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What percentage of the U.S population has access to the Internet? |
| | A) | 33% |
| | B) | 50% |
| | C) | 75% |
| | D) | 90% |
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The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in all its forms is called |
| | A) | digital literacy. |
| | B) | intelligent. |
| | C) | email accessible. |
| | D) | media literacy. |
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The ability to understand and make full, active, and informed use of computer sources is called |
| | A) | digital literacy. |
| | B) | intelligent. |
| | C) | email accessible. |
| | D) | media literacy. |
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One key difference between face-to-face communication and electronic groups is |
| | A) | In face-to-face communication, we have to wait our turn, whereas there is no such need in electronic groups. |
| | B) | In face-to-face communication, there is the experience of social leveling. |
| | C) | In electronic groups, channels to communication are synchronous. |
| | D) | Electronic groups are able to use a variety of channels. |
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In synchronous communication |
| | A) | people are linked directly. |
| | B) | people are not linked directly. |
| | C) | communication occurs in real time. |
| | D) | A and C only. |
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The author suggests that |
| | A) | face-to-face communication is better than computer-mediated communication. |
| | B) | computer-mediated communication is better than face-to-face communication. |
| | C) | each may be better than the other for a specific purpose. |
| | D) | the author does not make a suggestion either way. |
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CMC may be beneficial to socially reticent individuals because |
| | A) | they never really have to communicate. |
| | B) | they can shut down channels as they desire. |
| | C) | there is social leveling. |
| | D) | it removes the social pressure of immediate face-to-face reactions from others. |
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The author suggests that CMC is an equalizing experience because |
| | A) | status is elevated for all users. |
| | B) | status is lowered for all users. |
| | C) | status is not an issue for users. |
| | D) | the cost of CMC is the same for all users. |
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All of the following are true of control in CMC EXCEPT: |
| | A) | You can be restricted to only the topics being discussed by others. |
| | B) | You can govern the pace at which it occurs. |
| | C) | You can terminate conversations. |
| | D) | You can initiate communication. |
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When affection and emotion develop through CMC and equal or surpass face-to-face relationships, it is called |
| | A) | human contact |
| | B) | intentionality |
| | C) | experimentation |
| | D) | hyperpersonal CMC |
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Experimentation may include which of the following? |
| | A) | games |
| | B) | virtual reality |
| | C) | role playing |
| | D) | all of these |
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The believability of a person based on expertise, dynamism, trustworthiness, and ethics is called |
| | A) | credibility. |
| | B) | self-concept. |
| | C) | ego. |
| | D) | self-realization. |
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Which of the following can make a poor impression? |
| | A) | bad spelling |
| | B) | improper grammar |
| | C) | excessive punctuation |
| | D) | these can all make a poor impression in CMC |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the essential criteria for developing online credibility? |
| | A) | using common sense in judging what is acceptable behavior |
| | B) | writing as much as you can about your ideas so that people online know what you mean |
| | C) | knowing what has been going on previously if you choose to contribute |
| | D) | allowing others enough time to respond to your ideas |
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The author suggests that |
| | A) | CMC is private communication. |
| | B) | CMC is not private communication. |
| | C) | good sense and self-protection should guide your CMC. |
| | D) | B and C only. |
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A group of people who may or may not meet face-to-face and who exchange words and ideas through mediated communication may be called a/an |
| | A) | virtual community. |
| | B) | work group. |
| | C) | mediated community. |
| | D) | blog group. |
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People with physical disabilities may find in virtual communities that |
| | A) | they have greater trouble forming new friendships. |
| | B) | their physical disability makes it difficult for them to participate. |
| | C) | they may be treated as if their disability does not exist. |
| | D) | people with disabilities do not enter into virtual communities. |
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Blogs are |
| | A) | web logs. |
| | B) | spontaneous public journals. |
| | C) | diaries in which Internet users share their lives. |
| | D) | all of the above define blogs. |
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Blogs are significant because |
| | A) | they are extensive on the Internet. |
| | B) | they have experienced rapid growth. |
| | C) | they are able to curb Internet addictions. |
| | D) | A and B only. |
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With regard to blogs, the author reminds the reader that |
| | A) | one must obtain a copyright in order to be a publisher on the Internet. |
| | B) | only experienced bloggers have the authority to publish on the Internet. |
| | C) | only owners of commercial websites and blogs have the authority to publish on the Internet. |
| | D) | anyone can be a publisher on the Internet. |
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