Flashcards: Internet culture

Cyberculture or computer culture is the culture that has emerged, or is emerging, from the use of computer networks for communication, entertainment, and business.

Etiquette in technology governs what conduct is socially acceptable in an online or digital situation.

Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver.

The Gamergate controversy concerns issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture, stemming from a harassment campaign conducted primarily through the use of the Twitter hashtag #GamerGate.

Internet linguistics is a domain of linguistics advocated by the English linguist David Crystal.

Internet addiction disorder, more commonly called problematic Internet use (PIU), refers to excessive computer use which interferes with daily life.

Planking (or the Lying Down Game) is an activity consisting of lying face down—sometimes in an unusual or incongruous location.

Anonymous is a decentralized virtual community.

In computing, an avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character.

System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as Sysadmin Day, SysAdminDay, or Sysmas, is an annual event created by system administrator Ted Kekatos.

Social network analysis (SNA) is the process of investigating social structures through the use of network and graph theories.

Sextortion is a form of sexual exploitation that employs non-physical forms of coercion to extort sexual favors from the victim.

The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing.

The dark web is the World Wide Web content that exists on darknets, overlay networks which use the public Internet but which require specific software, configurations or authorization to access.

In internet culture, an image macro is a picture superimposed with text for humorous effect.

Various researchers have undertaken efforts to examine the psychological effects of Internet use.

The social news site Reddit has occasionally been the topic of controversy due to the presence of communities on the site (known as subreddits) devoted to explicit material.

Sex technology also called Sextech, is technology, and technology-driven ventures, designed to enhance, innovate and disrupt in every area of human sexuality and human sexual experience.

When a message is replied to in e-mail, Internet forums, or Usenet, the original can often be included, or "quoted", in a variety of different posting styles.

A space selfie is a selfie (self-portrait photograph typically posted on social media sites) that is taken in space.

The sociology of the Internet involves the application of sociological theory and method to the Internet as a source of information and communication.

Internet homicide refers to a killing in which victim and perpetrator met online, in some cases having known each other previously only through the Internet.

Synthwave, also called retrowave, is a musical style that emerged in the mid-2000s, influenced by 1980s soundtrack music.

The English language is sometimes described as the lingua franca of computing.

Nerdfighteria is a community subculture, based mainly online.

An outfit of the day (commonly abbreviated OOTD) is where fashion bloggers show what clothes (or outfits) they wear on a particular day or occasion.