Across
- 3. Massive amounts of data – much more than a human being can comprehend — that can be fed into computers to allow them to search for patterns that people could not see (two words).
- 5. A neurotransmitter made in the brain. It has many uses in the body, one of them one of them being to act as a chemical messenger between neurons. It is released when the brain is experiencing a reward.
- 8. A trail of data you create while using the Internet. It includes the websites you visit, emails you send, and information you submit to online services (two words).
- 10. The disclosure of an inappropriate amount of detail about one's personal life.
- 12. Anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on social media.
- 13. A customer of a drug dealer, a slot machine, or a social media company.
Down
- 1. Describe or draw attention to (a product, service, or event) in a public medium in order to promote sales or attendance.
- 2. Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking (two words).
- 4. A program or piece of software designed and written to fulfill a particular purpose of the user.
- 6. Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
- 7. The critical point at which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place (two words).
- 9. Freedom from external control or influence; independence.
- 11. A set of step-by-step procedures that provides the correct answer to a particular problem. In social media, algorithms take information that the social media companies have collected about their users and the provide advertisements, posts, and other information to the user according to the criteria that the social media company sets for that user.