Responsible Use of Media and Information and the Evolution of Media

Flashcards covering the definition and elements of digital citizenship, rules of responsible media use, and the four major ages in the evolution of media.

Digital Literacy / Technology Literacy

The ability of an individual, working independently or with others, to responsibly, appropriately, and effectively use technological tools.

Digital Access

The ability to fully participate in digital society, including access to tools and technologies like the internet and computers.

Digital Citizenship

The continuously developing norms of appropriate, responsible, and empowered technology use.

Digital Etiquette

The electronic standards of conduct or procedures involving the process of thinking about others when using digital devices, often associated with Netiquette.

Netiquette

A set of rules about the proper and polite way to communicate with other people when using the internet.

Digital Literacy (as an element)

The element of digital citizenship concerned with teaching and learning about technology and its use.

Digital Law

The element of digital citizenship involving electronic responsibility for actions and deeds.

Digital Communication

The electronic exchange of information between individuals.

Digital Commerce

The electronic buying and selling of goods.

Digital Rights and Responsibility

The freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world.

Digital Safety (Security)

Electronic precautions taken to guarantee safety in the digital world.

Digital Health and Welfare (Wellness)

The physical and psychological well-being of individuals in a digital environment.

Plagiarism

Taking writing from an outside source without giving proper credit, even from social media platforms; it is considered a crime.

Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)

A paraglider term referring to human communication through computers.

Synchronous CMC

A form of communication where contact takes place in real time, such as text-based online chat or video conferencing.

Asynchronous CMC

A form of communication where participants are not simultaneously online, including email, discussion forums, and mailing lists.

Pre-Industrial Age

The period before $1700$ when people discovered fire, forged tools with stone and metals, and created the earliest forms of traditional media like petroglyphs and cave paintings.

Cave paintings

Prehistoric art considered one of the earliest forms of traditional media, dating back to $35,000\text{ BC}$.

Papyrus in Egypt

An early form of media developed in Egypt around $2500\text{ BC}$.

Clay tablets

Used in Mesopotamia around $2400\text{ BC}$ for recording information.

Acta Diurna

An early form of media in Rome dating to approximately $130\text{ BC}$ or $150\text{ BCE}$.

Dibao

A form of early information dissemination used in China during the $2\text{nd Century}$.

Industrial Age

The period from $1700$ to $1930$ when people used the power of steam and machine tools, leading to mass production of books and newspapers.

The London Gazette

An early newspaper published during the Industrial Age, identified with the years $1640$ or $1665$.

Electronic Age

The period from $1930$ to $1980$ where the use of electricity and the transistor led to the creation of radio, television, and early computers.

Information Age

The period from $1900$ to $2000$ where the internet and microelectronics paved the way for faster communication and digitalized data.

Mosaic

An early web browser developed in $1993$ during the Information Age.