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Electronic media are those communications mediums which are based on electronic or electromechanical means of production and most often distinguished from print media. The primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public worldwide include pictures, radio, sound recordings, television, video recording, and streaming internet content.
History of development
- Telegraph - stock tickers and news -- see also Thomas Edison
- Radio becomes widespread (1922)
- Television
- Internet streaming
Uses
Electronic mediums are ubiquitous in most the developed world. As of 2005, there are reports of satellite receivers being present in some of the most remote and inaccessible regions of China. Electronic media devices have found their way into all parts of modern life.
Primary uses of electronic media content:
- Arts and Entertainment
- Corporate Communications
- Educational Programing
- Government information and systems
- Information displays
- Marketing
- News -- see main articles at journalism, electronic journalism
- Public Affairs
- Public Relations
- Religious Programing
- Sporting Events
Use considerations
- Alteration
- Authentication
- Authorship
- Confidentiality
- Copyright
- Duplication
- Economic impact
- Environmental impact
- Ethics
- Ownership
- Permanence
- Portability
- Privacy
- Provenance
- Replication
- Transferability
- Transmission
See also
External links
- The World Media Electronic Forum
- NAB electronic media trade show
- National Association of Broadcasters
- LanguageMonitor - Media Metrics and Analysis
- Early history of radio in the U.S.
- Radio-Locator search and links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.
"Electronic media"