Digital media

Abstract

“Digital media” refers to content that is created, distributed, consumed, modified, and preserved on digital electronic devices. The term digital indicates that it is content that takes the form of a combination of binary codes (zeros and ones), or digits, that is indifferent to the content that it contains; it contrasts to analog media, which are carried through analog waves, and require particular devices in order to be received. By contrast, digital media signals are indifferent to the type of networked electronic device that carries or receives the signal, and so can be created, distributed, and consumed across multiple electronic platforms.