Filipino Journalists, People Media

• Vicky Morales is a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter.
• She co-anchors GMA Network's 24 Oras since 2014 and hosts Wish Ko Lang! since 2004.
• Karen Davila is a prominent broadcast journalist in the Philippines
• She is known for hard-hitting interviews and investigative reporting.
• Davila has received several awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
• Jessica Soho is considered the most awarded broadcast journalist in the Philippines.
• She is known for her exceptional storytelling and dedication, winning numerous national and international awards.
• Maria Ressa is a Filipino American journalist and CEO of Rappler.
• She is known for fearless reporting on controversial issues like extrajudicial killings and the war on drugs
• Ressa is a Time Person of the Year awardee.
• People media is the medium through which people learn interactions.
• People media serves as information sources and disseminates data to the masses.

Types of People Media

• People in Media include individuals behind other media forms.
• They disseminate information and impart knowledge.
• People as Media refers to those who serve as the medium for others to learn and acquire knowledge.

People in Media Categories

• People in Radio use radio to disseminate local & international news and entertainment.
• Radio personalities are radio broadcasters, editors, writers, actors, and disc jockeys.
• People in Television disseminate news, events, & advertisements on TV.
• TV personalities include news anchors, reporters, hosts, performers, and video jockeys.
• People in Print utilize printed materials to distribute information to the masses.
• Print personalities are publishers, authors, editors, journalists, columnists, fiction writers, poets, visual artists, and photographers.
• People in Web Media use the Internet to inform others, and are commonly used by researchers.
• Web personalities generally use blogs, websites, or social media.
• Web personalities include bloggers and vloggers.
• Opinion leaders obtain more media coverage and are educated on specific issues.
• They have social influence within groups, serving as interpersonal communication hubs.
• Opinion leaders opinions and behaviors are generally respected.
• Citizen journalists collect and report news as non-journalists.
• It is also known as collaborative, participatory, democratic, guerrilla, or street journalism.
• Social journalism is a hybrid of contributors, reader content, and professional journalism.
• Vital aspects include social news collection, verification, distribution, community involvement, data, analytics, relationship grooming, and audience engagement.
• Crowdsourcing obtains work, info, opinions from a large group.
• Includes crowdsourcing ideas, information, or contributions from social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Kickstarter.
• Graphic designers can assemble logo samples for a fee - Research paper.
• Teachers, tutors, student teachers and students, who share knowledge, are also people media.
• Chinkee Tan is a motivational speaker, financial consultant, and business coach.
• Carl E. Balita is a registered nurse, midwife, and professional educator.
• He is known for the Dr. Carl E. Balita Review Center or CBRC.
• Lyqa Maravilla, "Coach Lyqa," is a registered psychometrician known for educational content on YouTube and TikTok.
• Tech-savvy individuals are proficient in technology use, especially computers.
• Credible people are believable and trustworthy.
• Flexible people know how to use technology and adapt.
• Charismatic people appeal to the senses.
• Updated people know the latest relevant information.
• Articulate people express themselves clearly.
• Strengths of People Media include flexibility, interactivity, sensory engagement, practical experiences, emotional connection, and relationship maintenance.

Limitations of People Media

• Misinterpretation
• Subject to criticism
• Credibility issues
• Too much influence
• Life risk
• Reliability issues
• Plagiarism

Text Information and Media

• Text is a simple and flexible format that presents information.
• It is any human-readable sequence of characters that forms intelligible words.

Types of Text

• Hypertext links to different electronic documents, enabling non-linear jumping.
• Plain or Unformatted Text has fixed-size characters with a consistent appearance.
• Formatted Text allows changed appearance using font parameters like bold, underline, italic, size, and color.
• Typeface (font) refers to representation or style.
• A typeface is typically comprised of alphabets, numbers, punctuation, etc.

Typeface Styles

• Serif connotes formality and readability, is used in books/newspapers/magazines, and has a classic look (ex: Times New Roman).
• Sans Serif offers a clean, minimalist look and clarity, and is used for signage and webpage design (ex: Arial).
• Slab Serif carries a solid, heavy look, useful for advertising (ex: Rockwell).
• Script draws attention with brush-like strokes and is sparingly used for formal events (ex: Edwardian).
• Decorative caters to a wide variety of emotions/themes (ex: Chiller).

