Digital Media and Technology

There are many advantages of digital media and technology. Digital media and technology will have an impact on everything national broadcasters do. One advantage is a wider choice of communication mediums such as CD’s, minidisks, digital audio tape(DAT), cell phones, digital TV, digital video, digital radio, the Internet, Digitext, email, desktop publishing, digital editing, sampling, digital watches, and word processors. These things include making programs, storing materials in archives, and getting the signal from video to home. With digital technology, hackers are able to tap into computer systems to receive information that may be confidential. ” Another disadvantage is that the unregulated content (most visible in the diversity of the Internet) allows a platform for dangerous voices- terrorists, white supremacists, pornographers, etc. They are now able to organize their ideas desktop publishing formats. New technology can be intimidating to those who are not “techno-literate. This information is more up-to-date than printed media. The negative impact of the electronic digital media age is that it takes away from the originality and imagination of the producer. Digital media and technology enables changes in working patterns. It also offers countless learning opportunities. Digital technologies such as the Internet can provide more in-depth information than, say, a newspaper article because it’s not restricted by space. Now, one’s idea can come to life at the click of a mouse.