Media Pioneers
Who created the social media platform Facebook in his college dorm room, changing how people connect online?
Mark Zuckerberg
What mechanical machine, popular before computers, used physical keys to strike ink onto a piece of paper?
Typewriter
What popular phrase refers to deliberate hoaxes and disinformation spread via social media and news outlets?
Fake News
Which legal right protects creators of original work (like music or books) from unauthorized copying?
Copyright
If a popular song or movie is uploaded to a free website for people to download without the creator's permission, what ethical and legal violation has occurred?
Piracy
Which tech pioneer co-founded Apple Inc. and revolutionized mobile media with the iPhone?
Steve Jobs
Which ancient Egyptian writing system used pictures and symbols carved into stone or written on papyrus?
Hieroglyphics
What do we call a website's hidden computer program that tracks your online choices to decide exactly which news or ads to show you next?
Algorithm
What is the unique trail of data you leave behind on the internet through your posts, searches, and cookies?
Digital footprint
David is writing a research paper about climate change. He finds a paragraph on a website, copies it exactly into his paper, but places quotation marks around it and explicitly names the website and author at the bottom. What ethical issue did David successfully avoid?
Plagiarism
Who invented the movable type printing press in the 15th century?
Johannes Gutenberg
Which 1830s device transmitted electrical signals over wires using dots and dashes?
Telegraph
If a humorous website writes a fake news story to make fun of a politician, but they explicitly tell the audience it is a joke, what is this called?
Satire/Parody
What term describes the economic and social inequality between those who have easy access to the internet and those who do not?
Digital divide
Chloe joins an online gaming forum. Before posting her first comment, she reads the community guidelines to make sure she uses polite language, avoids typing in ALL CAPS, and respects other players. Chloe is demonstrating good what?
Netiquette
Who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone in 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell
What tool, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, allowed people to scan a paper document and transmit it over a telephone line to another machine?
Fax Machine
What is the name of a web link with an exaggerated or misleading headline designed just to get you to click on it?
Clickbait
What is the name of a symbol (like the ® or ™) that protects a company's brand name, logo, or slogan from being copied by competitors?
Trademark
Kayla receives an urgent email that looks exactly like it came from her bank, stating her account will be deleted unless she clicks a link and enters her password immediately. She realizes the email address is slightly misspelled and deletes it. What digital threat did Kayla avoid?
Phishing
Which American inventor developed the telegraph system in the United States and co-created the famous code named after him?
Samuel Morse
What square plastic tool was widely used to store computer data in the late 20th century before CDs and USBs?
Floppy disk
In media literacy, what is the term for a highly one-sided media message designed specifically to manipulate public opinion or promote a political cause?
Propaganda
When an original creative work becomes so old that its official copyright expires, allowing anyone in the world to use or remix it for free, it enters into what?
Public Domain
A group of citizens wants to build a webpage for their town's history. They invite hundreds of local residents to log on and type in small pieces of information, dates, and old photos that they collectively know. What digital strategy is this group using?
Crowdsourcing