Vocabulary Journal, UWP023-003, Xide Chen by Xide Chen https://padlet.com/xdechen/vgmsunft490y Vocabulary Journal en-us 2018-04-25 17:11:16 UTC 2025-11-07 19:44:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png Assignment 1(Paper1) Vocabulary 5 xdechen https://padlet.com/xdechen/vgmsunft490y/wish/255348463 selfie(noun)
Orignial Context
When we use an online meme or post a selfie, we often are following unstated instructions for what these images should look like and say.

Definition
countable noun
A selfie is a photograph that you take of yourself, especially using a smart phone.

Forms

Synonyms

Short Story
My mother likes to tka the selfie of herself in the trival.

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Orignial Context
These key concepts came out of Canada and were the results of years of discussion and debate among educators, media advocates and government agencies.

Definition 
transitive verb
If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.

countable noun
An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group.

Forms
advocacy
advocator

Synonyms
maintain , submit

Short Story
In the college, the professor I met first was an advocate of truth.
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Orignial Context
So how can we create a media literacy framework that takes into account our power and participation in the media?

Definition
A framework is a particular set of rules, ideas, or beliefs which you use in order to deal with problems or to decide what to do.

Forms
framed
framing

Synonyms
configuration
mechanics
texture
structure

Short Story
The erection of this framework took only a few minutes.

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Orignial Context
Online digital technology has empowered users in ways that were unimaginable twenty years ago.

Definition
Digital systems record or transmit information in the form of thousands of very small signals.

Forms
digitally
digitize
digitise

Synonyms
numerical

Short Story
So the question is: how do we get the stuff over from the digital into the physical?

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Orignial Context
How do we ensure that we are not perpetuating harmful ideas and messages through our online social network?

Definition
If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue.

Forms
perpetuation

Synonyms
retain , keep up

Short Story
We must perpetuate the system.

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