Assignment 2

1. What media is used in my everyday life?
The media is used in my everyday life in many ways. Media is the main means of mass communication. These include, TV, radio, newspapers, and the internet. I use the media in my everyday life by watching TV, using the computer and the internet to check Facebook and other webpages.

 

2. In what ways have I used multimedia for a class assignment before? 

I've used multimedia for class assignments the past three weeks. I've created a PowerPoint presentation taking screenshots. I also use the multimedia to gather some information for the assignments such as defining words or to look up pictures.   

3. Explain how the World Wide Web is considered multimedia.

The World Wide Web is considered multimedia because the meaning of multimedia is using more than one medium of expression or communication. This makes the World Wide Web a part of multimedia because when being connected to the internet, you can be using more than one page and have many of them open. Doing more than one thing at a time.

4. What is the difference between time-based media and static-media? Give examples of each.

The difference between time-based media and static-media is that time-based media are images that move. For example, videos, music, and pictures. And static-media is the media that it includes does not move, for example, newspapers, magazines, and books.

 5. Insert a video (into your blog) that discusses/shows/involves multimedia you are interested in. Now answer the following questions after you insert the video. How is this multimedia? Why does this interest you?

 Define the following terms by researching for answers on the World Wide Web. 

6. Adobe Flash-  is a multimedia system for computers that is generally accessed through a web browser,

7. Programming Languages- a simple language system designed to facilitate the writing of computer programs

8. Scripting Language (program)-  a programming language designed for integrating and communicating with other programming languages

9. Interactivity- a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together

10. Pixel- a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed.