Digital Media Assignment: Definitions and Sentences of Key Terms

This assignment defines and provides example sentences for various key terms in digital media and communication. It covers a wide range of concepts, including 'Networked Publics,' 'Social Media,' 'Aggregation,' 'Privacy,' 'Virtual Community,' 'Affordance,' 'Spreadable Media,' 'Small Media,' 'Big Media,' 'Transmedia,' 'User Generated Content (UGC),' 'User Created Content (UCC),' 'Participatory Media,' 'Digital Storytelling,' and 'Produsage.' Each term is clearly defined, and an example sentence is provided to illustrate its usage and context. This assignment helps in understanding the fundamental vocabulary used in the study of digital media and its impact on modern communication and social interaction.

Running head: DEFINITION AND SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD
Definition and Sentence of Each Word
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note

1DEFINITION AND SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD
Networked Publics
The term “Networked Publics” is quite difficult to define. However, since social
networks sites themselves are also called publics, the term “Networked Publics can be
defined as a set of cultural, technological as well as social developments which as followed
the growing use of media that are digitally networked. For e.g. – Social Network sites
Sentence
Networked Publics are an important concept in the study of the social media
networking in the modern times.
Social Media
The term “Social Media” is generally defined as a collection of communication
channels online which helps the user to interact and share information from one another. For
e.g. - Facebook
Sentence
Social Media has played a major role in helping the companies in the marketplace
advertise their products to their online audience.
Aggregation
The term “Aggregation” is used to define a body or a group of people that consists of
many other parts or people in that group. For e.g. – A crowd is an aggregation of a number of
people in the same place at the same time.
Sentence
People called Uzbeks are actually an aggregation of people from other races like
Turks and the Mongols.

2DEFINITION AND SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD
Privacy
When the term “privacy” is defined in accordance to the social media itself, it refers
to the process by which an individual can protect certain personal things that he/she does not
want others to see or know about. Foe e.g. – Instagram has a privacy option that shows only
the users name and profile to the other users.
Sentence
Privacy in social media is one of the most growing concerns among the users in the
modern age.
Virtual Community
Virtual Community is generally defined to a group of people who interact with one
another and also share various pieces of information on the web. Foe e.g. – 4Chan.
Sentence
It is only with the help of virtual community that the people can share their thoughts
and opinions on various topics with each other.
Affordance
Affordance is generally defined to be the purpose that a product as it is witnessed by
the user of the product himself/herself. For e.g. – using various buttons on a gaming console
for moving the characters.
Sentence
` In spite of the affordances of the product, the user is unable to use the product
properly as he does not know how to use it.

3DEFINITION AND SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD
Spreadable Media
Spreadable Media refers to how the media examines the engagement of the audiences,
the environment of participation and the environment of their participation. They also explore
how the companies face internal tensions as they are introduced to new forms of
communication. For e.g. -forms of media that spreads information relating to the business
companies .
Sentence
The ideas that are spread by the people regarding business, politics and their everyday
life can only be understood with the help of spreadable media.
Small Media
The term “Small Media” generally refers to the media organizations that are smaller
compared to the large scale media organizations. For e.g. – small media companies
Sentence
Small media sometimes gets hold of important scoop much earlier than those of the
big media.
Big Media
Big Media generally refers to the major organizations that are involved in the
gathering of news and other information in their day to day activities. For e.g. – large media
companies.
Sentence
The salary in big media companies is much more than that of their smaller
counterparts.

4DEFINITION AND SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD
Transmedia
A transmedia is defined to be a kind of project that is a combination of media forms
of various kinds. For e.g. – The Star Wars Franchise.
Sentence
Transmedia are the latest form of media agencies that will gather the news much
earlier than big or small media.
User Generated Content (UGC)
User Generated Content is any form of content that has been placed by the users on
the social media for other users to see them. For e.g. – “#MyMintMoment” by Mint.
Sentence
Social Media in the modern times makes use of a lot of user generated content for its
users.
User Created Content (UCC)
User Created Content refers to the content that has been created by the users fir the
others to see in social media. For e.g. – “#BufferCommunity “ by Buffer
Sentence
There has been an ever-growing demand of user created content in the recent times
among the users of social media.
Participatory Media
It is the type of media where the individuals themselves can play a role in collecting,
organizing and disseminating information. For e.g. – democratic media

5DEFINITION AND SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD
Sentence
Participatory Media has great demand in the modern times for collecting and
organizing information.
Digital Storytelling
It is the process by which people can share aspects of their story. It is a dorm of
digital media production. For e.g. – Bear 71.
Sentence
Digital Storytelling is one of the modern forms of teaching in the classroom today.
Produsage
Produsage refers to the user based content creation that takes place in online
environments. For e.g. – A parody of U.S. teen singer Rebecca Black’s “Friday”.
Sentence
Produsage helps the users create online content that can be used in a number of ways
in the media.