Exam 2

Question 1

What are the modern social media?

Answer 1

Content communities (YouTube)
Collaborative projects (wiki) 
Friendship community sites (Facebook)
Location based services (gps)
Virtual worlds (Warcraft)

Question 2

Does social media challenge journalists as gatekeepers?

Answer 2

YAS

Question 3

Is social media horizontal and lacks centrality

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

What does social media provide journalists?

Answer 4

Leads, verification, content

Question 5

Key elements to social media?

Answer 5

Participation
Community
newsgroups
IRC (internet relay chat)

Question 6

Who is ANDY CARVIN

Answer 6

FIrst to demonstrate power of social media in reporting.