*Media Platform is a group of technologies that are used as a base upon which other applications, processes or technologies are developed, and the applications can run, such as; Netflix, Facebook, websites, BBC news etc.
*Media device is an object or machine that has been designed for a particular purpose.For example: phones, tablets, PC's, laptops, video consoles are devices.
*Media sector are different types of industries, such as; music industry, film industry, advertising industry and games industry.
*Media Product is the business of the product, which the product has to produce things such as publishing and printing industry. They produces books, magazines, newspapers etc.
*Analogue means devices that record data linearly from one point to another point. this read the media, such as records by scanning the physical data. Some examples are: cassettes, analogue broadcast, vinyl records etc.
*Digital are devices that express and perform all calculations by a series of digits zeros and ones. Digital allows to save immense amounts of information on small storage devices that can be easily transported, such as; E-book, MP3 player and digital camera.
*Cross media synergy is when media sectors don't work independently and they have to be connected and cooperate to work together with different companies as using each other's skills to become easily recognizable by the audience, for example; The Walt Disney company.
*Individual Audience Consumption are devices and platforms that can be enjoyed by an individual person who engages with them alone. For example a smart phone or a tablet.
*Group Audience Consumption are devices and platforms that can enjoyed by a group of people at the same time and engage with other people. For example a cinema release or games consoles.
*Technological convergence is the combining of two or more mediums in TV, films, computers,or websites, for example; the Xbox 360 is a game console and a DVD player.
*Primary research: methods such as surveys, interviews and questionnaires to find our own research.
*Secondary research: finding someone else's research that can be found in books, journals and internet research.
*Quantitative research: describing research based on facts and figures that can be used to statistical data.
*Qualitative research: describing research based on attitudes,opinions and thoughts.
*Objective questions: require a user to choose or provide a response to a question whose correct answer is predetermined.
*Subjective questions: are questions that are asked in a way to extract a certain response.
*Reliable questions: are questions you can rely on to give you the correct information on something.
*Valid questions: a valid argument, comment, or idea is based on sensible reasoning.
