University of Ontario Institute of Technology
COMM 1050U
uNIT 4 : THE NEW ART OF TECHNOLOGY
Q1: According to Nicholas Carr, because of the Net's emphasis on immediacy and efficiency, we users of the Net risk becoming this.
a Technological Students.
a Mere information decoders.
a Students in a technological sense. b Students of computers.
c Students of technology.
Q2: According to Stephan Marche, Facebook (and by implication other social media platforms) has revealed this about human nature.
a That we can only really know someone when we are friends with them on Facebook.
a That instant and total connection is no salvations, no ticket to a happier, better world or a more liberated version of humanity.
- That the human condition is crappy.
- That we thrive best when we are alone.
- That the instant and total connection necessarily makes us lonely because we fear other people.
Q3: According to Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, the following is one of the big psychological lessons that can be learned from the "Tinder effect":
a Tinder does not emulate dating in the real world.
a Tinder does emulate dating in the real world.
- Physical eligibility exceed digital eligibility.
- Tinder does not serve any social or evolutionary needs. c None of these answers.
Q4: According to Jeffery Rosen, this is one of the potential problems with new social technologies.
a They are forcing us to disclose all of our information to other people.
a They are forcing us to merge identities that used to be separate.
a They are making us unable to think clearly. b All of these answers.
c None of these answers.
Q5: According to Sherry Turkle, the new communications technologies are all about this:
a Making relationships better.
a Control
a Bringing together different ideas. b Knowledge.
c Comprehension.
Q6: According to Nicholas Carr's metaphor in article, the effect of the internet on reading is sucj that whereas he once was a scuba diver in a sea of words, now he is this.
a Seaweed washed onto the shore of a sea of words.
a A jet skier on a sea of words.
- A wordsmith on a sea of jets.
- A sea of words without a shore in sight. c Skippin.
Q7: According to the article by Rosen, 70% of U.S. recruiters reported that they have rejected candidates for employment because of this:
a Because information found online (including photos, discussion board conversations, and membership in controversial groups)
a Because of bad behaviour while working for other employers, which they found out about online b Because candidates for employment assumed they should be able to play video games at work
- Because of stupid Twitter Handles
- Because candidates for employment assumed that they should be able to speak on their cell phones while at work
Q8: According to Turkle, with technology we sacrifice this for mere connection:
a Conjunction b Connection c Truth
a Conversation
a All of these answers
Q9: According to Jared Diamond, the following is one of the reasons why agriculture is one of the worst mistakes in the history of the human species:
a It made technological progress possible and Diamond sees technological progress as a negative thing b It made people mean-spirited
a This was the origin of major class distinctions
a It made everyone equal b None of these answers
Q10: According to this view, technology creates new social/political/cultural systems which it then structures and controls
- Objectification a Substantivism a Emboism
- None of these answers c All of these answers
