Businesses Have Found a Number of Different Ways to Use

question 190

Multiple Choice

Businesses have found a number of different ways to use virtual world SNSs. Which of the following was not an application of virtual world technology discussed in your textbook?

• A) Virtual world education: Classes and teacher/student meetings
• B) Virtual world business meetings and collaboration
• C) Virtual world product testing
• D) Virtual world crowdsourcing

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Definitions:

Frame Alignment Theory

A sociological theory that explains how social movement organizations align their activities and goals with the interests and understandings of potential new members.

Solidarity Theory

Suggests that social movements are social organizations that emerge when potential members can mobilize resources, take advantage of new political opportunities, and avoid high levels of social control by authorities.

Resource Mobilization

Resource mobilization is the process of gathering the necessary resources, such as funds, volunteers, and information, for a group or movement to achieve its goals.

Breakdown Theory

A sociological theory that explains social movements as the collective response of individuals to structural weakness, disruption, or strain in society.