Question

What are two important characteristics of digital media?

Answer 1

1. Digital media are easy to make copies and share with others.
2. Digital media allow easier manipulation and editing than analog media. For example, in the pre-digital days of film editing a person had to physically cut pieces of film and splice them together. With digital video editing, it can be easily done in software.
3. Digital media are usually less expensive to create than analog counterparts. Consider photography. Pre-digital photos required purchasing film and also paying for processing the film into paper prints. Now we can make many, many digital photos with virtually no costs except for the equipment and internet connectivity. We can simply skip the paper prints and share photos online.

Answer 2

1. accessible by multiple individuals over a form of communication

2. Able to share information to others on the media