Digital media terms

Platform (social media platform)

• A website or app where people share posts, photos, or videos (e.g., Instagram, TikTok).
• To look at websites or apps without a clear plan.
• To communicate or take part in activities with other people online.
• Able to change what people think or do.

Algorithm

• Information, pictures, videos, or text that is shared online.
• To watch and check something carefully.
• How much people react to online posts (likes, comments, shares).
• A computer system that decides what content you see online based on what you saw before.

Privacy

• To put a photo, video, or file onto the internet.
• Information, pictures, videos, or text that is shared online.
• The right to keep your personal information safe and not shared with everyone.
• To watch and check something carefully.

Digital footprint

• The record of everything you do online, like posts, likes, and searches.
• The right to keep your personal information safe and not shared with everyone.
• When someone cannot stop doing something, like using social media too much.
• How much people react to online posts (likes, comments, shares).

Addiction

• When someone cannot stop doing something, like using social media too much.
• The ability to connect with the internet or with other people online.
• Easy to reach or use.
• A group of people with shared interests, often talking online.

Connectivity

• The right to keep your personal information safe and not shared with everyone.
• A group of people with shared interests, often talking online.
• To put a photo, video, or file onto the internet.
• The ability to connect with the internet or with other people online.

Misinformation

• False or wrong information that is shared online.
• When someone cannot stop doing something, like using social media too much.
• The ability to connect with the internet or with other people online.
• Able to change what people think or do.

Cyberbullying

• Something you cannot trust.
• Bullying or hurting someone by using the internet, messages, or social media.
• Able to change what people think or do.
• To communicate or take part in activities with other people online.

Community

• Able to change what people think or do.
• A group of people with shared interests, often talking online.
• Something you can trust.
• To look at websites or apps without a clear plan.

Engagement

• How much people react to online posts (likes, comments, shares).
• Easy to reach or use.
• Information, pictures, videos, or text that is shared online.
• Something you can trust.