Media Anthropology: Media Forms

BOOKS

Book is a written, illustrated and printed media. Once upon a time, they are considered sacred and only scholars have access to read them.

FAX

Fax is a short form of Facsimile. It will scanned the original document before sending it to other fax machine and printed it exactly like the original document.

INTERNET

Internet is a digital media that provides various information. It can be truth or lies.

LETTERS

Letters is one of the most traditional way of communicating before the invention of text messaging. Nowadays, people use letters for private matters, bills or bank debt.

NEWSPAPER

Newspaper is a printed media using a low grade paper and cheap ink. It usually contain news of current world, advertisement and celebrities story.

TELEPHONE

Telephone is a device that transmit and receive sounds. Today phone is not only used to talk, but able to write text messages, send photos and even browsing internet.

RADIO

Radio is a wireless transmission device. Before the invention of television, people used to listen dramas and sports through radio.

TELEGRAPH

Telegraph is a device that transmit and receive messages over a long distances using Morse Code.

TELEVISION

Television is a medium for transmitting and receiving moving images. It used to be in black and white but nowadays, but now it contain colours and can be in high-definition.

VIDEO GAMES

Video games is a device that involves on human interaction based on the interface given to create a visual feedback. Most of today video games consoles have internet connection for various players to gather and complete certain mission that requires more than one person.