MANIPULATIVE/INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• Interactive Media – a method of communication in which the program's outputs depend on the user's inputs, and the user's inputs in turn affect the program's outputs.
• Interactivity – the communication process that takes place between humans and computer software
• Different platforms of interactive media:

  • Mobile apps (software applications)
  • 3D TV (television display technology that enables a three-dimensional effect)
  • Video Games (Multiplayer games)
  • Role-playing games (assume characters through structured decision-making)
  • Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game[MMORPG] (any story-driven online video game in which a player has a character interacting with large number of players)
  • Interactive websites(pools, surveys, exams, exercises)
  • Virtual reality and immersive environments (helmet, gloves)
  • Social media (content creators, social interaction)
• Types of interactivity and their purposes

  • Hotspot - region to act as a trigger to another web page.
  • Rollover - an image or portion of an image that changes when mouse cursor moves over it.
  • Tabs clicking on them displays a relevant content with an appropriate graphic.
  • Timeline - a menu slide that branches to different events.
  • Numbers/processes - the number of clicks and the time spent in an interactive function provide data points.
  • Slideshow - ppts
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
  • Flip cards - a card that when clicked flips to display a description and other information.
• Interactive television - also known as ITV or iTV. A form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology.
• Pre-production: research, storyboarding, plan
• Production: creating the product
• Post-Production: evaluation, redesign, documentation
• Presentation: showcasing, gathering of comments
• There are five basic elements of multimedia: text, images, audio, video and animation