OCR
List of Terms ] 181 emoticon (med): an emoji representing the emotions and cultural codes of the human face (e.g., the smiley face) empiricism (phil): the dominant epistemological movement of the 17th century which focused on empirical knowledge ergodic literature (lit, med): a narrative that takes its final form after active intervention by the user (e.g., narrative video games) fabula (lit, film, narr): story; the sequence of events narrated in a temporal and causal context fake news (med): a text which is similar in form to news but which contains misleading information flashback (narr): recalling events that happened at a previous point in the plot flashforward (narr): the evocation of a later event at some point in the plot forum theater (ant, ped): a community theater performance about social dilemmas in which the audience is actively involved in the plot franchise system (med): a business brand model protected by a patent or trademark, which provides uniform operation and image for all its representatives gatekeepers (med): filterers of mass media content, typically editors gif (inf, med): an animated small image grounded theory (ant): a qualitative research method in which the researcher carries out sampling, data collection and analysis in a systematic step-bystep and parallel manner and develops a theory based on the partial results. hashtag (inf, med): can be used to thematically organize and index content shared on Web 2.0 platforms hermeneutic circle: a scientific approach based on the unity of the interpretation of the part and the whole high-concept series (film, med): a series with a complex narrative created with the help of a creative team, directors and actors, such as The Handmaid's Tale homo narrans (narr): the storytelling human hyperlink (inf): a link to external content that deepens the meaning of a text hypertext (inf, med): text that appears in a digital environment which is hyperlinked to external but relevant content and is therefore networked immersion (psych, med, film): a subjective experience in which the recipient is completely immersed in the plot (see also narrative transport) immersive storytelling (inf, med): the addition of VR or AR technology to storytelling in physical space indexing (inf): content tagging based on common property; a Web 2.0 form of content organization influencer (med): voluntary content producer with followers on Web 2.0 platforms infographics (inf): a term derived from the merging of the words information and graphics which refers to an illustration produced in a graphically sophisticated form using pictorial and textual information