Use of Graphics and Other Multimedia
Our discussion of data in corporate disclosure led us into a consideration of the use of graphics. One of the most prominent and useful characteristics of websites is the capacity to accommodate multimedia, which is defined as any combination of the five different types of media, including text, images, audio, video, and animation. Of course, text and images are the most widely used in traditional media, but websites accommodate all of them. Graphics are a form of multimedia as well, since they typically combine text and images. Graphics are widely used in websites and in traditional publications, but websites are particularly good at representing graphics and can include interactive graphics, such ...
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