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causality (film, narr): cause and effect
chatbot (inf): a term formed by merging the words chat and robot; an
artificial intelligence-driven software that provides automated written or
verbal answers to user questions; used by many companies as a virtual
assistant on their websites or social media platforms
cliffhanger (film): a pending plot in a series of episodes
cognitive (psych): related to cognition, thinking and information-processing
activities
connectivism (ped): a learning theory characterized by network-based
learning
constructivism (ped): a learning theory focusing on the individual
construction of knowledge
content-sharing portal (inf, med): a site that allows you to share images,
audio or video, such as YouTube or Flickr
cosplay (med): a term derived from the fusion of the words costume and
play; an event in which fans participate by dressing up as characters from
their favorite genre, series or film
Creative Commons License (med): a licensing system that offers a variety
of options for the legal sharing and publishing of content
cross-media (med): the simultaneous delivery of content across multiple
platforms
dashboard (inf): data visualization that displays several graphs at the same
time and allows for complex data analysis
data noise (med): a data corpus containing too much data or redundant
information
database (inf): a set of digital or digitized data organized according to similar
characteristics
deepfake (med): a form of content forgery in which artificial intelligence
is used to superimpose the face and voice of one person onto a video of
another person
didactics (ped): a discipline concerned with the objectives, methods and
organization of education
diegetic (film): an element that is integral to the narrative plot
digital scrollytelling (inf, med): a digital narrative technique involving
smartphone and scrolling technology
dynamic visualization (inf): an illustration of trends and processes in
audiovisual form
edutainment (med): a fusion of the words education and entertainment,
meaning the teaching-learning process through entertainment
elliptical narrative (narr, film): non-linear narrative editing based on
omission
emergent narrative (inf, med): the random narrative organization of content
that unfolds in digital frameworks (e.g., video games or social media) in
an uncoded way through user interactivities