Thursday, 19 January 2012

Key terms III

Web 2.0 - The second phase of the internet, the focus has changed from recieving information to people creating and sharing material.

Download - The practice of selecting and recieving digital information from an online source on a computer, as opposed to sending it by upload.

Peer to peer - The sharing of media material between between two parties in an equal relationship.

Piracy - Distribution of media material that infringes copyright law.

Audience - This refers to the way in which people engage with the media. The new digital media: convergence, user-created content and social networking have transformed the audience from a traditional 'mass' into a 'fragmented' definition.

Distribution - Promoting music and getting it into shops, on the radio and downloaded for payment.

Consumption - People buying C.D's, downloading music, paying for live concert tickets and purchasing related topics.

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