When Someone Likes Your Instagram Video

Watch this mini-drama from the folks at Buzzfeed. Then choose the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions.

via BuzzFeed

. The communication between Janine and the young man in the grey Buzz Feed shirt is _____________.

. Janine's message, a "like" in response to the young man's Instagram photo, can be characterized as ____________ because, among other things, it lacks multiple cues and instant feedback.

. It is actually wonderful that these two friends can so easily communicate and share their experiences; however, that ease can readily produce miscommunication and interpersonal errors. This is evidence of social media technology's _____________.

. The young man's photo, posted on Instagram, was interesting enough to earn a "like" from Janine. Subsequent rights to use that photo, possibly in advertising or promotional materials, belong to ____________.

. Communication theorists might explain the young man's erroneous interpretation of Janine's "like" using ____________, the idea that communication transacted via social media technology offers little contextual information and few, if any, social cues that might aid meaning making.

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