MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARY

The Yin Yang of the Media MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARY

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The words in The Yin Yang of the Media eTwinning Project's multilingual dictionary have been chosen according to our subject. This dictionary has been dedicated to all of the teachers and students who took part in this activity.

Animation

an animated film or the process of making animated films

Agency

a business that provides a service

Blog

a record of your thoughts that you put on the Internet for other people to read

Child-friendly media

kind of TV programmes that are appropriate for children to watch and help children learn something

Cartoon

a film made using characters that are drawn and not real

Culture

1. the habits, traditions, and beliefs of a country, society, or group of people 2. music, art, theatre, literature, etc.

Cyber crime

a crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. Cybercrime may harm someone's security and financial health.

Cyberbullying

the activity of using the internet to harm or frighten another person, especially by sending them unpleasant messages

Database

A large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily looked at or changed.

Columnist

someone who writes a regular article for a newspaper or magazine

Corner post

A square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building.

Digital

using or relating to computers and the internet

Editor

A person who corrects or changes pieces of text or films before they are printed or shown, or a person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine. A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.

Digital footprint

One's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications manifested on the Internet or digital devices.

e-mail

The system for using computers to send messages over the internet. A system for transferring messages from one computer to another usually via a network.

Effect

The result of a particular influence. The result or outcome of a cause

Fiction

The type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people and facts.

Filter

A tool for selecting or removing a particular type of information.

Focus

1. Careful attention that is given to something such as a task, or the ability to give your full attention to something. 2. If you focus a device such as a camera or microscope, or if it focuses, a device on the lens moves so that you can see a clear picture.

Generic

shared by, typical of, or relating to a whole group of similar things, rather than to any particular thing

Generation

all the people of about the same age within a society or within a particular family

Index

1. an alphabetical list, such as one printed at the back of a book showing which page a subject, name, etc. is on 2. a collection of information stored on a computer or on a set of cards, in alphabetical order

Information Literacy

A set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning

Information Technology

the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of electronic data and information

Image

any picture, especially one formed by a mirror or a lens

Internet

the large system of connected computers around the world that allows people to share information and communicate with each other

media

the internet, newspapers, magazines, television, etc., considered as a group

Media literacy

consists of practices that allow people to access, critically evaluate, and create or manipulate media

Identity theft

occurs when someone uses another person's personal identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes

Key word

A significant word used ın indexing or catalog. The most important, or main, word or words ın your tropic

online

Describes actions performed over the internet.

mind map

A diagram used to represent words,ideas,tasks or other linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.

Mass media

Communication technology such as radio, television, internet, etc that can reach mass populations.The channels and the instituons of communications.

message

to send someone a short message using a mobile phone or computer

offline

State of not being connected to the server on the computer.

original

(for tools) Non-fake, non-imitation, factory-made.

public opinion

The popular view,general mood of the public, viewpointof the population

right to participate

The right to participate means the right to vote and be elected, which is indispensable for democratic systems.

scenario

The text that is the basis for the production of a movie or a guide to the realization of a television show.

search engine

a computer program that finds information on the internet by looking for words that you have typed in

propaganda

A doctrine, thought, belief, policy, etc. All kinds of work carried out verbally, in writing and by similar means and means with the aim of introducing, adopting and disseminating to others.

self control

the ability to control your emotions and actions

self criticism

involves how an individual evaluates oneself and his/her actions

slogan

A short and striking statement made to propagate on idea and support on action.

socialization

It is the interaction process in which individuols learn the volues attitudes,knowledge and skills of the society they are a member of in short the culture of that society.

social media

It is the sharing and dialogue that people make with each other on the internet.

troll

To disrupt the operation of an online community particularly by luring others into combative argument.

target group

A community where a good or service is originally intended to be delivered and a message is managed.

vlog

A video diary is where the user creates a video recording an a certain topic evert day.

virtual

Fully existing held with the hand and seen with eye.