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WorksheetsLong Quiz #2 in Language of the Internet
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
The main misconception about blogs is that they are only
(a) diaries Weblogs.
(a) was the first online social
networking site in 2002.
A (a) is someone who writes a blog.
(a) is a word used to describe the online
community of bloggers and their writings
(a) is the distribution of multimedia files, such as
audio and video, over the Internet for playback on mobile
devices and/or personal computers
Nowadays, the way web users are getting information has
drastically changed.
True
False
The relationship between blogging and journalism can be
characterized as symbiotic rather than competitive.
True
False
Web 1.0 is a catch all term used to describe a variety of
developments on the Web and a perceived shift in the way
it is used.
True
False
Social networking websites may also serve as
a vehicle for meeting in person.
True
False
Podcast is a social space for sharing video content
as well as for discussing the content posted there.
True
False
Blogging and microblogging websites have a
huge difference in a number of words or characters
allowed to publish the message.
True
False
The most
popular microblogging service today is called (a) .
(a) is most notable in online communication, specifically in
instant messaging conversations and on social media sites like
Twitter and Facebook.
People have a tendency to lose their rationality and
become unfriendly when they use digital communication.
True
False
The internet has become one of the influences of the English
language in recent times.
True
False
It is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and
searching through information.
ePortfolio
YouTube
Wiki
Podcast
Digital media has become so crucial to our communication that it
has created an old type of language.
True
False
One of the most notable ways that social media has influenced the
English language, is through the appropriation of existing (a) .
(a) is a rich playground for experimenting,
creating new words and repurposing old ones.
Web 1.0 websites allow users to do more than just
retrieve information.
True
False
ePortfolios are digital versions of (a) portfolios.
Microblogging encompasses technologies
which enable users to write (a) messages.
Digital communication encourages people, especially
younger people, to use hasty or abbreviated language
patterns, which prevents them from being able to use
or develop important language skills.
True
False
Language is, and always has been ever evolving.
True
False
Formal language usage
throughout social communities are creating a generational
language gap.
True
False
Social networking Websites provide a (a)
for people interested in a particular subject or just to
"hang out" together.
Most podcasts are shared using the RSS
format - Real Simple (a) .
Some bloggers have
readership numbers approaching that of big media and
are able to earn income from their popularity.
True
False
A (a) is a list of blogs and bloggers that any particular
blog author finds influential or interesting.
A Podcast is basically just an (a) (or video) file
