A Taxonomy of Communication Media

Download or read book A Taxonomy of Communication Media written by Rudy Bretz and published by Educational Technology. This book was released on 1971 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book 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 a single medium distinguished from multimedia applications. A two-dimensional classification system for communication media is proposed: 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.