Vocab. 1
A personal journal on which a writer posts thoughts about issues of interest to him/her.
Blog
This characteristic of the web allows users to provide feedback to the media through blogs, chatrooms, discussions boards and surveys
Interactive
Name the three characteristics of the web
Timeliness, permanence and versatility
What is the key reason people use the internet?
They want information quickly
When is the headline written?
After the story is written
The ability to handle many formats, including text, audio, video, photos and animation, gives the web great ___________.
Versatility
The concept of disseminating news across a variety of platforms
Convergence
Name the characteristic being described: News can be uploaded and accessed very quickly on the web
Timeliness
Internet audiences are not as _________ as print news-paper audiences
Patient
The summary should be used to convey a _________ perspective of the story than the lead.
broader
Information on the web has ___________ because it can basically be stored for eternity.
Permanence
The concept of _________ means that information for a web story is written in several different segments, each of which gives readers different degrees of information
Layering
Name the characteristic being described: The web has a variety of formats and online news is the most flexible mass media
Versatility
What is our purpose in writing for the web?
To inform in a quick and convenient way
What is the format of a headline?
Not complete sentences, contains a subject and verb, and omits articles and helping verbs
The information-sharing platform used by the internet
The Web
The first component of a news story that readers see because of its larger size
Headline
Name the characteristic being described: Online news is not limited by time (like broadcast) or space (like print), and an unlimited amount of information can be saved on the web
Permanence
What is a key reason people use the internet?
Speed
What is the purpose of a headline?
To grab the reader's attention and summarize the story
A 1-2 sentence description of what a web news story is about
Summary
A highlighted or underlined word or phrase in a web story that, when clicked on, takes the reader to information on another page
Hyperlink
Name the characteristic being described: Online news can be distributed to its audience very quickly
Timeliness
The difference between the audience for the web and the audience for traditional media is less about who they are than _________________.
What they expect
The summary ____ to the information in the headline rather than _________ it
adds; repeating