Thursday 6 October 2011

Media terms

Media may refer to:
Communications

Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data

    • Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
    • Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks
    • Digital media, electronic media used to store, transmit, and receive digitized information
    • Electronic media, communications delivered via electronic or electromechanical energy
    • Hypermedia, media with hyperlinks
    • Mass media, all means of mass communications
    • Multimedia, communications that incorporate multiple forms of information content and processing
    • New media, a broad term encompassing the amalgamation of traditional media with the interactive power of computer and communications technology
    • News media, mass media focused on communicating news
    • News media (United States), the news media of the United States of America
    • Print media, communications delivered via paper or canvas
    • Published media, any media made available to the public
    • Recording media, devices used to store information
    • Social media, media disseminated through social interaction
Mass media - refers to all media technologies, including the Internet, television, newspapers, film, and radio, which are used for mass communications, and to the organizations and companies which control these technologies.

Mediate - is a representation or reanacment of reality, for example: big brother, or football match highlights.

Modern media - is simply the most up to date media technology being used, . for example: facebook, ipad's and xbox kinect.

New media -  is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century that refers to on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around the media content. Another important promise of new media is the "democratization" of the creation, publishing, distribution and consumption of media content. Another aspect of new media is the real-time generation of new, unregulated content.




 

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