LESSON 1 - CS 15 : MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

• Cyber


  Relating to, or involving computers or computer networks (such as the Internet)
• Cyberspace


  The virtual computer world, and more specifically, an electronic medium used to form a global computer network to facilitate online communication
• Cybercrime


  Criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the Internet
• Cyberbullying


  Use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature
• Hacking


  The practice of modifying or altering computer software and hardware to accomplish a goal that is considered to be outside of the creator's original objective
• Illegal downloading


  Obtaining files that you do not have the right to use from the Internet
• Digital piracy


  The practice of illegally copying and selling digital music, video, computer software, etc.
• Cyber defamation


  An unprivileged false statement of fact which tends to harm the reputation of a person or company
• Cybersex


  A virtual sex encounter in which two or more people (connected remotely via internet) send each other sexually explicit contents or sexually explicit acts
• Child pornography


  A form of child sexual exploitation
• Cybersquatting


  Registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else
• Computer addiction


  The excessive use of computers to the extent that it interferes with daily life
• Virtual self


  The person you create about yourself virtually
• Types of plagiarism

  • Images
  • Video
  • Music
• Copyright


  A legal device that gives the creator of a literary, artistic, musical, or other creative work the sole right to publish and sell that work
• Copyright infringement


  Violation of a copyright
• Watermark


  Addition of logo or a name to an image to discourage image theft
• Fair use


  A legal concept that allows the reproduction of copyrighted material for certain purposes without obtaining permission and without paying a fee
• Netiquette


  The correct or acceptable way of communicating on the Internet