Weekly Task 2: Collect At Least 10 types of media forms and describe them...(* Make sure you note your references if you get the information or references from somewhere else....)

Types of Media Forms:

1)      Primitive media:

They are the media which have existed before the discovery of new media for the means of communication and sending or sharing information. Examples for primitive media are: sending smoke signals, sending pigeons to transmit messages, some ancestors even used flag to direct signal which acts as a way for sending and replying the messages. These media are being used in the olden days and I believe they are indeed quite time-consuming since without the aid of technologies. Sometimes, problems of misinterpretation would likely to be occurred or the failure of sending of the messages might be happened as well due to unforeseen circumstances. 









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2)      Printed media:

Communication delivered via paper or canvas. In my own opinion, I think that printed media is come after the discovery of the written media. Printed media are quite essential as they involved in the publicity of the latest or even some past news that happened around us at any time. Despite, printed media act as very good sources for us to gain knowledge. In some cases, printed media also served as the evidence purposes as everything is jot down black and white.











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3)      Written media: 

They are used to convey messages to one another by the usage of written text.  In the olden days until now, we can see the revolution of written media to other forms of media which are indirectly affected by them. Written media also involving the revolution of font types and the changes in the characters. For example, in China, each Dynasty involved the characters based from pictogram and objects.

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4)      Spoken media: 

They are considered to be the way to mediate the information in spoken form. In fact, when we are having meeting or conference, it is said that we are using these media to share information to one another. Furthermore, we can direct share information more easily through the use of spoken media as we can ensure that the message is understood by the recipients.

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5)      New Media: 

A generic term for many different forms of electronic communication that are made possible through the use of computer technology. These media involved the usage of digital devices and as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around content. New media are also have the characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible and interactive.  Examples are: IPhone, IPad, Tablet, etc.


Source from: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/new_media.html

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6)      Broadcast media:

Communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks. Many devices are related to broadcast media, for example: radio, television and even satellite. In fact, mostly the news that we usually see on the television programmes are considered updated and some live broadcast enable us to keep track what is happening at particular time. 

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7)      Personal media: 

This term is defined as the any form of media designed for use by a specific person. In fact, personal media also can be denoted as person-to-person communication such as gestures, mails, speech and telephony. In fact, in the earliest days, gestures and speech are greatly needed and indeed are quite convenient since technologies are not much required. 

Source: http://www.globalization101.org/types-of-media-2/

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8)      Social media:

Social media includes the various online technology tools that enable people to communicate easily via the internet to share information and resources. Social media can include text, audio, video, images, podcasts, and other multimedia communications. Some famous social sites among the youths or the younger generations are as followed: Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Friendster and other sites. Social media are considered to be very user-friendly as the interface designs are simple and they even have different extra features like, creating chat room, fan page, events, and ones can even connect to other people easily with the feature of suggesting the users the recommended friends. These media totally can save our time in this modern busy world as multitasking can be done with the aids of all these fine features.

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9)      Electronic media

Communications delivered via electronic or electromechanical energy. Electronic media may be in the form of digital or analog though mostly are found in the form of digital format. Primary electronic media which are quite well-known by many people are multimedia presentation, slide presentations, compact discs,floppy discs, etc. In fact, most of the electronic media are also have the function of creating data or modifying the data which can later be transferred to other devices as backup copies. Examples: Mobile phones, compacts discs, floppy discs, memory cards, etc.
















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10)    Mass media: 

Any kind of form of media that are designed for use by many people. In the past, ones need to read the newspaper in order to obtain the news around us. However, nowadays, many people can simply surf the internet to get the latest news in a very short time. Furthermore, when we are using these media to share information, we can assure that thew messages are being sent spontaneously through various kinds of media. Despite that, we can also send the messages or information to multiple targets through multiple platforms.       In fact, printing, radio and television are some examples of mass media which are intended to reach vast audiences.  

Source: http://www.globalization101.org/types-of-media-2/

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11)    Recording media: 

Requires the use of devices which act to store information. In the olden days, our ancestors would use the written media as the one and only media to keep their files. However, when they needed to arrange the file in an orderly manner, they would need to spend much time to trace back their files and in other words, it was quite not very efficiency. Unlike nowadays, we can have all sorts of modern devices which can help us to have our documentation of files can be done in a well manner and the time taken for the process is very fast.    Examples: Mobile phones, compacts discs, floppy discs, memory cards, external hard drives, camcorder, camera, recorder and microchips.














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12)   Interactive media: 

Interactive media is the integration of digital media including combinations of electronic text, graphics, moving images, and sound, into a structured digital computerized environment that allows people to interact with the data for appropriate purposes. The digital environment can include the Internet, telecoms and interactive digital television. Though interactive media is very advanced in terms of technology, many people might not be affordable to use them since they are considered to be exorbitantly priced due to the high end technologies are being involved for these media.

Source: http://www.atsf.co.uk/atsf/interactive_media.pdf

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13)   Creative multimedia: 

These are the media having the power to create means of conveying and expressing information.Products of these media include: drawings, animations, web-pages,video,etc. Creative multimedia involve not only visual presentations of the design of an artwork but they do involve the post production as well which comprises of editing the artwork. There are existed in all kinds of forms: arts, digital paintings, animations, short videos, movies, etc. 

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