Ethical Use of Social Media

In Unit 3, we learned about digital media and how it’s used online.

We focused on images, audio, and video, and how to use and credit them correctly. 

Main Topics

• Social Media Impact 

• Digital Media Exploration

• Digital media types 

• Copyright and attribution 

Key Points

• Digital media includes images, audio, video, and animations

• Creative Commons lets people share and reuse content

• Give credit when using someone else’s work

• Knowing licenses helps you avoid copyright problems

Important Terms

• Digital Ethics – using technology in a responsible and respectful way

• AUP – rules for how to properly use devices and networks

• Accessibility – making content easy for everyone to use

• Plagiarism – using someone else’s work without giving credit

• Copyright – laws that protect creators’ work

• Creative Commons – licenses that allow sharing with some rules

Five Media Types:

• Text – written words

• Images – pictures or graphics

• Audio – sound or music

• Video – moving images

• Animation – moving graphics