MarCom:Interactive

Internet Communication and Emerging Media

8101 E. Kaiser Blvd. Suite 150

Anaheim, CA 92808

Phone: (714) 283-6203 • Fax: (714) 283-6201

www.marcominteractive.com

Take Your Pulse

Admit it.  It is kind of fun to see how much of the “buzz” you recognize.  Especially if you are the only one who knows how well you score.

 

Take our quiz and test your “modern media” pulse.  You’ll get your score, but no one else will (we don’t track answers so we can’t tell you how you do against anyone else.  It’s for fun, people!).  We update it about once a month, so check back and you’ll always have new trivia to throw around at your next business lunch or social gathering. 

 

 

1) Approximeetings are:
a) Instant messaging meetings
b) Agreement to join a social network site for scheduled chatting
c) Loosely organized meetings confirmed by text messaging
d) An on-demand recorded meeting
2) The majority of journalists report they are using blogs mostly for:
a) Creative outlet
b) Story ideas
c) Monitoring beat coverage
d) Research
3) Podcasting is:
a) An MP3 file combined with RSS
b) Streaming video to a mobile phone
c) Apple's new iTunes player
d) Internet broadcasting
4) Tagging is:
a) One blogger citing and linking to another blog post
b) An edited wiki post
c) A folksonomy categorizing the content of a document
d) Lingo for mobile photo sharing
5) According to the World Newspaper Conference held in May, 2005, the “renaissance” for newspapers will be:
a) Mobile Devices
b) Blogs
c) Podcasts
d) Internet Radio
6) Technorati is:
a) A hugely popular blog about online trends
b) A search engine
c) The “A-list” bloggers
d) An international social media conference
7) The news publication that recently launched a Wikitorial is:
a) Business Week
b) The New York Post
c) Wired Magazine
d) Los Angeles Times
8) RSS is:
a) The newest Internet Radio format
b) Microsoft’s answer to the Apple iPod
c) A wireless device for reading websites offline
d) A subscription service offered by websites for notification of new conten
9) I, Reporter is:
a) A “blogumentary” being filmed about 25 “A-list” bloggers
b) A school for news outlets using citizen reporters
c) The largest collection of blogs by mainstream reporters
d) A recent study on the future of news by The Media Center
10) Del.icio.us:
a) Is the largest social bookmarking website
b) Is a widely popular podcast by The Kitchen Garden Company
c) Downloads and creates personal archives of entire websites for personal reference and searching
c) Is a blog search engine