Chapter 1-2 Digital Media & IT for Life

OT30191 Computational Science   

 

Chapter 1-2 Digital Media and Information Technology for Life 

 

1. Digital Media for Life 
a. What is digital media? 
■ Digital Media: “all emerging communications media that 
combine text, graphics, sound and video using computer 
technology.” 
■ Digital Media: “Electronic media presented in digital format 
including computer generated text, graphics, animation, 
sound and video.  
 
b. Example of digital media 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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c. Activity 1: Why digital media is important in your life? 
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OT30191 Computational Science   

 
 

2. Information Technology for Life 
a. What is Information Technology? 
■ Information Technology: “is the use of computers and 
software to manage the information”. 
b. Example of information 
technology 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Activity 2: Why information technology is important in your life?

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Further reading: 

● byte-notes Information Techonolgy. 

https://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/definition/IT. (accessed 
2019-06-5). 
● Centre for Digital Media. What is digital media. 
https://thecdm.ca/program/digital-media. (accessed 2019-06-5).