MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

TYPES OF MEDIA

GABRELLE MARIE D. OGAYON

 TYPES OF MEDIA
Print Media - media consisting of paper and ink,
reproduced in a printing process that is
traditionally mechanical.
Broadcast Media - media such as radio and
television that reach target audiences
using airwaves as the transmission
medium.
New Media - content organized and distributed on
digital platforms.
 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF MEDIA TYPE
Print Media Radio Television Online
Uses words Uses words (Sound) Uses words (Sound) & Used Multimedia
Pictures (Video) (Words, Sounds,
Pictures, videos,
graphic)
Fixed Deadline Every minute is Every minute is Every minute is
deadline deadline deadline
Uses Educated Can have illiterate Can have illiterate Has educated audience
Audience audience audience
Mostly follows inverted Gives most important Gives most important Gives most important
pyramid style thing first thing first thing first
Gives opportunity for No opportunity for going No opportunity for going Gives opportunity for
rewind / reread back back rewind / reread
 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF MEDIA TYPE
Print Media Radio Television Online
Constrained by Space Constrained by Time Constrained by Time Constrained by
Readers’ attention
Can include complex Uses simple and brief Uses simple and brief Uses simple and brief
sentences sentences sentences sentences
Readers can choose Listeners need to wait Viewers need to wait for Readers can choose
the story to read for their story their story the story to read
Less Interactive Interactive Interactive Very highly interactive

Needs correct grammar Understanding of Understanding of Needs correct grammar

and spelling audience is important audience is important and spelling
Uses graphic to explain No opportunity for using No opportunity for using Uses graphic to explain
something graphics graphics something
HOW ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE OR NEWS IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
Broadcast Media
• In television or broadcast journalism, news analysts (also called
newscasters or news anchors) examine, interpret, and broadcast
news received from various sources of information.
• Anchors present this as news, either videotaped or live, through
transmissions from on-the-scene reporters (news correspondents).
• News films ("clips") can vary in length; there are some which may
be as long as ten minutes, others that need to fit in all the relevant
information and material in two or three minutes.
• News channels these days have also begun to host special
documentary films that stretch for much longer durations and are
able to explore a news subject or issue in greater detail.
HOW ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE OR NEWS IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
Print Media
• A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable publication (more
specifically, a periodical), usually printed on low-cost paper called
newsprint. It may be general or special interest, and may be
published daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly.
• General-interest newspapers are usually journals of current news
on a variety of topics. Those can include political events, crime,
business, sports, and opinions (either editorials, columns, or political
cartoons). Many also include weather news and forecasts.
HOW ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE OR NEWS IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
Print Media
• Newspapers increasingly use photographs to illustrate stories; they
also often include comic strips and other entertainment, such as
crosswords.
• A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually
weekly magazine featuring articles on current events.
• News magazines generally go more in-depth into stories than
newspapers, trying to give the reader an understanding of the
context surrounding important events, rather than just the facts.
HOW ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE OR NEWS IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
New Media
• Online journalism is reporting and other journalism produced or
distributed via the Internet. The Internet has allowed the formal and
informal publication of news stories through mainstream media outlets
as well as blogs and other self-published news stories.
• Journalists working on the Internet have been referred to as J-Bloggers,
a term coined by Australian Media Academic Dr Nicola Goc to
describe journalists who [blog] and [blog]gers who produce journalism.
• "J-Bloggers: Internet bloggers acting in the role of journalists
disseminating newsworthy information, who subscribe to the journalistic
ideals of an obligation to the truth and the public's right to know."
HOW ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE OR NEWS IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
New Media
• By covering news, politics, weather, sports, entertainment, and vital
events, the daily media shape the dominant cultural, social and
political picture of society.
• Beyond the media networks, independent news sources have
evolved to report on events which escape attention or underlie the
major stories.
• In recent years, the blogosphere has taken reporting a step further,
mining down to the experiences and perceptions of individual
citizens.
HOW ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE OR NEWS IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
New Media
• By covering news, politics, weather, sports, entertainment, and vital
events, the daily media shape the dominant cultural, social and
political picture of society.
• Beyond the media networks, independent news sources have
evolved to report on events which escape attention or underlie the
major stories.
• In recent years, the blogosphere has taken reporting a step further,
mining down to the experiences and perceptions of individual
citizens.