Online Communities and Change
Name a type of online community focused on social change.
What are Online Communities of Change, Action Communities, Activist Communities, Communities of Purpose, and Fan Communities.
This term describes a country's ability to influence others through attraction or persuasion, rather than coercion, as defined by Joseph Nye.
What is Soft Power?
This type of conduct involves intentional falsification of content in digital communities - sometimes unintentional, sometimes intentional. Either way, it is deemed illegal to spread it.
Spreading Fake News.
This challenge occurs when an online community becomes dominated by a small group of users, often stifling diversity of opinions.
What is echo chamber or filter bubble?
This term refers to media content available on demand over the internet. (Sometimes live.)
Streaming. Streaming Media.
This concept from Marshall McLuhan refers to the ability of online communities to connect people across different geographical locations, creating a sense of shared experience or purpose.
What is the global village?
This term refers to the practice of governments subtly using media and cultural content to promote their political agenda internationally. (Not 'soft power', but a related term)
What is cultural diplomacy? or public diplomacy.
This European Union regulation significantly changed how companies handle user data.
What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
List one potential negative aspect of online communities.
Negative aspects of these platforms include the spread of misinformation and the potential for online harassment.
This global online platform is known for being number 1 for its user-generated videos.
YouTube
This term refers to the phenomenon where social media platforms are used for political campaigning and voter mobilization.
What is digital activism or social media activism?
This country integrates celebrity appeal into its propaganda, using it as a strategic resource in its global influence.
What is China's strategy in utilizing soft power?
This term refers to the government's ability to control what is accessible online in a country. Malaysia said it would not do this to the internet.
Censor. Censorship.
Name a challenge that online communities face in maintaining sustainability?
Monetization, maintaining interest, handling moderation correctly.
This term describes the blending of traditional broadcast media with digital forms of communication.
What is media convergence?
What term, coined by Jürgen Habermas, describes a space where individuals can freely discuss and identify societal problems, a concept now often extended to online communities?
Public Sphere.
This Asian country is known for using cultural exports like movies and music as part of its soft power strategy.
What is South Korea?
This international agreement aims to protect intellectual property across the world, including digital content.
What is the Berne Convention?
This term refers to the issue of controlling and managing the content and conversations within an online community.
What is moderation?
This term describes the phenomenon of traditional media companies adapting to and integrating digital technologies.
What is digital convergence?
This term describes the process where online communities rapidly spread information quickly and all over the place - often influencing public opinion and social movements.
Going viral. Virality.
These are three key performance indicators of the soft power.
What are Familiarity, Reputation, and Influence?
This act in Malaysia regulates printed materials and publications.
What is the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA)?
This is a common challenge in online communities where users behave disruptively or disrespectfully.
What is trolling?
This concept describes how digital media has enabled the rapid spread and exchange of cultural products across borders.
What is cultural globalization?