• books

• newspaper
• television
• Youtube
• magazines
• social network
• radio
• memeography
• newsletter
• cellphone
• journals
• film/movie
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.
Media Convergence
• The co-existence of traditional and new media.
• The co-existence of print media, broadcast media (radio and
television), the Internet, mobile phones, as well as others, allowing
media content to flow across various platforms.
• The ability to transform different kinds of media into digital code,
which is then accessible by a range of devices (ex. from the personal
computer to the mobile phone), thus creating a digital communication
environment.
Media Platform Specific Example
Convergence in
Communication
Education
Advertisement /
Commercial
News
Entertainment
Assessment
• Describe how new technologies have led to the convergence of
traditional and new media.
• Explain how media convergence creates new opportunities for
interaction.
• Describe the use of one or two forms of new media to share
knowledge and information on a current issue in society.
• Explain how a person could be portrayed in public in the age of media
convergence.