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WorksheetsMobilities and Information Technology - Revision 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
According to Sheller (2011), the mobilities paradigm explores the movement of people, ideas and things, as well as the broader social implications of those movements
True
False
Mobile technologies enable the fluidity and liquidity of experiences by softening the links between activities, space and time
Yes
No
Technology creates occasional, imagined and virtual co-presence where travelers enjoy an experience not just for themselves but also for others (Green, 2002)
Yes
No
Pearce (2011) describes digital ubiquity as how travelers remain electronically linked with everyday life as they explore other places
Yes
No
The technologies of mobility are characterized by communication, saturation, hybridization and ubiquity (Pellegrino, 2009).
Yes
No
One of the components in mobile technologies ecosystem is_______________ that can include intermediaries, travel supplier, advertiser, social media, websites, search engine and third party information
Mobile devices
Context
Content provider
Network provider
Traveler
Unifi, celcom, U-mobile are some of the examples of ________________ that users must subscribe
to a network provider or carrier to access a
cellular network.
network supplier
network provider
context
content provider
Samsung Galaxy Gear and Sony Smartwatch and optical
head-mounted displays (OHMD), or smart glasses are categorized under which key features of mobile devices?
GPS - global positioning systems and navigation devices
Digital cameras
Smartphone and tablets
Wearable devices
GIS stand for?
Geography Information Systems
Geographic Information Systems
Geology Information System
Geographical Information Systems
GISs are used by rail, bus and other services to improve on-time performance, monitor vehicle __________ and advise passengers of precise arrival times
condition
location
size
Tablets are the big cousin of smartphones
Yes
No
Smartphones are a hybrid of many other technologies, including the __________, PDA, mobile phone, wristwatch, portable music device, camera and GPS navigation device.
PC
laptop
rice cooker
food processor
ceiling fan
______________ is the miniaturization and portability of electronics has resulted in the amalgamation of multiple technologies into one device.
Hybridization
Convergence
Saturation
Ubiquity
Ubiquity in mobile technologies refer to the ____________________
technologies converge and saturate our environment, they blur
the distinction between the human and non-human
mobile technologies are omnipresent and are embedded into our surroundings
mobile devices saturate the environment, increasing expectations of continuous availability.
