W11-Social Media

Social media are means of ... and ... . Examples of Social Networking Service (SNS) are Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and many more.

• connecting ... interacting actively

• disconnecting ... interacting actively

• connecting ... interacting passively

• disconnecting ... interacting passively

What is prosumer?

• An expert consumer.

• An individual that consumes and produces at the same time.

• An expert producer.

• An individual that produces what many people wants to consume.

Which of the following is an example of presence of prosumer?

• Ghufran wrote how he felt about the service at a restaurant and shared in his social media account. He also read that his friends have the same opinion as his.

• Adidas showcase their footwear products and explains its features in their website. They also allow buyers to customize elements of their footwear.

• Lay’s engaged its audience by inviting them to decide on new chip flavors, while informing them how they produce their current flavours to their customers.

• Ikea used Facebook to encourage users to personalize one of their furniture pieces, with the winner’s name attached to it. In addition to that, they also show their furniture sets to their customers.

What is a cyberspace?

• The physical infrastructure of computer networks housing social media accounts.

• Virtual reality simulations in social media.

• Environment made out of dynamic actions and interactions.

• The study of cybernetics and how social media influence it.

What does the term “supersaturation” refer to in the context of social media?

• The excessive use of hashtags in a single post.

• When the concentration of content exceeds what users can effectively process.

• The phenomenon where a platform becomes too popular, leading to information overload.

• The practice of reposting the same content repeatedly.

Which of the following scenarios illustrates supersaturation on social media involving people?

• Alia, a social media user, follows hundreds of accounts and struggles to keep up with the flood of content.

• Walid, a platform developer, notices a sudden surge in new users signing up for the app.

• Daud, a content creator, receives an unusually high number of likes and shares on his latest post.

• Diana, a user, curates her feed to include diverse topics and engages actively with content.

How can oversaturation impact social media users?

• It leads to increased crime rates and cybersecurity issues.

• Users become overwhelmed, miss important updates, and experience fatigue.

• It ends significant relationships among its users.

• Users become physically, psychologically, spiritually ill in a short time.

How does social media contribute to multitasking?

• It simplifies tasks by streamlining information.

• It encourages users to focus on one activity at a time.

• It increases cognitive load due to parallel engagement.

• It promotes deep concentration.

Which of the following is an example of a social media user that is multitasking?

• • Raihan is simultaneously texting a friend, checking Instagram notifications, and watching a YouTube video on her phone.

• • Halimah sits in a quiet room, reading an insightful article shared by a friend on Facebook. She takes her time to absorb the content.

• • Farid is in the kitchen preparing dinner. He follows a recipe video he found on YouTube, which was shared by a popular food blogger.

• • Wahidah goes for a jog in the park, listening to her favorite podcast on Spotify. She discovered this podcast through recommendations on Twitter.

Which of the following is true about multitasking?

• Doing multiple tasks at the same time.

• Do tasks not at the same time, but do each of them very quickly.

• Continuous partial attention to something.

• It makes someone more prone to mistakes.

• It makes one more productive and saves time in the long run.