English 12 Media Exam Review

Fake news spread faster than real news.

How much faster?

• 2X

• 3X

• 5X

• 6X

The "dark side" of social media creates:

• Mass chaos and Friendship

• Loneliness, Polarization, Inability to focus

• Polarization, awareness and creativity

• Loneliness, creativity and clueless

• Friendship , awareness and creativity

People don't realize there are entire teams of computer engineers whose job is to use your (a)   against you.

If you want to control the population of a country, there has never been a tool as effective as (a)   .

According to Roger McNamee, the biggest companies in Silicon Valley have been in the business of

• subscriptions.

• selling their users.

• software "hacking".

According to Aza Raskin, because advertisers, instead of people who use social media, pay for social media platforms, advertisers are the customers and social media users are

• freeloaders.

• not making their own decisions.

• being influenced by advertisers.

• the thing that is being sold.

According to Tristan Harris, "if you are not paying for the product, then

• you are the product".

• you won't get the product".

• the product does not exist".

• somebody else will pay for that product."

The business model for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube is to

• manipulate consumers into buying things.

• watch the gradual change in user behavior.

• keep people engaged on the screen.

• connect advertisers with copious amount of user data.

According to Aza Raskin, what does Facebook do with the data it collects?

• Looks for patterns in consumer behavior.

• Build models that predict user's actions.

• Sells it to the highest bidder.

According to Tristan Harris, pulling down and refreshing a timeline on your phone is comparable to what addictive activity?

• drug use

• gambling

• drinking alcohol

• playing video games