One of the problems with social media is that it makes it virtually impossible for users to share and learn from each other. Select one: true or false?

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Two areas that have been researched and most often are the center of much of the controversy surrounding social media are:

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1. learning and education
2. online cheating and divorce
3. incentives and profits
4. violence and advertising

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Social media communication in its various formats exists due to consumer:

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1. curiosity
2. competition
3. consumption
4. need

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One of the problems with social media is that it makes it virtually impossible for users to share and learn from each other.

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False—with all the information available on social media, users can share and learn from each other
 

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Studying social media trends can help students understand how their self-images are impacted by social pressures. Why is this so?

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1. All students conform to the same social media trends
2. Students can determine the degree to which they conform to social media trends
3. Students have little knowledge of social media trends and their impact
4. Students can learn to exert more control over their conformity to social media trends

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The developmental psychologist who formulated an ecological systems theory which states that the development of a person is due to the influence of five interrelated systems was:

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1. B.F. Skinner
2. Albert Bandura
3. Urie Bronfenbrenner
4. George Mead

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The fact that perpetrators of violence are able to post online:

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1. is not a problem in this day and age
2. needs to be investigated by the authorities
3. raises many concerns and red flags
4. makes it easier to apprehend them

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Advertising and violence fall into the category of

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1. justification of social media
2. social media effects
3. benefits of social media
4. disadvantages of social media

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The likely reason that advertising and violence are often researched and often the center of controversy is that they both:

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1. have a significant influence on social media users
2. are of great interest to social media users
3. form the foundation of social media
4. sources of potential profit

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Amazon.com began selling books and videos in:

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1. 1985
2. 2005
3. 1975
4. 1995

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Amazon.com’s initial marketing strategies were unsuccessful.

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False—they were successful from the beginning, because they resonated with the consumers’ wants and needs.

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The best way for a college to implement a new online learning program is to:

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1. survey other colleges to find out who is using a similar program and ask for information
2. find out through social media how other colleges have implemented similar programs
3. hire a professional company to set it up
4. start from scratch and see what works

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The statement “there is no need to reinvent the wheel” with regard to online information means that:

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1. we can share the information we already have with each other rather than each person doing the research himself or herself
2. there is too much repetitive information available on the Internet
3. there is no need for more social media online
4. People should stop looking for information online and use more traditional sources of information

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Tamara is considering buying an all-electric car, but she doesn’t know whether people who own them have been satisfied or dissatisfied. She can find an answer to her question by asking :

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1. the local dealer
2. her friends and neighbors
3. her contacts on social media
4. an dealer who advertises on social media

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The competitive market of instant access has evolved into __________ websites.

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1. commercial
2. educational
3. social media
4. pornographic

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If an online book and video store even larger than Amazon.com opened, and it had a larger supply of the books and videos that resonated with Maria’s wants and needs, she would be most likely to:

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1. buy only from Amazon.com, because she’s loyal to the site
2. switch to the larger site because it has more of what she’s looking for
3. stop buying books and videos online because the ads are irritating
4. buy from both sites, even though the new site has everything she’s looking for

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Given all the information currently available on the Internet, we can:

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1. stop looking for sources of information elsewhere
2. share and learn from each other on social media
3. do without getting a college education
4. trust that the information is correct

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The evolutions of __________ are enhanced by the speed and accessibility of social media.

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1. product sales
2. human knowledge
3. trends
4. personal friendships

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Which of the following is NOT given as a reason for Amazon.com’s initial success?

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1. Their marketing resonated with consumers’ wants
2. Their marketing resonated with consumers’ needs
3. They used social media marketing
4. They had no competition

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Although Shin’s parents allow him to use the Internet, they will not allow him to play online video games. They are likely concerned that he will be exposed to

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1. unpleasant people
2. predators
3. online violence
4. online advertising

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If ecological systems theory states that the development of a person is due to the influence of five interrelated systems, and each of these systems conveys and reinforces aspects of the national culture and the subculture that social media helps to promote, then it is reasonable to assume that:

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1. social media has too much power in people’s lives
2. people would not develop properly without social media
3. people should not use social media
4. social media contributes to people’s understanding of their culture

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Kiko buys all her books and DVDs from Amazon.com. What is the most likely reason?

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1. Amazon has the books and videos she’s looking for.
2. She has no time to go to a retail store.
3. She owns stock in Amazon.com
4. Amazon.com has a good customer satisfaction policy

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The microsystem, the mesosystem, the exosystem, the macrosystem, and the chronosystem all contribute to a person’s development, with help from:

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1. developmental psychologists
2. media psychologists
3. social media
4. media advertising

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Unlike commercial markets, noncommercial markets, such as not-for-profit websites, do not need to provide services to their stakeholders on social media.

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False

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False—Noncommercial markets still have to provide valued services to their stakeholders on social media.