Information Technology in a Global Society

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Area of Interaction - Arts, Entertainment and Leisure
 

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Broadcast media: podcasts, digital radio and television, electronic news, magazines and books

Do some research on Broadcast Media, then answer the questions below.
The links below will help get you started. 

  1. Define these terms:

    podcast digital radio
    RSS HDRadio
    MP3 DAB
    digital television electronic news
    HDTV electronic magazines
    MPEG-2 electronic books
     

    [12 marks]

       
  2. Discuss one social and one ethical issue of electronic news
    [10 marks]

Links:

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Podcasting

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Indiepodder - a podcast website by Adam Curry (the guy who invented podcasting)

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Digital Television

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Digital Television - a crash course

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TV's Tipping Point: Why The Digital Revolution Is Only Just Beginning

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Digital Radio

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Digital Radio still hard to hear

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Online newspapers

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Online news - issues

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Magazines Online - An interesting comment