New Media Quiz

Which of these are examples of new media outlets? Check all that apply.

• blogs

• audio podcasts

• news websites

• magazines

Journalists can use text, audio, and video to tell a story because new media is...

• multimedia

• Interactive

• Hypertext

Why are headlines and leads even more important in new media than print and broadcast media?

• These are often the only part of the story viewers can see.

• Smartphone screens are very small.

• People do not like to read.

What is the purpose of short, new media posts?

• to generate clicks on a link to the full story

• to tell the full story

• to sell products

What strategy do new media journalists use to make their posts easier to search for and find?

• hashtags

• Photos

• Humor

• conversational language

The World Wide Web was invented.

• 2003

• 1940s

• 1989

Facebook was created in

• 2003

• 2004

• 1980s

The first computers were created in

• 1940s

• 1980s

• 1960s

Customers could print a newspaper at home in

• 2004

• 1980s

• 2003

YouTube was created in

• 2005

• 2004

• 2006