Media of all types
Media Variations
Media (communication), are tools used to store and deliver information or data
* Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
* Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks
* Digital media, electronic media used to store, transmit, and receive digitized information
* Electronic Business Media, digital media for electronic business
* Electronic media, communications delivered via electronic or electromechanical energy
* Hypermedia, media with hyperlinks
* Mass media, all means of mass communication
* Multimedia, communications that incorporate multiple forms of information content and processing
* New media, media that can only be created or used with the aid of modern computer processing power
* News media, mass media focused on communicating news
* News media (United States), the news media of the United States of America
* Print media, communications delivered via paper or canvas
* Published media, any media made available to the public
* Recording media, devices used to store information
* Social media, media disseminated through social interaction
Digital Media
Digital media (as opposed to analog media) are usually electronic media that work on digital codes. Today, computing is primarily based on the binary numeral system. In this case digital refers to the discrete states of "0" and "1" for representing arbitrary data. Computers are machines that (usually) interpret binary digital data as information and thus represent the predominating class of digital information processing machines. Digital media ("Formats for presenting information" according to Wiktionary:media) like digital audio, digital video and other digital content can be created, referred to and distributed via digital information processing machines. Digital media represents a profound change from previous (analog) media.
Digital data is independent of its interpretation (hence representation). An arbitrary sequence of digital code like "0100 0001" might be interpreted as the decimal number 65, the hexadecimal number 41 or the glyph "A". See also: ASCII, Code.
Florida's digital media industry association, Digital Media Alliance Florida, defines digital media as "the creative convergence of digital arts, science, technology and business for human expression, communication, social interaction and education".
There is a rich history of non-binary digital media and computers.
Electronic Media
Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical energy for the end user (audience) to access the content. This is in contrast to static media (mainly print media), which are most often created electronically, but don't require electronics to be accessed by the end user in the printed form. The primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public are better known as video recordings, audio recordings, multimedia presentations, slide presentations, CD-ROM and Online Content. Most new media are in the form of digital media. However, electronic media may be in either analog or digital format.
Although the term is usually associated with content recorded on a storage medium, recordings are not required for live broadcasting and online networking.
Any equipment used in the electronic communication process (e.g. television, radio, telephone, desktop computer, game console, handheld device) may also be considered electronic media.