section A practice questions

1a Identify three social media channels that professional photographers can use to share digital photographs. 

Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr 

1b Explain one way that social media can be used to distribute audio-visual media content.

YouTube can be used to upload and consume audio-visual content online. The social media platform includes features that allow media producers to edit and add sounds effects/ music to videos as well as upload them to a personal YouTube channel for consumers to watch, and distribute that way.

1c Explain two differences between the way in which individuals and media professionals use social media channels.

Individuals might use social media sites to communicate with other users/ friends around the world where as a professional might use social media to market to a wider audience around the world due to the globalisation feature of social media.

Individuals are able to be entertained by social media through consuming content where as a professional might use this to collaborate with other media professionals to create their own content.

2b Explain two different ways that the term 'global village' can relate to the use of social media technologies.

Social media provides a virtual space that allows global villages to form as social media can be accessed across the world. 

The portable and convenient feature of social media technologies allow instant communication between users across the globe.

3a Identify two ways that the term 'moral panic' relates to the use of social media channels.

Instagram prosumers provide unrealistic body images, which leads to poor self-esteem.

Twitter puts teenagers' mental health at risk, due to the amount of likes and retweets gained.

4a Identify two contemporary case studies that reflect concerns about social media products and young people. 

Love Island host, Caroline Flack killed herself which triggered a drop in mental health for many young people. 

4b Identify a total of three organizations or public figures who have been accused of using social media inappropriately. 

• Piers Morgan
• Andrew Tate
• Kanye