MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY
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• Foley Sounds
- Equally synchronized on screen but are
not the original sound as what they
appear to be. That means that they are
recorded.
• Tape
- A magnetic tape on which sound can be
recorded.
• Audio
- A sound, especially when recorded,
transmitted, or reproduced.
• Narration
- It is spoken message that often gives
the most direct information. this is the
most essential content in some media
formats, such as audio books designed
for the visually impaired people or for
those who want an alternative listening
experience in novels and other
traditional
• MPEG4 AUDIO/ AAC
- An audio coding standard for lossy
digital audio compression. Designed to
be the successor of the MP3 format,
AAC generally achieves better sound
quality than MP3 at similar bit rate.
• MP3
- A common format for consumer audio,
as well as a standard of digital audio
compression for the transfer and
playback of music on most digital.
• Multicast Readings/ Full Cast Readings
- There is more than one voice actor
hired to read the audio book. this can
range from 2 characters (do it
narration) or
• Phon
- Unit of subjective loudness.
• Text
- A simple and flexible format of
presenting information or conveying
ideas whether handwritten, printed or
displayed on-screen.
• Smoothness of the Video
- This is often detected when action
another.
• Hard Sound
- Those that appear on screen and are
synchronized to the picture, recorded
directly as what they are.
• Decorative
- Caters to a wide variety of emotions
(such as celebration, fear, horror,
etc.)or themes (such as cowboys, circus,
holidays, summer, kiddie, etc.)
Examples: Chiller, Jokerman, Curlz MT
• Emphasis
- It refers to the importance or value
given to a part of the text-based
content. When trying to make a point or
highlighting a message, you can make
the text bold, italicized, have a heavier
weight, darkened or lighten (depending
on your background color) or enlarged.
• dB or Decibel
- A noise of sound measurement.
• Background Sound
- All sounds that indicate ambient
settings. They do not need to be
synchronized to the picture. Ambient
sounds are usually recorded in real life
application in nature and then mixed.
Common background effects include
weather ambiance and forest
ambiance, traffic sounds, etc.
• Proximity
- It refers to how near or how far are the
text elements from each other. When
two things are closely related, we bring
them close together. Otherwise, we put
text elements far from each other. For
example, the main title and subtitle are
usually placed close to each other.
• Slab Serif
- It carries a solid or heavy look to text.
This phone can be used for large
advertising sign on billboards. Example:
Rockwell, Playbill, Black oak.
• Radio Broadcast
- Live or recorded audio sent through
radio waves to reach a wide audience.
• Hypertext
- Serve to link different electronic
documents and enable users to jump
from one to another in a non linear
• Flash Video
- FLV is a video file format which means
flash video
• Formatted Text
- Parents can be changed using font
parameters (bold, underline, italic, font
size, font colour, etcetera.)
• Media
- The examples of this are Internet, radio,
television and newspaper.
• Visual Media
- Some examples of this are film, picture
and diagram.
• Tone
- Is the audible characteristic of a sound
• Music
- Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both)
combined in such a way as to produce
beauty of form, harmony and
expression of emotion.
• Why do we need to analyse every visual
media that we encounter?
- To make a sound judgement.
• Music
- It is the art of arranging sounds in time
through the elements of melody,
harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
• Loudness
- it refers to the magnitude of the sound.
• Infographics- it is an example of a graphic
design.
- Yes, it’s true.
• Appropriateness
- Sound, especially when recorded,
transmitted or reproduced.
• Compact Disc/ CD
- A plastic- fabricated, circular medium
for recording, storing, and playing back
audio, video, and computer data.
• USB
- It is the most widely used external drive
that could store up to 64GB.
• Lossless Compression
- A method that reduces an audio file's
size without any loss of data between
the source audio file and a compressed
audio file.
• Mixing
- It refers to the combination, balance,
and control of multiple sound elements.
• Transitions
- It refers to the process of how you get
from one segment or element to
another.
• Sound effects
- it refers to any sound other than music
or dialogue.
• Audio Media
- Type of media communication that uses
audio or recordings to deliver and
transfer information through the means
of sound.
• V-Fade
- First element fades to inaudible before
the 2n element begins.

- It refers to how fitting or suitable the

text is used for a specific audience,
purpose or event. In the creation of
text-based content, make sure that the
selection criteria (tone, style, purpose,
clarity) is followed. As for the choice of
typefaces to be used, refer to the
discussion of the characteristics of the
fonts. When it comes to larger body
text, the font should be clear enough to
read.
• Alignment
- Refers to how the text is positioned in
the page. This can be left, right, center
or justified.
• Audio