Converged Technology
Move to digital Transistor, IC, microchips Analog: mechanical, size, speed, quality (encoding / decoding) Digital: PCM, 16 bit word, sampling, quantizing (encoding / decoding) Algorithms to manipulate data Sampling rates (text)
PCs and Internet Reduction in sizes, increases in speeds, increases in storage OS and computer language / GUI Machine language, interface languages PC chapter and link on course outline Terms about how computers work Flash memory Moore’s Law (Gordon Moore) Digital divide ($100 laptop) Digital natives
Digital Compression algorithms: codecs Digital examples: DCC, MiniDisc, DAT, CD-R (and variations), DVD-R (and variations), Beta SP-> DigiBeta, Beta SX, DVCPro / DVCam, etc. Color Book standards SMPTE, IEEE ... WORM / WMRM Quality, analog to digital When is it legal to rip?
Digital DAW Podcasting / RSS / News feeds High speed distribution Faster processing and more storage “Digital media” Effect on ‘legacy media’ Telegraph “Western Union sends last telegram” 2006 Blockbuster demise
Traditional Media Radio review TV review Cable / MVPD review Local, FM classes, HD Radio, assembling the format, record companies, dayparts, syndication, Arbitron TV review Local vs. national, who owns what?, networks/O&Os/affiliates, Nielsen, sweeps Cable / MVPD review All ‘linear’
Home Video Chapter Three ways to receive a signal air, wire, ‘hand’ Display types Distribution changes Netflix, Redbox, Apple TV ‘Convergence’--- 1 / 2 / 2.5 / 3G to 4G cell phone ‘web 2.0’ Photography --> 1838 Daguerrotype
Camera tchnology
Digital Photography Joseph Niepce: 1826 DSC DSLR Film / processing CCD, CMOS, MOS (transducer) Convergence Leads us to Section 4 Mobile media ‘Smart phone’