Week 8

1. net neutrality - the idea that there are restrictions and that no particular content, platform, or equipment receives preferential treatment on any broadband network

2. subtext - a message that is not overt - a way of conveying an idea beneath the surface of a media message, a subliminal message

3. actualities - audio clips from interviews, may be edited

4. voice-over - a narrator talking while activities are happening, whether on radio or TV

5. laugh track - also called, canned laughter, a recorded track of people laughing where there is no audience to provide the idea of audience participation timed to appropriate actions or words

6. hypertext - a link within a web page that links the user to another web page or another part of the same web page, usually used for additional information or a definition

7. RSS feed - short for Really Simple Syndication, users can subscribe to an RSS feed to find out when new content or other changes have been made to a web page

8. Digg - links uploaded for viewing, these links are posted and then users "digg" them up or down

9. triangulation - the concept that information is generally correct if a user can find the same information (not the same wording necessarily) in three separate sources

10. wiki - websites that can be edited by users and/or anyone on the internet

11. electronic program guides (EPGs) - provided by television provides that includes the guides on what to watch and the interactive capability to order (whether free or for a fee) services (programs, events that are televised, etc.)

12. product placement - a product is used in a particular TV show or movie based on the manufacturers payment for "advertising" to the media production company

13. media oligopoly - the lack of diversity in media ownership, affecting content, competitors, and sometimes the price of media products