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Human Communication in Society Chapter 14
Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
new media
Ans: collection of mediated communication technologies that are digital and
converging and tend to be interactive
digital
Ans: information that is transmitted in a numerical format based on only two values
(0 and 1)
computer-mediated communication (CMC)
Ans: exchange of messages carried through an intervening system of digital
electronic storage and transmitted between two or more people
cyberspace
Ans: online world, often used synonymously with the Internet
Internet
Ans: system of networks that connects millions of computers around the world
World Wide Web (WWW)
Ans: system of interlinked hypertext documents contained on the Internet
Social Networking Sites (SNSs)
Ans: web-based service where people construct their profiles, identify others with
whom they share a connection, and interact with others within the system
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs)
Ans: text-based "virtual reality" games in which participants interact with
enrichments, objects, and other participants
media deficit approach
Ans: theoretical perspective that sees mediated communication as less useful than
face-to-face communication
filtering
Ans: removing nonverbal cues
social presence theory
Ans: suggests that face-to-face communication is generally high in this kind of
social presence, and that media vary in the amount of social presence they convey
Human Communication in Society Chapter 14
Questions and Answers (100% Correct Answers)
new media
Ans: collection of mediated communication technologies that are digital and
converging and tend to be interactive
digital
Ans: information that is transmitted in a numerical format based on only two values
(0 and 1)
computer-mediated communication (CMC)
Ans: exchange of messages carried through an intervening system of digital
electronic storage and transmitted between two or more people
cyberspace
Ans: online world, often used synonymously with the Internet
Internet
Ans: system of networks that connects millions of computers around the world
World Wide Web (WWW)
Ans: system of interlinked hypertext documents contained on the Internet
Social Networking Sites (SNSs)
Ans: web-based service where people construct their profiles, identify others with
whom they share a connection, and interact with others within the system
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs)
Ans: text-based "virtual reality" games in which participants interact with
enrichments, objects, and other participants
media deficit approach
Ans: theoretical perspective that sees mediated communication as less useful than
face-to-face communication
filtering
Ans: removing nonverbal cues
social presence theory
Ans: suggests that face-to-face communication is generally high in this kind of
social presence, and that media vary in the amount of social presence they convey
