Persons involved in the use, analysis, evaluation, and production of media and information
Types of People Media
People in Media
People as Media
People in Media
Media practitioners or experts that have professional journalism training who gather information through direct or actual experience of events
Types of People in Media
Print Journalists
Photojournalists
Broadcast Journalists
Multimedia Journalist
Print Journalists
People who provide information by writing articles about news on printed materials like magazines and newspapers
Photojournalists
People who capture, edit, and present images to convey information. They are often employed in newspaper and magazine publishing companies
Broadcast Journalists
Media people who deliver information on-air. Examples are news anchors, field reporters and radio announcers
Multimedia Journalist
Responsible for gathering information through interview, observation, or research; also responsible for writing, capturing visual content and editing stories to be presented
People as Media
Media users who make use media sources and messages to provide information to people with limited access to media and information or lower-end users
Types of People as Media
Opinion Leaders
Citizen Journalism
Social Journalism
Crowdsourcing
Opinion Leaders
People who are actively use media and interprets or delivers messages for lower end users. Their opinions are usually accepted by a group
Citizen Journalism
An individual or a group of citizens without proper training for journalism that uses media - usually through Internet - to make or deliver information. They are usually the witnesses of an event worth sharing
Social Journalism
Journalists who delivers information through social media to make their content more accessible to people
Crowdsourcing
People who provide services, ideas, or content that are sponsored by a large group of people, especially from the online community
Text
A simple and flexible format of presenting information or conveying ideas whether hand-written, printed or displayed on-screen
Types of text-based materials
Formal
Informal
Formal text-based materials
Created and distributed by established institutions (such as publishing companies, news agencies, etc.) and go through a rigorous process of editing or evaluation and are usually governed by censorship of the state
Informal text-based materials
Come from personal opinions or views on different issues, processes, etc.
Typeface
The representation or style of a text in the digital format
Types of Typefaces
Serif
Sans Serif
Script
Decorative
Design Principles and Elements
Emphasis
Appropriateness
Proximity
Alignment
Organization
Repetition
Contrast
Emphasis
Refers to the importance or value given to a part of the text-based content
Appropriateness
Refers to how fitting or suitable the text is used for a specific audience, purpose or event
Proximity
Refers to how near or how far are the text elements from each other
Alignment
Refers to how the text is positioned in the page. This can be left, right, center or justified
Organization
Refers to a conscious effort to organize the different text elements in a page
Repetition
Concerns consistency of elements and the unity of the entire design. Repetition encourages the use of repeating some typefaces within the page
Contrast
Creates visual interest to text elements
Visual media and information
Instruments, applications, etc. that teachers and/or students use to convey new information to help learn the uses, assessment, and creation of visual images
Types of visual media
Photography
Video
Screenshots
Infographics
Data visualization (charts and graphs)
Comic strips/cartoons
Memes
Visual notetaking
Types of visual media by production
Formally produced
Informally produced
Formally produced visual media
Visual media produced by formal organizations such as schools, government, and established media/publishing outfits
Informally produced visual media
Visual media produced by individuals or informal groups
Purpose of visual information
To gain attention, create meaning, and facilitate retention
Visual design elements
Line
Shape
Value
Texture
Color
Form
Line
Refers to an outline that sometimes create a shape