Question 161 pts

______ is having the ability to display your style, personality, and interests in a way that is fun and entertaining.

Group of answer choices

Flexibility

Personalization

Creativity

Two-way communication

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Question 171 pts

The characteristic of ______ means that new media have the capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements.

Group of answer choices

personalization

creativity

two-way communication

flexibility

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Question 181 pts

A fixed online identity that someone creates for activity in cyberspace is a(n) ______.

Group of answer choices

avatar

screen name

social media

e-mail

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Question 191 pts

______ is human communication facilitated by a wide range of new media technologies, such as Tumblr, Snapchat, e-mail message systems, message boards, and online games.

Group of answer choices

Social media

Computer-mediated communication

Peripheral information

Virtuality

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Question 201 pts

Irving Goffmans theory of self-presentation relates to new media and computer-mediated communication because ______.

Group of answer choices

identities are fixed and rigid within new media

individual expressiveness is limited with new media

we cease to give off nonverbal cues in CMC

there is a relationship between our performance aspects and our identity online because we become what we type

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Question 211 pts

Goffmans theory of self-presentation uses the metaphor of ______ and ______.

Group of answer choices

a stage, actors

cyberspace, e-mail

the Internet, actors

a stage, the Internet

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Question 221 pts

Second Media Age scholar Mark Poster (1990) observed that in computer-mediated contexts, the individual is affected by identity play, absence of gender cues, and ______.

Group of answer choices

variations in location and knowledge

variations in time and space

variations in audience and space

variations in time and location

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Question 231 pts

Communication researcher Charles Soukup (2004) confirmed the sense of identity play, observing that virtual communities enable people to engage in dramatic performance online through ______ communication.

Group of answer choices

new media

verbal

nonverbal

traditional media

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Question 241 pts

Identity, the self, and ______ are deeply intertwined.

Group of answer choices

social media

cyberspace

technological communication

computer-mediated communication

Flag question: Question 25

Question 251 pts

When Misty signed up on Match.com, she used the screen name HOTnewyorker. Misty used the screen name, MistyJones, when uploading her resume and trying to find a job. Mistys use of two different screen names for different online activities demonstrates how users can have ______.

Group of answer choices

multiple identities

multiple personalities

one identity

one personality

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