Unit9 Monetising Popularity Para5-6

What does ‘phenomena [phural] (phenomenon [singular])’ (line 58) in para. 5 mean?

• a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving

• a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim

• the state of being famous for something bad

• someone or something special, esp. because it is completely different or extremely unusual

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What is the correct meaning of ‘reputation’ (line 61) in para. 5?

• a natural skill or interest in something

• a thing that shows that something else exists or is true

• the general opinion that people have about someone or something

• a particular thing that annoys or upsets you

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"A bad reputation, it seems, is better than no reputation, especially in cyberspace." Do you agree with this statement? Why?

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What does ‘notoriety’ (line 66) in para. 6 mean?

• a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving

• a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim

• the state of being famous for something bad

• someone or something special, esp. because it is completely different or extremely unusual

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CCSS.RI.5.4

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What was special about the song, "Chinese Food", which caused it to have received 14 million hits?

• It contained a mixture of loud sounds.

• Alison Gold was the singer.

• Patrice disguised as a panda in the music video.

• There were Chinese dishes like "fried rice" and "chow mein" mentioned.

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Alison Gold's debut song "Chinese Food" was famous because... .

• it got a lot of likes

• many people knew it was bad

• it had good lyrics

• a lot of Chinese listened to it

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Have you seen anything (on Youtube or other social media websites) which you think is bad but goes viral?

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