Types of Media Quiz

Types of Media

• Media encompasses various forms of communication, including print, broadcast, and digital/new media.

Print Media

• Consists of paper publications like books, newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, and other materials printed on paper.

• Types include:

  • Books: Fiction and non-fiction reading materials.
  • Newspapers: Daily or weekly printed news.
  • Magazines: Articles on diverse topics.
  • Journals: Informative articles and reports, often in specific areas like medicine.
  • Newsletters: Special features on topics of interest.
  • Gazettes: Official publications, often containing government appointments.
  • Pamphlets: Detailed yet easy-to-understand text with images.
  • Brochures: Small books or magazines with pictures and information about products.

Broadcast Media

• Programs produced by television networks and radio stations.
• Unlike print, it uses audio and video for public information, interest, and leisure.
• Includes:
  • Radio: Invented by Marconi using amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) for wireless communication, primarily audio.
  • Television: Electronic systems for sending images and sounds through space.
  • Films: Similar to television, offering a range of themes and genres, also known as movies or motion pictures.

Digital/New Media

• Internet is a global communication network connecting computer facilities worldwide.
• Features include webpages, distance education, hypertext, and online shopping.
• Other types include e-books, email, and media convergence.

Media Convergence

• Merging of different media sources (two or more).
• Examples include:
  • Smartphone: Combining camera, telephone, digital mapping, web browser, and radio in one device.
  • Computer: Including a video player, music player, and web browser.
  • Internet, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter working together.

Media and Information Sources

• Sources of information include libraries, indigenous knowledge, and internet.

Library

• A library houses literary, musical, or artistic and reference materials that can be used but are not for sale.
• Types of libraries include academic, public, school, and special.

Indigenous Knowledge

• Unique knowledge specific to a culture or society, often not written down.
• Indigenous communication transmits and preserves culture, information, and heritage.
• Indigenous media includes traditional media forms, gatherings, and social organizations, direct observation, records (including oral ones), and oral instruction.

Internet

• Definition: It's a global computer network providing information and communication.
• Evaluation of internet information requires skills in assessing its:
  • Authorship
  • Publishing Body
  • Accuracy and Verifiability
  • Currency

Reliability, Accuracy, Value, Authority, and Timeliness (R.A.V.A.T.)

• Factors to judge information quality:
  • Reliability: Trustworthiness; verified and evaluated
  • Accuracy: Closeness to actual data.
  • Value: Improves user's decisions.
  • Authority: Source's expertise on the topic.
  • Timeliness: Information relevance based on its age.
• Skills in determining the reliability of information on the internet:
  • Scrutinize the author
  • Check publication/update date
  • Examine citations and sources
  • Ensure the website's domain/owner (.com, .gov, .edu, .org, .mil)