Social Media Midterm
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Appendix A
Midterm Exam
Answer each question below. Answers should be approximately 100 words per question.
1. What are the different forms of social media that exist today? Provide examples of different social media and their primary purposes.
There are many sites that we now use as ways of talking to others. Chat, IM (instant messaging) and email are one way that we can talk to friends and family that live great distances from where you live. Blogging sites such as Wordpress and Blogger are good for being able to write down your ideas and thoughts. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace are a great way to communicate with friends and family which also live great distances. Micro blogging sites such as twitter are great because you are able to tell people what you are doing in brief messages. Video sharing sites like Youtube and Hulu are great for sharing videos with …show more content…
Newspapers, once available only in print, have evolved into 24-hour multimedia operations. In addition to newspapers, briefly describe the evolution of movies, television, Internet, books and magazines, and media companies throughout the last century. Media has changed very dramatically over the years. We once used VHS tapes now we use DVDs and can record onto a device or on to your computer. You can now watch your favorite episodes of TV shows on your computer, read books on your computer or e reader. Dvds are now playable in your car with portable players. Magazines are readable with the e reader or even on your cell phone. Media companies have also changed. They are trying to stay on top of this technology that we use in our everyday lives. They keep trying to improve things that we have so that people will want to continue to buy the products. Newspapers are now available online as well. This way you are saving trees by looking at them this way. I tend to think that with almost everything being online, that eventually this will save on
Appendix A
Midterm Exam
Answer each question below. Answers should be approximately 100 words per question.
1. What are the different forms of social media that exist today? Provide examples of different social media and their primary purposes.
There are many sites that we now use as ways of talking to others. Chat, IM (instant messaging) and email are one way that we can talk to friends and family that live great distances from where you live. Blogging sites such as Wordpress and Blogger are good for being able to write down your ideas and thoughts. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace are a great way to communicate with friends and family which also live great distances. Micro blogging sites such as twitter are great because you are able to tell people what you are doing in brief messages. Video sharing sites like Youtube and Hulu are great for sharing videos with …show more content…
Newspapers, once available only in print, have evolved into 24-hour multimedia operations. In addition to newspapers, briefly describe the evolution of movies, television, Internet, books and magazines, and media companies throughout the last century. Media has changed very dramatically over the years. We once used VHS tapes now we use DVDs and can record onto a device or on to your computer. You can now watch your favorite episodes of TV shows on your computer, read books on your computer or e reader. Dvds are now playable in your car with portable players. Magazines are readable with the e reader or even on your cell phone. Media companies have also changed. They are trying to stay on top of this technology that we use in our everyday lives. They keep trying to improve things that we have so that people will want to continue to buy the products. Newspapers are now available online as well. This way you are saving trees by looking at them this way. I tend to think that with almost everything being online, that eventually this will save on