01
True or false
1 point
True or false: A digital platform is merely a neutral channel that carries content without shaping what users can do or see.
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02
True or false
1 point
True or false: A person can participate in digital media culture by curating or sharing media, even without creating original content.
- A
True
- B
False
03
Written response
1 point
What term describes the spread of platform infrastructures, economic arrangements, and rules into more areas of everyday life and cultural production?
04
Written response
1 point
What term describes publics made possible by networked technologies, where people gather and communicate and their contributions can circulate beyond immediate contacts?
05
Fill in the blank
1 point
Two features of online material can make a post intended for friends reach unfamiliar audiences: it can as an archive and be and recirculated.
06
Fill in the blank
1 point
A user's clicks, comments, and shares can provide data used by to rank content or target advertising.
07
Choose one
1 point
A social media service lets people post videos and follow creators, ranks posts in personalized feeds, gathers engagement data, sells ads, and sets content policies. Which interpretation best captures how it functions?
- A
It only hosts user posts; business activity and participation rules are outside its role.
- B
It can enable communication while collecting data, selling advertising, and setting content policies.
- C
It determines every user action and completely controls how audiences interpret content.
- D
It serves only advertisers and does not organize interactions among users.
08
Choose one
1 point
A platform changes its recommendation system, and a news outlet adjusts how it presents some posts to maintain reach. What does this situation best illustrate?
- A
The platform change has no meaningful effect because users and producers operate independently of distribution systems.
- B
The platform fully determines what the creator makes and how every audience member responds.
- C
The creator may adapt what or how they publish in response to changed recommendations, while still retaining some agency.
- D
The creator's only possible response is to stop using all forms of digital media.
09
Choose one
1 point
A creator can upload a video but depends on a platform's recommendations to reach viewers and on its policies and business model to earn income. Which conclusion is best supported?
- A
More people may contribute, but influence and visibility remain uneven because of platform systems and unequal access to resources.
- B
The ability to post content guarantees equal access to audiences and equal control over platform rules.
- C
Participation eliminates the effects of recommendation systems and business models.
- D
Unequal access matters only for professional media organizations, not for individual users.
10
Choose all
1 point
Which elements are associated with participatory culture? Select all that apply.
- A
Creating and sharing work
- B
Guaranteeing that every contribution receives equal visibility
- C
Collaborating with others
- D
Supporting a sense that contributions matter
11
Choose all
1 point
Which features of networked publics can make the future audience for a post difficult to predict? Select all that apply.
- A
It may persist as an archive.
- B
It may be copied and recirculated.
- C
It is automatically restricted to the poster's immediate contacts.
- D
It may be found through search.
12
Open ended
1 point
A person posts a casual update intending it for friends. Explain how features of networked publics could expose it to a different audience later, and why this uncertainty matters for self-presentation or privacy.
13
Choose one
1 point
A service lets users post and share videos, connects them with advertisers, and sets rules for participation. Which description best explains what makes this service a digital platform?
- A
A collection of media files that users can download but cannot interact with
- B
A programmable online infrastructure that organizes interactions among users and organizations
- C
A public space that operates independently of data collection and participation rules
- D
A publishing schedule that determines when all users receive the same content
14
True or false
1 point
If a platform allows anyone to post a video, then all creators have equal power to reach audiences and earn income.
- A
True
- B
False
15
Choose one
1 point
A post intended for a user's friends is copied and later viewed by people outside that circle. Which concept best describes the kind of public in which this wider circulation can occur?
- A
A public made possible by networked technologies, where contributions can circulate beyond immediate contacts
- B
A private group whose members' posts are never copied or seen by others
- C
An audience gathered only for scheduled broadcasts
- D
A group of platform owners who set rules for advertisers
16
Written response
1 point
What term describes a culture that supports creating and sharing work, collaboration, and a sense that contributions matter?
17
Choose one
1 point
A creator reshapes a long video into short clips designed for a platform's tools and audience. Which area of media practice is the creator directly changing?
- A
Distribution, because the clips reach users through feeds
- B
Audience activity, because users may respond to the clips
- C
Production, because the creator changes the format of the material
- D
Cultural circulation, because users may reinterpret the clips
18
Choose one
1 point
A user does not make original videos but curates a playlist, discusses posts, and shares media with others. How does this activity relate to digital media participation?
- A
Only producing original videos or music
- B
Only commenting on news stories
- C
Only collaborating on projects with professional creators
- D
Selecting, discussing, remixing, or sharing media as well as creating it
19
Choose one
1 point
A platform uses users' clicks, comments, and shares when organizing a feed. What is one role that these actions can play?
- A
They guarantee that every user sees the same posts
- B
They can provide data used to rank content or target advertising
- C
They prevent platforms from collecting information about audience activity
- D
They ensure that audiences only view and never shape media circulation
20
Written response
1 point
A short cooking video is remixed by viewers, who give it new meanings and share it with people beyond its original audience. What term describes this process of media spreading and being reinterpreted?