Glossary


Micro Blogs

Stripped down versions of traditional blogs, that typically limit the number of characters that any given post can be. Most notable example is Twitter.

Micro Donations

Where users donate small smalls of money towards a charity or good cause.

Micro Payments

Where users pay for a product or service in small, regular amounts. Typically involves paying a recurring nominal fee for content online, such as news or webcomics.

Micro Philanthropy

Micro Philanthropy

Multimedia

The different types of media, including pictures, videos and audio recordings.

Online community

A group of people that form around a specific site, channel or idea.

Podcasts

Audio recordings that are syndicated online. They can be streamed or downloaded.