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Prabhu’s partner David is battling a rare form of cancer that has left him out of work and without the means to pay his mortgage. Prabhu decides to start a crowdfunding page for David. Every day, Prabhu encourages David through his treatments and provides him reassurance that everything will turn out for the best. He also gets to share that the crowdfund has raised enough money to cover David’s mortgage for the next year, so he doesn’t need to worry about losing his home. What Prabhu is providing David in terms of encouragement is _____________ support. What the crowdfund is providing David in terms of money is _______________ support.

Mia is a feminist scholar whose private address was posted on the anonymous social media service 4chan by someone who stated that the post was in retaliation for Mia’s outspoken views in support of imposing regulation on video game content. This sort of post is referred to as ___________.

According to the lecture, which characteristic below is NOT a defining feature of social media?

Beehive was an internal SNS used by IBM employees. Individual users can create profile pages that contained photos, corporate directory information, and a summary of content contributed by the individual. Research found that employees, through this feature, learned more about their co-workers (DiMicco et al, 2009). This is an outcome of which affordance of Beehive?

Research has shown that active use of social media (i.e., liking, commenting, posting) can increase one’s sense of agency, and thereby enhance well-being (Stavrositu & Sundar, 2012). This study was published in 2012. TikTok was released in 2016. Will the research findings still be relevant to TikTok?

According to social information processing theory, when Brian was cornered by Linda and could not retreat physically, which of the following is the most likely response in Brian’s speech?

In 2022, an app called Gas was launched and gained some popularity among young people. Gas only allowed users to send prewritten positive messages (e.g., compliments, encouragement) to each other. What types of social support does it facilitate with this feature?

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