SIX BASIC CATEGORIES OF MEDIA

1. Six Basic
Categories of
Media
Reporters:
FORMENTERA, EDGAR JR.
GEGREMOSA, JAYCEL MAE L.
GUDES, SHARMAINE B.

2. Media
Media require an active act of
creation of content and/or
communication, and someone who
receives and understands the
communication, as well as the
technologies that carry the medium.

3. Categories of
Media

4. 1. Text
-the original words and form of a written
or printed work
-meant to inform the public, then the
public benefits from the text.
-most commonly used medium of
instruction and information

5. Examples:

6. Examples:

7. 2. Audio
-sound within the acoustic range
available to humans
-any digital information that contains
speech or music that can be stored on
and played through a computer

8. Types of Audio
- are traditional audio devices.
- they handle sound waves in analogous
form
Analog
Examples:
Tape
Cassettes
Radios

9. Digital
- audio is processed by converting
the analog signal into a digital code
Types of Audio

10. 3.
Visual
- digital and printed images, photography,
graphic design, architectural structures
- used to enhance learning of advanced
and gifted students
- picture is the most common form
of it

11. Examples:

12. Examples:

13. 4.
Video
-utilize graphics, pictures, or text, and
are used for entertainment, education or
other purposes
-is a series of electronic signals used
to generate a steady source of
still images, which simulate movement

14. 4. Video
-combines a sequence of images to
form a moving picture
-have audio components that correspond
with the pictures being shown on the
screen

15. Examples:

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17. 5. Manipulatives
-store-bought, brought from home, or
teacher- or student-made
-may be as simple as grains of rice or
as sophisticated as a model of our solar
system
-physical objects that are used as
teaching tools to engage students in
the hands-on learning

18. Examples
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19. Examples
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20. 6. People in
Media
-these are people behind any forms of
media—such as ads, videos, etc. - that
access information and acquire new
knowledge
-they are those who control
media

21. 6. People as
Media
-they are the people who give and/or
share information to other people for
them to have new knowledge
-they act as the media itself

22. Examples
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23. References:
https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/8-6-media-or-
technology/
http://www.medienabc.org/page5/page40/page40.html
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/text
http://edtech101fun.weebly.com/text-media-report.html
https://www.reference.com/technology/types-visual-media-18e9b6c9751ecd10
18e9b6c9751ecd10
http://www.ouhk.edu.hk/cridal/gdenet/Teaching/Delivery/audio.html
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/audio.htm
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/video.html
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/v/video.htm
https://www.teachervision.com/professional-development/using-manipulatives