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Electronic media
Electronic media are media that use electronics or
electromechanical energy for the end-user (audience) to access the
content. This is in contrast to static media (mainly print media),
which today are most often created electronically, but don't require
electronics to be accessed by the end-user in the printed form. The
primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public are
better known as video recordings, audio recordings, multimedia
presentations, slide presentations, CD-ROM and online content.
A screenshot of a web page. The computers to store,
Most new media are in the form of digital media. However,
transmit, and display the web page are electronic
electronic media may be in either analog or digital format. media. The web page is an electronic medium.

Although the term is usually associated with content recorded on a

storage medium, recordings are not required for live broadcasting
and online networking.
Any equipment used in the electronic communication process (e.g.
television, radio, telephone, desktop computer, game console,
handheld device) may also be considered electronic media.

The electrical telegraph owned and built by Samuel

Morse, one of the earliest known forms of electronic
media.

Graphical representations of electrical audio data.

Electronic media uses either analog (red) or digital
(black) signal processing.
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History of development
• Transmission • Signal Processing
• Wire • Capture 1745 (Capacitor)
• Telegraph 1795-1832 • Analog Encoding 1830's (morse code)
• Facsimile 1843-1861 • Electronic Modulating 1832-1927
• Telephone 1849-1877 • Electronic Multiplexing 1853 (TDM)
• Cable 1962 (Coaxial Standard) • Digitizing 1903 (PCM Telephone)
• Fiber Optics 1956-1970 • Electronic Encryption 1935-1945
• Wireless • Online Routing 1969
• Electronic Programming 1943-current
• Radio 1897-1920
• Satellite 1958-1972
• Free Space Optics 1960s
• Internet
• Download 1969 (file transfer protocols)
• Live Streaming 1996 (RTP Protocol)

• Display and Output • Electronic Information Storage

• Information Processing 1940's (Term) • Recording Medium
• Galvanometer 1832 • Punched card and Paper Tape 1725/1846
• Telegraph Sounder 1844 • Phonograph Cylinder and Disk 1857-1958
• Telephone Receiver 1849-1877 • Film 1876-1889
• Light Bulb 1801-1883 • Magnetic Storage 1898-2003
• Neon 1893-1902 • RAM 1941-current
• Teletype Receiver 1910 • Barcodes 1952/1973 (UPC)
• CRT 1922 • Laser Disc 1969-1978
• Radio/Television Tuner 1894-1927 • Compact Disc/DVD 1982/1993-current
• Speaker/Headphones 1876-1928/1930s • Content Formats
• LED/LCD 1955-1962/1968
• Content in general 1877-current
• Laser Light Show 1970s
• Audio Recording 1877-current
• Computer Monitor 1950s/1976 (for PCs)
• Video Recording 1952-current
• Large Electronic Display 1985
• Digital File Formats
• HDTV 1936 (Term) 1990s (Standards)
• Database Content and Formats 1963-current
• HMD 1968-current
• Interactivity
• Control Panel
• Input Device
• Game Controller
• Handheld
• Wired Glove
• Brain computer interface (BCI)

Uses
Electronic media are ubiquitous in most of the developed world. As of 2005, there are reports of satellite receivers
being present in some of the most remote and inaccessible regions of China. Electronic media devices have found
their way into all parts of modern life. The term is relevant to media ecology for studying its impact compared to
printed media and broadening the scope of understanding media beyond a simplistic aspect of media such as one
delivery platform (e.g. the World Wide Web) aside from many other options. The term is also relevant to
professional career development regarding related skill sets.
Primary uses of electronic media:
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• Journalism • Commerce • Government

• News • Industry • Infrastructure
• Corporate Communications • Communications
• Business Presentations • Transportation
• Telecommuting • Public Services
• Military
• Marketing • Software Interfaces • Nonprofit Services
• Advertising
• Graphic Design
• Education • Computer Simulations
• Professional Training
• Science • Virtual Reality
• Engineering • Entertainment
• Television
• Video Games
• Movies
• Music
• Fine Art
• Video
• Digital photography
• Digital Art
• Experimental music

External links
• The World Media Electronic Forum [1]
• NAB electronic media trade show [2]
• National Association of Broadcasters [3]
• Early history of radio in the U.S. [4]
• Radio-Locator search and links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio
stations in the U.S. and around the world. [5]
• Media Management Center: Northwestern University's Media Research and Education Center [6]
• Media Info Center Presented by the Northwestern University Media Management Center [7]
• Aspects of the Mass Media [8]. Short essay on the mass media; its history and development.

References
[1] http:/ / www. wemfmedia. org/
[2] http:/ / www. nabshow. com/
[3] http:/ / www. nab. org/
[4] http:/ / earlyradiohistory. us/
[5] http:/ / www. radio-locator. com/
[6] http:/ / www. mediamanagementcenter. org/
[7] http:/ / www. mediainfocenter. org/
[8] http:/ / www. edonus. com/ syndicate/
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