lesson 5, 6, 7

• Symbolic codes are social in nature. Such codes exist beyond the media product themselves but can be interpreted in similar ways in the everyday life of the viewer (Young, 2017).
• Setting is the time and place of the narrative. It can be the setting of the whole story or just a specific scene. This will create atmosphere or build a frame of mind (Young, 2017).
• Mise en scene is a French term meaning ‘everything within a frame’. Costume and props are included in the analysis in the frame (Young, 2017).
• Acting is how an actor portray a character that will lead to character development and tension making through facial expression, body language and vocal qualities (Young, 2017).
• Color is used to connect connotation to specific scenes, characters or object. Red, for instance, is typically seen as a color of passion, danger, romance, or violence. Green is connected with nature or sickness, blue with calm or depression. Purple is seen to be connected with royalty (Young, R. 2017).
• technical codes According to Arniel Ping technical codes are all the ways in which equipment is used to tell a story in a media text like camera techniques, framing, lighting, etc
• Camera works -refers to how the camera is handled, positioned and moved for specific effects like a high-angle camera shot to create a feeling of power in a photograph.
• Lighting According to Robert Young lighting is the manipulation of natural or artificial light to selectively highlight specific elements of the scene
• Audio is the expressive or naturalistic use of sound. It includes dialogue, sound effects and music.
• written codes. are the formal written language used in a media product. These include language style and textual layout like headlines, captions, speech bubbles, etc.
• Story Conventions are common narrative structures and understandings in story telling media products like cause and effect, character construction and point of view.
• Form Conventions, are the expected ways on how media codes are arranged. In newspapers for example, the most important news will be at the front page while sports news is found at the back page. Newspapers also contain masthead.
• Genre Convention are the common use of tropes, characters, settings or themes in a particular type of medium. They can be formal or thematic.
• The origins of the Internet go back to the 1960’s. It had many milestones from then until now. Internet has changed business, education, government, healthcare, and even the ways in which we interact with our loved ones. It became one of the key drivers of social evolution. The changes in social communication are one of its particular significance. Most communication barriers have been removed because of the internet.
• Copyright is a legal device authorizing the creator of a literary piece, artistic work, musicals or other creative compositions the sole right to publish and sell such work.
• phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords. The information is then used to access important accounts and can result in identity theft and financial loss.
• fair use of a copyrighted work for criticism, comment, news, reporting, teaching including multiple copies for classroom use, scholarship, research and similar purposes is not an infringement of copyright.
• Decompilation which is the reproduction of the code and translation of the forms of the computer programs to achieve the inter-operability of an independently created computer program with other programs, may also constitute fair use.
• Digital divide pertains to the social and economic imbalance of the opportunities to access to, use of or knowledge of information and communication technology (ICTs). It is referring to a gap between sector in the community who can access, has the skills and has desire to the internet and those who cannot.
• he unequal opportunity of the internet acquisition is caused by the differences of skills, motivations and preferences of use based on category such as personal category (gender, age, race/ethnicity, personality, intelligence and Health), positional category (education, occupation, household and nation) and the resources category (economic, social and cultural capital) status of a person. The divides arise due to lack of knowledge on how to manipulate the technology and understanding of its benefits as well and some cannot afford to access because the income is low
• Computer Addiction means the inability to control the desire of using the technology (like computers, smartphones and internet) or an extreme use of the computer which makes the person uneasy or anxiety in the absence of the gadgets.
• Compulsion- over time spent in online activities like gaming, bartering of stocks, gambling which cause to a problem at work
• Information Overload - excessive online surfing resulted to inefficient at work and have less family interconnection
• Cybersex addiction- exceed time spent in surfing porn sites that could interfere one’s relationship
• Cyber- relationship- excessive time spent in social networking sites to make relationship online than spending time to real persons like family and friends
• . Emotional Symptoms- feeling of guilt, anxiety, depression, dishonesty, feeling of great happiness or excitement (euphoric) in front of the computer, defensive, distress, escaping of work, isolation and cannot follow schedule
• Physical Symptoms - backpain, headache, increase or decrease of weight, sleep disorder, carpal tunnel syndrome, blurred or strain visions Computer
• Bullying happens in face to face (like in school) while cyber-bullying happens in a cyberspace (means in interconnected digital technology).
• Cyber bullying is a type bullying done online with the use of technology like computers, laptops, and cellphone that can destroy the physical and emotional aspect of the victim (called as bullied) by the one who does the act (refers as bully). This problem is associated with the use of internet and different platforms like text messaging, chatting, emails, websites and social networking sites. The different forms of cyberbullying are posting shameful pictures or videos in social media, sending threatening or hurtful messages through chatting or text messages. The bullying act happens