Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Communications Mediums

1. The Amazon Kindle

Content on the Kinlde includes text, and images in black and white. It brings electronic books to the user wirelessly anywhere within a cellular network. It is a greener alternative, saving potentially hundreds of pages of paper. EBooks will also significantly change the publishing industry as it moves from paper publications to electronic ones.

2. The iPhone
Content on the iPhone includes everything from text, audio, and video to games and images. It is basically a computer in your pocket. It breaks down the space/time barrier even further by bringing information that users could only access from a home computer into the palm of their hand anywhere in the world, such as email and webpages.

3. Facebook

Content on Facebook includes text, images, audio, and video. It changes the way people interact socially. People anywhere in the world can leave each other messages to be read at any time. On the other hand, Facebook users have a less private experience, putting information about themselves out on the web for people to see.