Refers to paper publications such as books, newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, and other materials that are physically printed on paper.
Print Media
Reading material that can either be fictional or non-fictional.
Books
Printed on a daily or weekly basis
Newspaper
Contains articles on various topics depending on the area it covers.
Magazine
Contains informative articles and provides accurate reports on specific topics, such as medicine.
Journal
Contain special features on topics which might be of interest or value to its targeted readers.
Newsletter
Pertains to the official publication of a gov’t organization or in which is intended for public listing of appointments.
Gazette
Contains detailed, yet easy to understand text with images.
Pamphlet
Small book or magazine that contains pictures and information about the products offered.
Brochure
Consist of programs produced by television networks and radio stations. Contrary to print media, it airs audio and video materials for public’s information, interest and leisure.
BroadcastMedia
The first known radio is attributed to the Italian inventor, ----, when he made the wireless telegraph in 1895.
Marconi
Meaning of AM
Amplitude Modulation
Meaning of PM
Frequency Modulation
Equipped with electronic system capable of sending images and sounds by a wire through space.
Television
Is similar to a television show as it offers a variety of themes and genres, it is also called movies or motion pictures.
Film
Is an electronic communication network that connects through various networks and organizational computer facilities around the world.
Internet
Means meeting at a point.
Convergence
Happens when different (two or more) media sources join together.
Media Convergence
It is a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale.
Library
Serves colleges and universities.
Academic Library
Serves cities and towns of all types.
Public Library
Serves students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
School Library
Are in specialized environments, such as hospitals, corporations, museums, the military, private businesses, and the government.
Special Library
Originated from Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas which was established in 1887.
National Library of The Philippines
The task of guaranteeing that documents and records are preserved and accessible to the public. Its main purpose is to preserve the primary sources of information in the Philippines.
National Archives ofThePhilippines
The library focuses on the organization's priority sectors and themes, which include education, energy, environment, finance and trade, gender and social development, governance, health, etc.
Asian Development Bank Library
Meaning of ISSN
International Standard Serial Number
Meaning of ISBN
International Standard Book Number
Native; local; originating or produced naturally in a particular
region/locality.
Indigenous
A knowledge that is unique to a specific culture or society; most
often it is not written down.
Indigenous Knowledge
Transmission of information through local channels or forms. It is a
means by which the culture is preserved, handed down and
adapted.
Indigenous Communication
May be defined as forms of media expression conceptualized,
produced, and circulated by indigenous peoples around the globe
as vehicles for communication.
Indigenous Media
Original information created by a local group of people. This also refers to content about indigenous peoples that may be distributed through dominant forms of media or through forms of communication unique to their people group.
Indigenous Media and Information
It is a global computer network providing a variety of information and
communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using
standardized communication protocols.
Internet
Meaning Of RAVAT
Reliability Accuracy Value Authority Timeliness
Information is said to be ---- if it can be verified and evaluated.
Others refer to the trustworthiness of the source in evaluating it.
Reliability
Refers to the closeness of the report to the actual data.
Accuracy
Information is said to be of ----- if it aids the user in making or improving decisions.
Value
Much of the information we gather daily do not come from a primary source but are passed on through secondary sources such as writers, reporters, and the like. Sources with an established expert on the subject matter are considered as having sound authority on the subject.
Authority
Reliability, accuracy, and value of information
may vary based on the time it was produced or acquired.