Social Media & Internet Vocabulary

hi students welcome to day four of our 100-word challenge today's topic is the internet and social media so let's build our vocabulary in this area our challenge is almost over but you can continue learning over a thousand words when you join my vocabulary builder courses over at my website espresso english. net all right let's learn these social media words remember you can download the PDF guide to this lesson by clicking on the link in the video description just enter your email address and I'll be happy to send it to you so here are a few things you might see while you're scrolling meaning moving down on the screen memes which are funny images with words that are widely shared on the internet and on social media a crowdfunding campaign which is an effort to raise money by asking regular people to give you might see an AMA which stands for ask me anything that's a post where a famous or a very knowledgeable person is open to receiving and answering questions another very common thing in your social media feed the feed is the list of posts is clickbait clickbait is some text that's very exaggerated shocking or makes you super curious with the goal of getting you to click the link people who are famous on social media are known as influencers because they can affect many people's opinions with their content their content is the material they publish influencers have a large audience or fan base these words refer to the group of people who follow them and pay attention to them on social media sometimes influencers are sponsored by Brands meaning a company pays them to talk about their product as a form of advertising influencers might also be Affiliates for companies meaning they recommend the products and receive a commission a portion of money for every sale they help to make if you want to become an influencer you should make some posts about topics that are trending meaning they are currently very popular you can use some hashtags on your post hashtags are words or short phrases starting with this symbol these identify the topic of the post and also make it easier to search for related posts who knows maybe one of your posts will go viral meaning it's seen and shared by more and more and more people another form of online publishing is blogging writing a journal on the internet about your experiences and opinions someone who does this is called a blogger now that we have smartphones it's even easier to become a vlogger meaning someone who regularly publishes videos about their life their experiences and their opinions if you find a Blog you like you should bookmark it meaning save the website to come back to it easily of course there's a dark side to the internet the more popular you become online the more likely you are to have haters people who dislike you and criticize you there are also trolls people who make offensive comments on purpose with the goal of getting people upset this can sometimes start a flame War that's an exchange of nasty or abusive messages between users in a public online space another thing to watch out for online is scams tricks to get your money without giving anything return one common method used by scammers is fishing sending you a fake email that looks like it's from your bank or the government or something official like that with the goal of getting your password or your personal info if you're not careful you could be hacked meaning someone has gained unauthorized access to your computer or your accounts also social media is designed to be addictive meaning it's hard to stop using it if you find yourself Doom scrolling this means to spend an excessive amount of time reading bad news about the world it might be time for a digital detox that's a period of time you spend away from screens in order to improve your habits and improve your mental health now you know 25 words related to the online world what others would you add to this list let me know in the comments I hope my channel is a positive place on the internet where you can learn English easily and feel more confident about your skills before you go download the free pdf guide to review today's vocabulary words and I'll talk to you tomorrow in our final Challenge video [Music]