What is “Multimedia”?
Multimedia is the use of a computer to present and combine
text, sound, images, animations and videos with this tool and connection so
that users can interact, write and communicate.
Multimedia is often used in the entertainment world. Apart
from the entertainment world, also adopted by the world's Multimedia Game. Multimedia also utilized in the world of education and
business. In the world of education, multimedia is used as a medium of
instruction, both in the classroom and on their own-self. In the business
world, multimedia is used as a media company profile, product profile, even as
media training and information kiosks in e-learning system.
Below are few development of multimedia in many fields and
areas nowadays.
MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT:-
- MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION
In the world of multimedia education very helpful role in
facilitating student learning or teacher in delivering and receiving of what is
communicated. Before the born of computer, teachers mostly delivering lessons
in writing or orally. Now presentation can be done with more interactive way as
teaching and learning can be easier because it was supported by various
aspects: voice, video, animation, text, and graphics, even online tutorial
(e-learning).
- MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF ADVERTISEMENT
Advertising will have less attraction in the absence of
multimedia. But when adding multimedia, advertisements can be very interesting
and will attract a lot of consumers that seen it. Using voice, pictures, video,
animation and sophisticated text in the multimedia will add more value to it
rather than ordinary advertisement.
- MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS
There are numbers of companies provide officers with
training in multimedia-based training materials in the form of simulation.
For example:
• NASA uses multimedia to control flight training for
astronaut candidates
- MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment is very important in human life, after weary
day's work or man's activity takes entertainment to amuse for their break. Multimedia
can be use as a enhancer in entertainment animation and integrated laser show
at a music concert. There are many cartoon which are created with multimedia
nowadays.
- MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH
In medical world, multimedia has a very important role to
help doctors to determine the disease and to diagnose it. Nowadays, there has
been a medical devices to know the state of the art of medicine or detected in
the human body condition such as ultrasound, Rontgen or even for blood tension.
- MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN POLITICS
In the era before multimedia, campaign only focus on using
oral or written on leaflets or sticker or baleho. Now with the aid of multimedia,
action campaigns have spread to the virtual world.
For examples, recent U.S. president use
multimedia in his campaign.
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By Mohd Nurhadi Bin Mohd Kifli (2010913601)
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