Online Media Terminology Flashcards
Navigational Features
Guide the user through the content on a site - elements like drop down menus.
Mise-en-scene/Composition
Everything in the scene, including backdrop, props, dress codes and facial expressions.
Homepage
The page that a user is directed to first.
Interactive elements
Elements that enable the user to respond to the page directly.
Internal Hyperlinks
A section that guides a user to a different page within the same website.
Narrative
The ‘story’ that the user is provided with.
Anchorage
The way in which meaning is limited by, for example, using captions to impact the meaning of an image.
Typography
The style and appearance of the font.
Graphics
Extra visual details that are added in post-production.
Convergence
When one platform allows users to consume various types of media texts.
Mode of Address
How the media texts communicates with the audience.
External Hyperlinks
A section that guides a user to another website.
