The document discusses different types of visual media including ideograms, statistical visualizations, pictures, graphic design, video, and 3D images. It provides examples of each type of visual media such as signs and logos for ideograms, charts and graphs for statistical visualizations, photography and paintings for pictures, infographics and posters for graphic design, and motion pictures and videos. The document concludes that visual media refers to the information people obtain from these various visual representations and forms.