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24 Cards in this Set
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Blogs
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Short for Web logs
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Analog
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Information that is transmitted in a continuous numerical format
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Digital
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Information that is transmitted in numerical format based on only 2 values (0 and 1)
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Computer-mediated communication (CMC)
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The exchange of messages carried through an intervening system of digital electronic storage and transmitted between two or more people
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Internet
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A system of networks that connects millions of computers around the world
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World Wide Web (WWW)
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One of a number pf services that moves ocer the internet; it uses HTML as its document format
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Cyberspace
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Synonymous with the internet or online world
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Social presence
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Degree of psychological closeness or immediacy engendered by various media
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Media richness
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The potential information-carrying capacity of a communication medium
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Emoticons
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Pictographs used in e-mail to convey relational information
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Asynchronicity
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Occurs when a message is sent and received at different times
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Multiphrenic self
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An identity that is fragmented or lacks coherence
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Spam
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Unwanted commercial messages and advertisements sent through e-mail
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Spoofing
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Misrepresenting oneself online
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Pseudoanonymity
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Projecting a false identity
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MUD (multiuser domain)
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Text based virtual reality system in which one is expected to assume a role
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MOO (multiuser domain object-oriented)
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Text-based virtual reality system in which one is expected to assume a role-differs from MUD in that participants can introduce charges in the system
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Identity tourism
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Taking on a new internet identity for recreational purposes
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Social network theory
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Theory predicting that the more people are socially connected, the more intensely they are likely to communication using various media available to them
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Field of availables
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Potential partners and friends, typically much larger via CMC than via face-to-face relationships
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Hyperpersonal relationships
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Internet relationships that develop intimacy more quickly than face-to-face relationships
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Cultural capital
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Cultural knowledge and cultural competencies that people need to function effectively in society
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Technocapital
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Access to technological skills and resources
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Diffusion of innovations
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Theory that explains why some innovations,. Like computers and internet technology, are accepted by some people and rejected by others
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