types of media

• Media


  The communication outlets or tools used to share and deliver information
• Print media


  A type of media used in mass communication in the form of printed publication. The traditional form of print media involves ink and paper.
• Examples of print media


  Books brochure magazine newspaper poster
• Characteristics of print media

  1.proponent of literacy - enhances reading or writing

  2. Portable - easily handheld

  3. Independent form of media

  4. Structure
• Broadcast media


  Media such as radio and television that reach target audiences using air waves as the transmission medium
• New media


  Means of mass communication using digital technologies like internet. The stored, transmitted, and accessed digitally media content online
• Internet


  An electronic communications network that connects computer users through various networks and organizational computer facilities around the world.
• Convergence 


  It does not depend on any specific delivery mechanism. Rather, it represents a paradigm shift (a move from medium). Specific content flows across multiple media channels toward the increase interdependence of communication systems toward evermore complex relations between top down media and bottom up participatory culture
• Media convergence


  Convergence of media happens when different media sources join together
• Teleradio

  An example of media convergence, a program that combines the visual aspect of television with AM or news radio
• Stream media


  It provides access to those who have limited or no access to television and radio but is connected online
• Digital convergence


  The blending of traditional media practices with digital platforms such as newspapers offering online editions or television program streaming online