Thursday, 19 November 2009

List of important words

Convergence - different technology systems come together
eg. Online news - written text (journalism), audio and video coming together
Red button on the TV

Web 2.0 - web development and web design and improves communication

Public Sphere - a virtual community where people can come together to discuss interests, news, events or information. eg. forums / comments on newspaper websites + music websites

Online Journalism - reporting of facts and information that is distributed on the Internet

Citizen Journalism - members of the public engage in journalism; 'participatory journalism'.
eg. Wikipedia

Social Networking - interaction between people online eg. facebook

Interactivity - public acting with each other/responding to users

Accessibility- Able to access easier