New And Traditional Media

Question 0

What is the ‘Digitally’ of the media?

Answer 0

Media is now sent out on digital technology eg. DVD, Internet

Question 1

Lister Et Al’s 5 main differences between traditional and the new media?

Answer 1

1) Digitally
2) Interactivity
3) Hypertextuality
4) Dispersal
5) Virtuality

Question 2

What is the ‘interactivity’ of the media? (Engage, contribute..)

Answer 2

Consumers have the chance to engage, contribute and create their own media. They can also control what media they receive to suit their tastes (twitter follows, YouTube subscriptions)

Question 3

What is the ‘Hypertextuality’ of the media? (Form…connections…parts)

Answer 3

Links that form connections with other parts of information. Users can search, interact and customize the media for their own use.

Question 4

Anagram for digital media’s textuality?

Answer 4

S, I, C

Search, interact, customize

Question 5

Anagram for Digital media’s Interactivity?

Answer 5

E, C, C (engage, contribute, create)

Question 6

What is the ‘Dispersal’ of the new media?

Answer 6

Huge range of different media products. The consumer has more choice about what they read and hear.

Question 7

The ‘Virtuality’ of the new media? (Virtual worlds..)

Answer 7

People can now create unreal experiences in virtual worlds created by computers eg. Minecraft . They can also create imaginary identities on FB, Twitter, etc. (Catfish lowl)