The Current and Future Trends of Media and Information
Massive Open Online Content and its Implications
Massive Open Online Content (MOOC) is defined by Educause as a model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, with no limit on attendance. It can be characterized by the following:
a. A revolutionary approach to education that veers away from the physical to the virtual
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The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information: The Digital Divide, Addiction, and Bullying
The Digital Divide, Addiction, and Bullying
Digital Divide
Benjamin Company defines Digital divide as the disparities in access to telephones, personal computers, and the internet across certain demographic groups. Different segments have varying levels of access to digital developments due to a number of factors. This can include but are not limited to, race, gender, age, employment, income, location, and religion.
The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information: Netiquette
Netiquette
Netiquette or network etiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online. (Shea, 1997) Rules, that may not be strictly enforced or even regularly followed is important to keep everyone online in check. Virginia Shea published the following guidelines to cover the bases of netiquette.
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The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information
The Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information
Defamation
The Cornell University Law School defines defamation, as Defamation is a statement that injures a third party’s reputation. The civil wrong of defamation includes both libel (written statement) and slander (spoken statements).
To win a defamation case, a plaintiff must show four things:
1. A declaration that a false statement is fact;
2. Publication or communication of that statement to a third person;
3. Fault;
4. Damages to the subject (person, institution, etc.) of the statement.
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The Media and Information Languages
Media and Information Languages. FLASHCARDS. Language. It pertains to the technical and symbolic ingredients or codes and conventions that media and information professionals may select and use in an effort to communicate ideas, information and knowledge. Media Language
