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Chapter 10: Technology and Media in Everyday Life
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. When it is said that people often use two or more media systems simultaneously, the
chapter refers to this activity as ______.
a. simultaneous media use
b. concurrent media use
c. party media use
d. double-talk
2. It was feared that the introduction of which new technology would rot children’s
brains?
a. Video games
b. Radio
c. Comic books
d. Television
3. Self-disclosure on social networking sites online differs from face-to-face (FTF) self-
disclosure because ______.
a. much more self-disclosure happens FTF
b. online self-disclosure happens much more gradually than in FTF interactions
c. online self-disclosure happens much more quickly than in FTF interactions
d. self-disclosure rarely happens online
4. The use of smartphones can shape and affect relationships because ______.
a. giving or denying your smartphone number to someone does not imply relational
boundaries
b. constant connection through smartphone calls implies the relationship is not
important
c. smartphones allow people to share experiences even when physically separated
d. smartphones rarely are used for social coordination
5. Midcourse adjustment, one form of microcoordinating social interactions through
smartphones, typically involves ______.
a. adjusting previously scheduled meeting times
b. ignoring previously scheduled meeting times
c. progressively defining when and where to encounter someone through multiple calls
d. changing plans once someone has already set out for the encounter
6. Iterative coordination, one form of microcoordinating social interactions through
smartphones, typically involves ______.
a. adjusting previously scheduled meeting times
b. ignoring previously scheduled meeting times
c. progressively defining when and where to encounter someone through multiple calls
or messages
d. changing plans once someone has already set out for the encounter
7. Softening of schedules, one form of microcoordinating social interactions through
smartphones, typically involves ______.
a. adjusting previously scheduled meeting times
b. ignoring previously scheduled meeting times
c. progressively defining when and where to encounter someone through multiple calls
d. changing plans once someone has already set out for the encounter
8. Which relational need includes enabling people to establish and enact specific
relational roles, expectations, and boundaries through the shared use of technology and
media?
a. Promoting interaction
b. Enacting and evaluating roles
c. Withdrawing from interactions
d. Differentiating relationships
9. Which relational need includes enabling people to distinguish particular relationships
from others through the shared use of technology and media?
a. Withdrawing from interactions
b. Enacting and evaluating roles
c. Differentiating relationships
d. Promoting interaction
10. Which of these technologies is able to allow a person to engage in synchronous
communication?
a. Skype
b. E-mail
c. IM
d. Facebook
11. Face-to-face (FTF) interactions, which happen in real time and do not delay
message sending/receiving, are referred to as being ______.
a. synchronous
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b. nonsynchronous
c. asynchronous
d. monosynchronous
12. Text-based online interactions, which can be close to happening in real time but still
have some delay in message sending/receiving, are referred to as being ______.
a. synchronous
b. nonsynchronous
c. asynchronous
d. monosynchronous
13. Which of the media equation research findings suggests that people like computers
that offer them praise more than computers that offer no evaluation?
a. Politeness
b. Pretentiousness
c. Personality
d. Flattery
14. Which of the media equation research findings suggests that, when asked to
evaluate a computer while using the same computer to type their responses, people
responded much more positively than when typing their responses on a different
computer?
a. Pretentiousness
b. Politeness
c. Flattery
d. Personality
15. People who use technology and media to enrich already-satisfied social and
personal lives use it as which of the following?
a. A way to avoid other personal relationships
b. A compensation for a personal relationship
c. A substitution for a personal relationship
d. An alternative to a personal relationship
16. The learned ability to access, interpret, and evaluate media products is known as
______.
a. media literacy
b. being a geek
c. being nerdy
d. media substitution
17. A compilation of your technology and media preferences (and general use of
technology and media) that informs others about who you are as a person or at least
the person you are trying to project is known as ______.
a. your web address
b. your Facebook page
c. your Twitter account
d. your technology and media profile
18. People check their phones approximately ______ times each day on average.
a. 47
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b. 67
c. 77
d. 87
19. ______ refers to the unique management of social interaction made possible
through cell phones.
a. overcoordination
b. subcoordination
c. coordination
d. microcoordination
Multiple Response
1. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. When a new technology is introduced in a society,
which of the following are typical reactions?
a. It is framed as something that will save the world.
b. It is framed as something that is intrusive and threatening.
c. It elicits feelings of concern and anxiety.
d. It tends to be evaluated according to standards and criteria associated with
previously existing technology.
2. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following does the chapter include as
relational technologies?
a. iPods
b. Smartphones
c. Twitter
d. Tablets
3. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Cell phones are changing how people communicate
with one another. Which of the following demonstrate the impact of cell phones on
interactions among people?
a. Constant connection and availability
b. Boundaries and closeness
c. Shared experience
d. Social coordination
4. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What do the authors mean when they say identity
construction on social networking sites tends to be quite strategic?
a. Users put thought into their comments and profiles.
b. Online communication gives people more time to develop their thoughts and actions.
c. People consider whether or not to remain tagged in the photographs of others.
d. People only leave complimentary comments because they don’t want to be judged
negatively.
5. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are cited as consequences of
online communication?
a. Geographically dispersed social networks
b. Feeling more isolated
c. Increased interaction with friends and family
d. A lack of increase in the number of core ties
6. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Select the positive characteristics of social networking
sites.
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a. They offer a list of connections that help make people more real and available.
b. Participation is easy.
c. They normalize the sharing of the mundane.
True/False
1. Fears about the impact of technology on communication are unique to today’s
generation.
2. All technologies, regardless of their unique qualities, affect how we interact and relate
with others.
3. People today fear new technology, but that was not the case when the radio and the
television were made available.
4. Generational differences exist in the use of relational technologies.
5. Technological determinism is the belief that technologies determine social structure,
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cultural values, and even how we think.
6. According to studies cited in the chapter, young people adopt smartphone technology
based only on the quality of the product.
7. Social construction of technology is the belief that people determine the development
of technology and ultimately determine social structure and cultural value.
8. Social shaping of technology is the belief that people, not technologies, exert
influence on social structure and cultural values.
9. Smartphones position people as being constantly connected and constantly available
to others, even when there is no immediate response to a text or call.
10. The same study found that people don’t use media in isolation but often use two or
more media systems simultaneously, an activity referred to as semicurrent media use.
11. A study found that people touch (i.e., swipe, click, or tap) their phones an average of
2,617 times each day.
12. When radio began appearing in homes in the 1920s, these fears were nearly
identical to those expressed about television when it began appearing in homes during
the 1950s.
13. The shared use of technology and media also enables people to establish and enact
specific relational roles, expectations, and boundaries.
14. Nearly 40 years ago, it was discovered that listening to radio was the most frequent
activity shared by spouses.
15. Recently, researchers found that cell phones and watching television and movies to
be among the most common media shared by families.
16. Technology and media also allow people to withdraw from social interaction.
17. People sometimes even pretend to use their cell phones to avoid interactions.
18. Technology and media enable interactions to take place.
19. The media equation maintains that interactions with technology are the same as
interactions with other people, and people use the same social rules and expectations
when interacting with both.
20. Media illiteracy is the ability to access, interpret, and evaluate media products.
21. Direct influences include children’s modeling of viewing behaviors exhibited by their
parents.