Wiki Words 1-31

Question 1

80 20 Rule in Blogging

Answer 1

80 percent of what you post should be things that are helpful to your readers. The rest, the 20 percent, can be self-promotion such as links to your articles, or questions for help you need.

Question 2

Ambient awareness

Answer 2

This refers to a sense of feeling connected to others even through the communication is not personal or in a one-on-one situation

Question 3

What type of social media is said to provide people with “Ambient awarenss.”

Answer 3

Social media technologies like Twitter are said to provide people with something called “Ambient awareness”.

Question 4

1st characteristic of a blog

Answer 4

Blogs are a frequently updated web site, presented in reverse, chronological order with the most recent posts at the top of the page.

Question 5

2nd Characteristic of a blog

Answer 5

Blog entries, called posts, have a headline and the body of the story; Most entries will have links, some photos, and possibly other media such as a video or graphic.

Question 6

3rd characteristic of a blog

Answer 6

Blogs allow readers to comment. Readers can post their thoughts on the blog topic. As a blogger, you can turn comments off, but most blogs allow comments because the writer wants feedback and wants to establish a conversation with readers.

Question 7

Post

Answer 7

an entry on your blog, when you write and publish an entry in your blog, you are creating a post and also you are posting

Question 8

Permalink

Answer 8

link that gives direct access to a specific post. This lets other bloggers or other people link directly to a particular post

Question 9

Trackback

Answer 9

enables blogger’s to let each other know when they are linking to each other’s material

Question 10

Blogroll

Answer 10

links to websites the author visits. A way for the author to let readers know what interests her or him.

Question 11

How are Microblog’s different from traditional blogs?

Answer 11

Microblogs are different from a traditional blog in that the content is typically shorter and in some cases, as with Twitter, restricted.

Question 12

How can users communicate through microblogging?

Answer 12

Microblogs let users communicate through short sentences, individual images, or video links. These small messages are sometimes called microposts.

Question 13

Moblog

Answer 13

blogging from a cell phone or smart phone

Question 14

Vlog

Answer 14

video blog post

Question 15

What does a blog editor do?

Answer 15

In general they: An editor polishes and refines, and directs the focus of the story or article along a particular course.
The editor cuts out what doesn’t fit, what is nonessential to the purpose of the story.
The editor enhances major points in the story in an effort to draw attention to places where the audience should focus.
The editor checks the facts and ensures that an article matches the style of the publication.
The editor checks spelling, grammar, and punctuation and may also suggest word changes to prevent the publication from being sued.
The editor breaks up long paragraphs so that they are more easily readable and suggests edits to long-winded writing to make it more focused and readable.

Question 16

Data-driven journalism involves:

Answer 16

Data-driven journalism involves collecting and interpreting data, developing programming code, and creating databases, maps, charts and other visualizations, including infographics, to illustrate and explain complex topics.

Question 17

How can data be presented?

Answer 17

Data can be presented as interactive charts or maps that pull data from an underlying database.

Question 18

data-driven journalism process:

Answer 18

Process:

1. Ask a question
2. Get the data
3. Analyze the data
4. Communicate the data

Question 19

What is data?

Answer 19

Data is a collection of facts, such as values or measurements, observations or descriptions of things/events. Data is often expressed in numbers.

Question 20

How can data be analyzed?

Answer 20

Data can be analyzed and interpreted using statistical procedures to answer “why” or “how.”

Question 21

What is data used for?

Answer 21

Data is used to create new information and knowledge. We take raw unorganized data and through analysis, we make it organized and meaningful information.

Question 22

How is raw data collected?

Answer 22

Raw data is often collected through surveys and observations.

Question 23

What is digital media?

Answer 23

Digital media refers to audio, video, and photo content that has been digitally encoded/compressed. Digital media also refers to newer natively digital media files.

Question 24

More on digital media:

Answer 24

Digital media can be easily manipulated, distributed, and rendered (played) by computers, and is easily transmitted over computer networks.

Question 25

What are the five shot methods?

Answer 25

1. A close-up 
on the
hands to show interesting and pertinent details
2. Close up 
on
 face to show interesting and pertinent details (and emotions)
3. Wide 
shot to give a sense of the setting.
4. Over 
the
 shoulder to give a point of view (POV) of the person
5. Unusual/side
shot to give a more detailed view.

Question 26

five shot method

Answer 26

The five shot method produces a sequence of events that can easily be edited together to tell a piece of the story. The mix of shots which is a sequence that flows together allows you to tell a compelling visual story. It lets you build a logical and interesting sequence and good video is about sequences which allow the viewer to understand what is going on, rather than a series of random shots, or shots that don’t satisfy the curiosity of the viewer.

Question 27

Medium Shot

Answer 27

captures half of the subject, generally seen from waist to head for a person. Medium shots(full shot to medium closeup) tend to be inconspicuous because they are the typical human perspective. When you want the video camera to be invisible framing just a window on the actual world, medium shots work well.

Question 28

Close-up Shot (CU)

Answer 28

focuses in closely on the subject. It is also used frequently with people during interviews. Close shots tend to be intense. Moving in on a subject enhances its importance. The bigger a subject is in the frame, the closer viewers pay attention.

Question 29

Extreme Close-Up Shot (ECU)

Answer 29

goes in even closer to the subject than the Close-Up Shot and is used to focus on small details or to make a more interesting shot. In this case, you may be focusing on textures, in the wrinkles on a face or the bark of a tree.

Question 30

FTP means

Answer 30

File Transfer Protocol

Question 31

What is FTP used for?

Answer 31

File Transfer Protocol is used to transfer web pages to and from a local computer to a server.