OUR DIGITAL LIFE

What is media ?

What is digital media?

WHAT IS MEDIA?

Can you name some of the traditional types of media?

(media before the digital age)

DISCUSS

TRADITIONAL TYPES OF MEDIA

Newspapers, magazines, radio, news reels, television…….

Traditional media types dictated that we were

passive consumers of media

WHAT IS DIGITAL MEDIA?

Digital media is by nature interactive and social - we are

now able to read, watch, create, comment, reinvent

and remodel media.

We are no longer passive consumers

Can you name some types of digital media?

DISCUSS

What is digital media?Digital Media is any content-based

electronic media that is created, distributed and displayed using

communication technology

TYPES OF DIGITAL MEDIA

Audiovisual – Videos, DVDs, Blu-rayYouTube, digital TV, Video Blogs etc

Audio – CDs, mp3, itunes, podcasts, digital radio etc Digital images - jpeg, gif, bmp, png, Instagram etc Electronic Games - Steam, Xbox Live, Playstation etc.  Blogs, Ebooks, Digital newspapers, magazines,

journals, information databases, Internet forums Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Online

Chat/IM, Instagram etcAND MANY MORE

Not forgetting the wide range of DEVICES on which we can use digital media