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Summary & Resources

Key Terms

blog An online journal or personal writing online etiquette Polite and professional
platform. behavior that is appropriate when you use
digital resources.
blogosphere The worldwide community of
bloggers. phishing An attempt to obtain sensitive
information from another computer user,
collective intelligence The ability to col- often for malicious or fraudulent purposes
laborate with others on the web. such as identity theft, by masquerading as a
trustworthy source.
digital citizen A person who participates
productively, safely, and responsibly in plagiarism The use of someone else’s
today’s technological society. language, ideas, or other original (non-com-
mon-knowledge) material without acknowl-
flaming An increasingly intense and vicious edging its source.
online debate.
recycling The act of submitting a paper
flash mobs Similar to tweetups, gatherings written by you for another Ashford Univer-
of people organized through social media. sity class. This is not condoned unless you
have permission from your instructor and
geosocial footprint The location informa- clearly indicate that the paper was submit-
tion revealed by users through social media. ted previously for another purpose. The
university’s policy on recycling is detailed in
geotagging A feature that allows a website the “Student Responsibilities and Policies”
to identify information about your location. link in the classroom.

global village The shared human connec- social learning Learning that takes place in
tion through technology. a social context through the influence of our
peers.
hashtag On social media, a word or phrase
preceded by a pound sign (#) and used to social networking A method of building
identify, describe, and organize messages on networks or social relationships among
a certain topic. people who share common interests, back-
grounds, or activities.
metadata Big-picture data that is compiled
from many smaller data points; often used tweetups Similar to flash mobs, gatherings
by corporations and intelligence groups to of people organized through social media or,
create user or target profiles. in this case, Twitter.

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