Well, content comes in many different formats and on many different platforms such as news, fashion and photography. Here are just a couple of media forms.
Print Media: This refers to physical forms of media printed on paper such as newspapers, magazines, billboards and posters or even direct mail. This is usually a way for companies to advertise as well as being an easy and available platform for gossip, news and much more. Newspapers usually contain lots of different content to involve all sorts of target audiences. Topics such as sport, fashion, entertainment and politics are just a few which are discussed in these types of media. This is a very common media form and is successful at reaching its desired target audience and constant consumers. However, the rise in digital media is leading to a decline in the print media world with less of a need for magazines and newspapers to be printed when it is all accessible online and at your fingertips 24/7.
Source- http://smallbusiness.chron.com/print-media-advertising-55550.html
Broadcast: This form of media includes radio and television, a standard way to communicate or present ideas, news, shows, movies, sport and much more; once again being able to appeal to a much broader target audience successfully. Most people own a television or a radio and most people use this as a way to receive their news rather than any other source. News shows are scheduled throughout the day to ensure the public receive their daily dose of information and updates, nightly news updates are put in place as well as morning news or talk shows which reiterate the most interesting news stories and current events.
With 55% of Americans choosing the television as their source of information it is easy to argue that TV appears to be the most popular format for this type of information.
Radio: This allows for a mixed opinion media as hosts who talk on such radio shows tend to share their views on current events and topics meaning they are often not as trustworthy or conventional. However, there are news and sports stations which are available and offer a very similar approach to the news featured on TV broadcast.
The Internet: This form of media is growing quickly in popularity as it is becoming easier to access on many platforms and devices. Traditional media outlets and stations are now available online as they have their own websites for news and other information which can also provide text, photographs, video and even sound which is almost all the ways of media being presented but all on one page and having a much more interactive and interesting approach for their target audience. Blogs have also become an influential form of media as people are given the freedom to write about a variety of topics, issues or events with an extremely interactive aspect of message boards where people are given the freedom to respond and offer their own opinion.
There you have it!
Media forms in a nutshell.
Sources: http://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/american-government/the-media/section1/page/2/http://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/american-government/the-media/section1/page/2/
