Types of Media #MediaWorld

If you are ever wondering what are the types of media, this is the best blog for you to read. 

But before we confuse ourselves, Let us know first what is a Media? A Media is the plural form of medium, which broadly speaking, describes any channel of communication( Techopedia) Now what are the types of Media? There are 3 types of Media: Print Media, Broadcast Media and New Media.

1. Print Media

- it is the printed version of telling the news.
Consumption of knowledge or information in that form involves something that the reader toucher or holds such as books, letters magazines, journals and other printed materials. 

- Before the invention and widespread use of printing presses, printed materials had to be written by hand. It was a painstaking process that made mass distribution impossible.

2. Broadcast Media 

- is the airborne transmission of electromagnetic audio signals (radio) or audio visual signals (television) that are readily accessible to a wide population via standard receivers. It is is crucial instrument of modern social and political organization. Examples of these are radios, televisions and film.  

- Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) provides the viewer with a personal antenna cable of bypassing closed circuits systems to capture satellite signals. 

- Fees and subscription leads to narrow casting, which is a transmission to a specific group rather than to the general public 

3. New Media

- New media's asset is the Internet. with the advent of Internet, broadcasting is never the same again. 

-media convergence is the collaborations between consumer online services and broadcast media . Convergence will eventually lead to the fusion of all forms of media, resulting in the creation of an entirely new medium

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