A type of journalism whose goal is to misinform a target audience forging erroneous, decontextualized, or false information, and spreading it via both traditional media and online channels which usually have a look and feel similar to trusted news outlets.

Malvertising

The practice of seeding malware in advertisements at legitimate online advertising networks.

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Mar 26, 2017

Hyperlocal

The quality of a cultural object to focus on matters concerning an individual or a small community, usually in a limited geographical area.

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Oct 1, 2016

Easter Egg

A piece of information or functionality intentionally hidden inside a cultural object such as an online service, a computer program, a piece of hardware, a DVD menu screen, a music album, etc.

The easter egg’s content can be anything, from a text message or a videogame to a hidden track.

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Oct 1, 2016

Transmedia

The quality of a cultural object to exist in multiple media at once, each media contributing idiosyncratically to the existence of such object.

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Sep 11, 2016

Transposition

Mutation of an original cultural object to produce a derivative work such as an abridged version, a translation, a play, or an adaptation to communicate it on another medium.