CMN 150V

What paradigm underlies "computational science"? Correct Answer: The digital revolution Late 1980s less than 1% of all technologically stored information was digital, and now more than 99% What does it mean that the amount of technologically stored information "doubles" every 2-3 years? Correct Answer: Each 2-3 years, as much is added to what we have accumulated since the very beginning What part of society has changed in a technological aspect? Correct Answer: More people docume...

How much do some top celebrities get paid per tweet? Correct Answer: US$ 10,000 or more What does the "two-step flow model" say? Information flows: Correct Answer: from the media, to influencers, to the public What are the two complementary aspects of Computational Social Science Prof. Lamberson from UCLA will talk about? Correct Answer: empirical work + computer simulations The only truly influential people in society are celebrities and famous people, like Justin Bieber, Barack O...

Session 3 In the social sciences, the term "social networks" refers to social media, like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram. Correct Answer: False Prof. Fowler implies that the people you are not directly connected with (distant friends of friends) are there, but that they do not really matter if we want to understand your behavior or that of society at large. Correct Answer: False Prof. Fowler and his colleague have found that the health of a friend's friend's friend can t...

What paradigm underlies "computational science"? The digital revolution In the late 1980's, how much information was stored digitally? And how much now? less than 1%, now more than 99% If we would take 5ZB of information and store it in books. How far would the pile reach? Many times from the Earth to the Sun What does it mean that the amount of technologically stored information "doubles" every 2-3 years? Each 2-3 years, as much is added to what we have accumulated...