Social Media: Intro Vocab (Spring 2023)

A digital content link to specific content.

• algorithm

• #hashtag

• meme

• blog

A file format for animated images.

• JPEG

• PNG

• GIF

• Feed

Image, behavior, or idea (often humorous) that spreads widely from person to person.

• Viral

• Troll

• GIF

• Meme

Content whose intention is to attract attention and entice users to click on a link.

• Clickbait

• Ethical Design

• Blog

• Life Hack

A website or media application used to communicate, find people, and/or share information.

• Blog

• Platform

• Vlog

• Echo Chamber

Someone who posts comments to deliberately upset people.

• Clickbait

• Vlogger

• Profiler

• Troll

A website that is regularly updated.

• Blog

• Meme

• GIF

• E-commerce

Creating a product that has "goodness" as a key element: good for the user, their ecosystem, and society as a whole.

• Misinformation

• Echo Chamber

• Ethical Design

• Life Hack

Unauthorized access.

• Disinformation

• Troll

• Hacking

• Misinformation

An electronic (internet) trade of goods and services.

• Ethical Design

• E-Commerce

• Algorithm

• Polarization