File Formats

• TXT (Text) is an unformatted document.
• DOC (Document) is a native format for MS Word.
• RTF (Rich Text Format) permits cross platform exchange and is the default format for MAC OS X's editor.
• Emphasis highlights text importance.
• Appropriateness refers to how fitting the text is for a specific audience/purpose..
• Proximity refers to how near text elements reside.
• Alignment is how text is positioned on a page (left, center, right, or justified).
• Organization is the conscious effort to arrange text elements on a page.
• Repetition involves creating consistency via unified design.
• Contrast generates visual interest, achieved when design elements differ

What is visual information?

• Information related to visual processing for graphic material interpretation.
• Visuals occur in conferences, seminars, discussions, and reporting.
• Types of Visual Media include photography, typography, videos, infographics, cartoons, screenshots, data visualization, comics, memes, and visual notetaking.
• Visual information serves to gain attention, create meaning and facilitate retention.
• JPEG ("Joint Photographic Experts Group") is a standard file format for compressing pictures for easy storage/sending.
• GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is often used for looping animations and memes.
• PNG (Portable Network Graphic) is popular for web designers.
• TIFF (Tag Image File Format) is favored by photographers for high-quality images before editing.
• BMP (Bitmap Image File) maintains image resolution.
• Line describes a shape or outline.
• Shape is a geometric/organic area.
• Value describes light/dark in a design.
• Texture is how a surface is felt or perceived.
• Color is determined by hue, intensity, and value (terms are defined in the text).
• Form is a figure with thickness.
• Balance is visual equality.
• Harmony brings together a composition with similar units.
• Contrast offers change.
• Directional movement provides a visual flow.
• Consistency of margins, typeface, typestyle, and colors is necessary.

Visual Elements

• Visual elements include the Center of Interest, Rhythm and Perspective.

Audio Media

• Audio refers to anything connected to sound that have been received, recorded, transferred or duplicated.
• Audio media is about media communication that uses audio equipment for reporting, documenting, and delivering information.
• Audio information is files or sound created and transferred using high fidelity waves.
• Radio Broadcast sends live or recorded audio through radio waves.
• Magnetic tape is a recording format.
• Compact discs are tools in which audio, video, and other digital information is recorded, stored and played back.
• USB flash drives can be plugged into computers.
• Memory cards are flash drives used on devices.
• Amplitude refers to loudness.
• Frequency measures vibrations of sound and is measured in Hertz (Hz).
• Wave Form describes the quality of sound.
• The characteristics of sound is dependent on the medium.is the shape of a sound wave.
• Speed Propagation refers to how quickly sound travels.
• Cloud and Internet storage provides remote capabilities.
• MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) is a coding format for audio
• M4A/AAC (MPEG-4 Audio/Advanced Audio Coding) is a lossy digital audio compression
• WMA (Windows Media Audio) is developed by Microsoft.
• The Microsoft audio file format is used for personal computers for storing digital audio data.
• WAV (Waveform Audio File Format) is the Microsoft audio file
• These enable the listeners to listen to the ideas and views of the experts and other reliable people.

Audio Media Purposes

• Enables listeners to get views from experts
• Enables listening of speeches and other such learning material
• Serves as alternative guides for other tasks
• Grant listeners access to important audio sounds

Stereo Imaging

• Crossfading prevents silence between songs
• V-Fade switches volume
• Fading to black creates silence
• Stereo imaging is features of duplication while retaining a balanced spatial location

Motion Information and Media

• 1650 – Moving Pictures preceded the stroboscope
• 1832 – Phenakisticope
• 1866 – Zoetrope
• 1868 – Flipbook
• Motion media gives movement.
• Motion media combines graphics, footage, video with audio, text and interactive content.
• 24 Frames are shown per second.
• Videos, film and slides make use of frames
• Series of graphics create a sotry
• Storyboard uses key videos and audio
• Motion pictures are a medium used to communicate beauty
• The R-13 film rating requires parents to guide children
• The R-16 rating requires the guidance of parents for children
• The R-18 has no restrictions
• The X rating is not for public viewing
• The pixel is the unit of color
• There is the development of the Film Council
• Animated Gifs are a basic animation format

Various video formats

• 3GP (3rd Generation Partnership)
• MPG
• MP4
• H.26N
• Quicktime
• DivX
• Mobile apps run on handhelds.
• Multi player online video games exist
• Interactive websites are commonly used for studies
• Virtual reality uses 3D imaging. Social Media is the most modern form of connectionManipulative
• Manipulative media is used for teaching
• Some Manipulative media includes analyzing some interactive media

Characteristics of Manipulative Media

• Content is based on multimedia
• Integrated media has audio and text
• Interactivity combines multiple platforms delivered electronically
• Transforming analog data delivery happens in the computer