Explain how flaming is used in electronic communication

What will be an ideal response?


Flaming occurs when someone sends an overly negative message that personally attacks another
person. The flamer can further the intensity of the negative message by shouting (using all
capital letters), can call someone a nasty name, or use foul language.

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When disputants have exhausted their own resources and need help because they have become firmly locked in positions, this is called ______.

A. logrolling B. impasse C. not bargaining in good faith D. fatal linking

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Most audience members are highly critical of a speaker's

mistakes. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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One weakness of the supercomputer was that after digesting the Urban Dictionary, Watson couldn't ____________

A) connect with Facebook friends B) attract Twitter followers C) control its "potty mouth" D) defeat human competitors on Jeopardy E) appear in YouTube videos

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Studying genre films from an auteurist approach would involve ________

A) looking at how acclaimed directors lose their personal vision when they are forced to work within a genre B) looking at how acclaimed directors assert a personal vision even while working within a genre C) looking at how and why some studios became associated with particular genres D) looking at how audience appeal has the power the shape the evolution of film genres

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