digital media
Streams and downloads
Digital media refers to content stored and transmitted in electronic formats—images, audio, video, text, and interactive experiences accessed through computers, phones, and other devices.
The term distinguishes such content from analog forms like print newspapers, vinyl records, or broadcast television.
Digital media encompasses everything from streaming services and social platforms to ebooks and podcasts: She works in digital media marketing.
Video-sharing website
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
- SpotifyMusic streaming platform
- TikTokShort-form video service
- InstagramPhoto-sharing social platform
Twitch · Hulu · Amazon Prime · Apple Music · Vimeo · SoundCloud · Bandcamp · Roku
Labeled link for posts
- viralSpreading quickly online
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- followersPeople who support someone
- feedSupply with sustenance
engagement · trending · algorithm · share · like · comment · post · story
Real-time digital delivery
- videoRecorded moving imagery
- audioTransmitted sound content
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- ebooksElectronic reading material
audiobooks · animation · movies · TV shows · music · documentaries · webinars · interactive
Computer-created interactive environment
- augmented realityVirtual elements on real surroundings
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
NFTs · metaverse · deepfakes · generative AI · holographic · interactive storytelling
Refining content for clarity
- graphicsVisual design elements
- photoshopDigitally manipulate images
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- 3D modelingCreating digital three-dimensional objects
motion graphics · sound design · video production · post-production · rendering · compositing · color grading · thumbnail
Data transmission capacity
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- encodingConverting data to format
- HTMLWeb page code
cloud storage · browser · search engine · URL · Wi-Fi · API · metadata · file formats
YouTube
Video-sharing website
Instagram · Twitch · Hulu · Amazon Prime · Apple Music · Vimeo · SoundCloud · Bandcamp · Roku · Chromecast
hashtag
Labeled link for posts
- viralSpreading quickly online
- influencerPerson with promotional reach
- followersPeople who support someone
feed · engagement · trending · algorithm · share · like · comment · post · story · mention
streaming
Real-time digital delivery
ebooks · audiobooks · animation · movies · TV shows · music · documentaries · webinars · interactive · e-commerce
virtual reality
Computer-created interactive environment
- augmented realityVirtual elements on real surroundings
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
blockchain · NFTs · metaverse · deepfakes · generative AI · holographic · interactive storytelling
editing
Refining content for clarity
- graphicsVisual design elements
- photoshopDigitally manipulate images
- illustrationPicture explaining something
3D modeling · motion graphics · sound design · video production · post-production · rendering · compositing · color grading · thumbnail · captioning
bandwidth
Data transmission capacity
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- encodingConverting data to format
HTML · cloud storage · browser · search engine · URL · Wi-Fi · API · metadata · file formats · mp3
- media studiesfilm studies, film theory, spectatorship, semiotics, image analysis
- media theoryagenda setting, gatekeeping, framing, hypodermic needle, magic bullet
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- Digitalcomputerized, bit, byte, binary, pixel
- librarylibrarian, book stacks, books, library card, bookshelves
- mediatelevision, news, broadcasting, video, radio station
digital mediaprint media
Published physical periodicals
physical media · paper · vinyl · newspapers · hardcopy
digital mediaold media
Pre-digital mass communication
legacy media · mainstream media · broadcast media · mass media · radio
digital mediaanalog media
Physical recording technology
analogue · analog · analog recording · magnetic tape · vinyl records
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