MIL Flashcards
a person is knowledgeable or well versed about a specific subject
Literate
refers to the different means of communication, such as television, and internet.
Media
the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media
Media Literacy
The ability to exercise critical thinking when analyzing different forms of media
Media Literacy
Enables a person to become competent in processing and assessing the form of media one uses.
Media Literacy
Pertains to a data acquired for a specific purpose
Information
the skill that allows a person to recognize when information is needed and access, locate, evaluate, and use it effectively.
Information Literacy
Came from the greek words “techne” and “teknologia”
Technology
The systematic application of one’s art or skill for a practical purpose
Technology
the ability to acquire relevant information and use modern-day tools to get information
Technology literacy
refers to the time before the existence of written or recorded history
PRE-HISTORIC ERA
earliest form of traditional media
Pre-historic art
carving or engraving in rock or caves
Petroglyphs
“parietal art” are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings
Cave Paintings
fundamental in temple rituals, ceremonial movements, which mimed significant events
Dance
temporary, painted in the human skin
Body art
refers to when the first tools, inventions, and innovations were developed, from the old stone age to the early civilizations
ANCIENT ERA (300 BCE - 100 BCE)
one of the earliest schemes of writing, wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets
Cuneiform script
orderly writing system used by the ancient egyptians, used on papyrus and woods.
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
the PROTO-CANAANITE ALPHABET, the oldest confirmed alphabet, contains 22 letters which were all consonants.
PHOENICIAN ALPHABET
Theatrical culture that flourished in ancient greece
DRAMA
dance was part of a festival called the “Dionysia” which honored the god ________
Dionysus
derived from the papyrus, ancient greek for the Cyperus papyrus plant
Paper
Used in ancient egypt for writing
Paper
period in history that encompassess the changes in economic and social organization, characterized by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines
INDUSTRIAL ERA (1700s-1905s)
pressure to an inked surface recessing upon a print medium
Printing Press
hand-held while taking the picture daylight and a fast plate or film
Collodion dry plates
The creator of the Collodion Dry Plates
Desire van Monckhoven
the long distance broadcast of textual or symbolic messages
Telegraph
Morse code signaling alphabet with Morse
Electrical Telegraph
The creator of the Electrical Telegraph
Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
first device in the history that allowed people to talk directly with each other across great distance
Telephone
Scottish immigrant, creator of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Power-driven recording and reproduction of sound, also called a GRAMOPHONE
Phonograph
Invented the Phonograph in 1877
Thomas Edison
Movie, motion picture, theatrical film or photoplay, generates the illusion of moving pictures
Film
The digital age, a period that shifted from traditional industry to and economy based on information computerization.
INFORMATION ERA (1906 - Present)
Uses radio waves to convey information
Radio
Telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving pictures.
Television
The first computer released
IBM Personal Computer
directed the first computer in Boca Raton, Florida
Don Estridge
portable telephone, produce and receive calls over a radio frequency carrier
Mobile Phone
Invented the first mobile phone in 1973
John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper of Motorola
A worldwide system of unified computer networks that links billion of devices across the planet
Internet
A scholarly or academic research of either an undergraduate or a master’s degree student
Theses and Dissertations
One on one way of getting accurate and reliable information from an expert in a field
Interviews
Primary sources and Secondary sources
Museum
are original materials that were produced during a particular period in history
Primary Sources
are documents made after an event has occured
Secondary sources
in easier and more convenient than going to the library
Internet
a program capable of searching documents in the web using specific key words
Search engine
First place in search engine with a difference of 89.43%
Second place in search engines, microsofts attempt to challenge google in search
Bing
One of the most popular email providers
Yahoo!
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
.edu
educational institution
.gov
governmental agencies
.org
organization
two letter codes
country
APA
American Psychological Association
MLA
Modern Language Association
used to inform the readers that certain texts on his work came from another source
Citation
when you use someone else’s work
Plagiarism
if you quote more than 500 words you may be violating the “_________” copyright laws
Fair use
protects the owner who can either be the author or the publisher
Copyright
protects the inventions, literary and artistic works, design and symbols, and names and images used in commerce
Intellectual Property
Once the duration of the copyright ceases the work becomes available for ___________
Public Domain
refers to the limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work
Fair use
media consisting of paper and ink, reproduced in a printing process that is traditionally mechanical
Print Media
media such as radio and televisions that reach target audiences using airwaves as the transmission medium
Broadcast Media
contents are organized and distributed on digital platforms
Digital/New Media
refers to something using digits, particularly binary digits,
Digital
happens when different media sources join together
Media Convergence
Allows media texts to be produces and distributed on multiple media devices
Media Convergence
the information is correct but the intention is wrong
Malinformation
false information is spread with the wrong intention
Disinformation
false information is spread unintentionally
Misinformation
