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What is the primary source of content on social media platforms?
What is the primary source of content on social media platforms?
- Commercial advertising
- Sponsored content
- Government propaganda
- User-generated content (correct)
How do users typically access social media services?
How do users typically access social media services?
- Through web-based apps on desktops (correct)
- Through satellite TV providers
- Through physical newspapers
- Through fax machines
How do social media outlets differ from traditional media?
How do social media outlets differ from traditional media?
- All of the above (correct)
- Reach
- Quality
- Frequency
What is digital rhetoric?
What is digital rhetoric?
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What are some potential positive impacts of social media?
What are some potential positive impacts of social media?
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What is one potential negative impact of social media?
What is one potential negative impact of social media?
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In what context have social media been used as a tool for communication and organization?
In what context have social media been used as a tool for communication and organization?
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- Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information through virtual communities and networks.
- User-generated content is the lifeblood of social media.
- Social media platforms are user-centric and enable communal activity.
- Users access social media services through web-based apps on desktops or download services that offer social media functionality to their mobile devices.
- Social media are highly interactive platforms in which individuals, communities, and organizations can share, co-create, discuss, participate, and modify user-generated or self-curated content posted online.
- Social media outlets differ from traditional media in many ways, including quality, reach, frequency, usability, relevancy, and permanence.
- Digital media or digital rhetoric can be used to represent or identify a culture.
- Social media can help to improve an individual's sense of connectedness with real or online communities and can be an effective communication (or marketing) tool for corporations, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, political parties, and governments.
- Social media can have both positive and negative impacts.
- Social media have been used as a tool for communicating and organizing in times of political unrest.
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