Chapter 15
Digital Media
Introduction
This chapter will take a different path from the previous chapters. Rather than concentrating on the medium, as did other chapters, this chapter will focus more on the message. The message is digital, or more commonly known as digital media.
This chapter will look at a few of the more popular digital media sources available. Specifically, we will look at
■ Digital photography
■ Digital video
■ Digital audio
■ Digital gaming
We will look at each of these digital media forms and cover them by asking the following questions:
■ Why did this digital media form come to be? What are the advantages and disadvantages over the analog version?
■ What are the technical differences between the digital ...
