Unit 5 Media Studies

the media industry imposes and enforces a set of guidelines upon itself, keeps govt out

a computer program that damages computer hard drives when opened; through email attachments

a site at which users can search the entire Internet for keywords

interactions between two or among multiple people

magazines that are aimed toward a specific, narrow audience

an online nickname

the use of photography, primarily in magazines, to document what goes on in everyday life

computer software that spies on people's computers and reveals credit card #s to criminals

film that take a lot money to make & often contain grand, adventurous stories & special effects

combinations of punctuation marks and letter combinations that look like facial expressions

computer programs that allow people to send text messages back and forth on their computers

online communities of people who share common interests or activities

computer software that reads HTTP and allows you to browse the Web, ie Chrome or Firefox

Short film that showed footage of news events-shown in movie theaters before the main features

a link that's highlighted in the text that goes to another website

community websites where people communicate and network with each other in various ways

emailed advertisements that are mailed to thousands or even millions of users

the "language" used to code the Internet, users read the contents of the WWW on a browser

the system of the motion picture industry that involves age appropriateness rating on all films

nasty insults hurled at each other across the web

rules of etiquette (or social behavioral expectations) apply to communication on the Internet

a group of people whose emails are assigned to one central address.

online journals where people leave posts about their personal lives or about a topic of choice

Rules that dictated what couldn't be seen in Hollywood movies from the 1930s to the 1960s

a system of computers was linked by the Department of Defense in the 1960s

files that are connected to email messages

a type of online scam that's designed to trick people out of personal information

Movie house 1910s-1920s in the US, Americans flocked to see short, silent films for a nickel

An extremist group responsible for discrimination, violence, and even murder of minority groups

a journalistic movement aimed at exposing corruption in big business

a magazine aimed at a large, broad American audiences

websites that allow people w/ common interests 2 have discussions among people about a topic

websites where people w/ common interests to discuss among a # of people about topics of choice

communication technology-allows users 2 share large quantities of text, video, and audio info

using email, chat rooms, blogs, or other aspects of the Internet to taunt, frighten, or harass

situations in which the Internet is used by a criminal to trick somebody out of their money

early films that contained both images and sound