COMMUNICATION MEDIA: PROPERTIES AND USES

Abstract

The memorandum defines and describes communication media; discusses the difference between information and instruction, instructional media and instructional aids; and proposes a set of criteria by means of which communication media may be distinguished from nonmedia, one medium distinguished from another, and discrete media distinguished from multimedia applications. A two-dimensional classification system for communication media is propose: In one dimension, seven classes are defined, based on ways of representing information; in the other, communication media are divided into two groups, telemedia and recording media. Twenty-eight specific communication media are defined and described. This list includes the major available and soon-to-be-available media.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696956

Entities

People

  • Rudy Bretz

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Audiovisual Aids
  • Cameras
  • Cathode Ray Tubes
  • Communication Systems
  • Kinescopes
  • Motion Picture Cameras
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Recording Systems
  • Students
  • Tape Recorders
  • Tape Recording
  • Television Systems
  • Video Recording
  • Video Tape Recording

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • International Journalism and Media Studies.