Module 6 DIGITAL MEDIA
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital media is content (text, graphics, audio, and
video) that is in digital formats and transmitted over
internet or computer networks.
DIGITAL MEDIA
The digital world includes computers, software, and the
movement and storage of digital information via networks
and storage (hard drives and cloud services).
DIGITAL MEDIA
• Digital media has dramatically and dynamically
changed the way of life today, the way we live,
work, communicate, share, entertain and educate
ourselves.
DIGITAL MEDIA
It has also opened up a vast avenue of digital
advertising (also known as online advertising). It is
digitally displayed through the Internet, on smart phone
and other hand-held devices.
DIGITAL MEDIA
Digital media is trans-disciplinary in nature which
brings together digital arts, technology, business
strategy, human computer interaction, design and
development in a meaningful and innovative
combination that possibly can cater to a global society.
CHARACTERISTICS OF DIGITAL MEDIA
• Digital by default
• Push vs. Pull
– content is "pulled" by the consumer, not "pushed" by the media.
• Convergent
– separate technologies blend together in a common digital
denominator.
• Wired, Wireless, Terrestrial and Satellite-based
– configured for a variety of transmission methods.
• Distance Insensitive
– can be assessed from any/every geographical location
• Networked
– connectivity - one-to-many to one-to-some and one-to-one
– real time
– decentralized
• Interactive
– responsive
– personalized - the tailoring of content in real-time on the website
– non-linear