Question

Do Yoon and his friends at OSU are discussing whether social media have caused panic over the recent Coronavirus outbreak. Do Yoon’s friend, Seo Yeon, says that she thinks that social media have caused panic. She explains that people see their friends posting about it on social media, then they can quickly search on Google for the symptoms (which are terrible!), then they can call their parents who will express (great!) worry over their children’s health, and then they can re-share (scary!) information about the latest outbreaks in their own networks all from their phone. Do Yoon tells Seo Yeon that she is describing the idea that cell phones are __________ technologies, which is part of how social media may be a(n) _________ cause of panic.

Convergent; formal
Contagion; final

Answer 1

Do Yoon tells Seo Yeon that she is describing the idea that cell phones are convergent technologies, which is part of how social media may be a formal cause of panic.

Convergent technology refers to integrating many new items in a single device. For example, a mobile phone was originally intended to use for communicating to people but later, almost all the devices such as, watch, alarm, calendar, diary, calculator, internet and its applications such as social media etc. have been integrated into it. Thus, it has become a formal medium that causes panic by sharing the information quickly.

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