of infrastructures?
Phone Lines, Satellites, Internet and Television
Phone Lines, Fiber Optic Cables, Satellites and Cell Towers
Phone Lines, Satellites, Internet and Cell Towers
Internet, Social Media, Satellites and Telephones
What is the MAIN perceived affordance of a book?
To Rip
To Write
To Read
To Learn
High-level affordances corresponds to what theorists view? Choose best answer:
Gibson
Norman
McVeigh-Schults
Nagy
True of False: Algorithms are Socio-technical
True
False
What is a factor of algorithms?
Recency
Interest in page
Type of content
All of the above
Which is not a component to "follow the money"?
Ownership
Consumption
Advertising
Labour
According to Karl Marx, which is the most important
The Superstructure
The Base
Media
Small Businesses
What was the first commercial web browser?
Microsoft
Netscape
Mosaic
Hookway
What is the term that means the differential access to the internet?
Vernacular Affordances
Technological Determinism
Digital Divide
Technology Seperation
What follows the same paths as the telegraph lines?
Bluetooth
5G
Undersea Cables
Satellites
When was the internet released?
1993-1994
1974-1975
1997-1998
1987-1988
What is the tetrad?
An internet software
A popular website
An inquiry into new media
A type of communications initiative
True or False: William Gaver disagrees with Donald Norman and his theory that people know what to do with an object just by looking at it.
True
False
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