HOW COMPUTING IS CHANGING WHO WE ARE

Question 1

It is an individual person as the object of its own reflective consciousness.

Answer 1

Self

Question 2

It is how you perceive your behavior, abilities, and unique characteristics. At its most basic, it is a collection of beliefs one holds about oneself and the responses of others.

Answer 2

Self-concept

Question 3

The increasing use of aliases and multiple online personas demonstrates a challenge to our self-definition.

Answer 3

Multiple Online Personas

Question 4

He is Author and Editor that writes about technology for business audiences. He introduces the idea of online personas by discussing several different online personas with
whom an advertiser or business person might want to interact.

Answer 4

Chris Gonsalves

Question 5

An analyst for the technology consulting company Gartner Group says that businesses should “sell to the persona, not the person. A persona will show how it wants to be treated.”

Answer 5

Adam Sarner

Question 6

It is a type of online sociopath and an online version of the spoilsport—someone who takes pleasure in shattering the world of play itself.

Answer 6

Griefer

Question 7

A user who posts inflammatory
messages in a public forum or chat room, with the goal of either subverting the conversation or otherwise provoking an emotional
response.

Answer 7

Troll

Question 8

It is when someone posts or comments online to ‘bait’ people, which means deliberately provoking an argument or emotional reaction.

Answer 8

Trolling

Question 9

uses the Internet to
harass a particular target, often using fake identities or public websites to enable the harassment.

Answer 9

Cyberbully or Cyberbullying

Question 10

is a type of bullying in which one or more individuals use digital technologies to intentionally and repeatedly cause harm to another person.

Answer 10

Cyberbullying

Question 11

is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, group, or organization.

Answer 11

Cyberstalking

Question 12

It means addiction to certain online behaviors like gambling, video games, internet surfing, sex, extreme sports, and so on.

Answer 12

Behavioral Addiction

Question 13

studies the nature of knowledge and how we know what we know.

Answer 13

Epistemology

Question 14

Dating facilitated by computer networking, the partners typically meeting online or being matched up by computer before they meet in person. The practice of searching for a romantic or sexual partner on the Internet.

Answer 14

Cyberdating

Question 15

someone who suffers from the
dissocial personality disorder.

Answer 15

Sociopath

Question 16

sociopathic behavior
specific to the Internet

Answer 16

Cybersociopathy