Periodical, newspaper, film
archives, photo libraries, world-wide-web, searching internet forums, CD rom
databases, audio material, ratings, circulation figures, government’s
statistics
Periodicals:
Magazine,
newspaper, or other journal that is especially on a serious subject, that is
published regularly recurring intervals. Individuals who are keen on a certain
thing use periodicals so they can get regular updated information on it.
· Newspaper:
A
printed distribution (typically issued every day or weekly) comprising of
doubled loose sheets that is filled with news, articles, advertisements, and
correspondence. The purpose of reading newspapers is to inform people with
things that is happening all around the world daily/weekly.
· Film archives:
It’s
a selection of films that have been kept (preserved) because of their
historical/cultural interest. The purpose of a film archive is so that
films/footage that has a value for it are kept safe for a long time. This is
also another method of keeping films safe and reserved.
· Photo libraries:
It’s
a collection or archive of photographs that is held by a particular company or
institute; newspapers or publishers who pay photographers in their
publications. It’s so that important photographs can be secured and kept
safely.
· Worldwide web:
It’s
a system of internet servers that help support specially formatted documents. Documents
are formatted in a mark-up language called html (hypertext mark-up language)
that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video
files. Meaning that you can go from one document to another simply but clicking
on hot spots. However, not all internet servers are part of the World Wide Web.
The purpose of World Wide Web is so that people around the world would have to
freedom to connect with each other.
· searching internet forums:
Internet
forum, or message broad, is an online site where people can have conversations
or share information and opinions on a particular topic in the form of posted
messages. They are different to chat rooms as the messages are often longer
than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived. It typically
takes place on a website that is solely meant for that particularly
subject/topic/discussion. It is used so that individuals can find out about a
particular information and can talk about it more for more suggestions.
· Cd rom databases:
CD-ROMs
(compact disc, read-only-memory) is an adaptation of the cd that is designed to
store computer data in the form of text and graphics, as well as hi-fi stereo
sound. cd rom databases are used as you can save data on a device that is
portable and can be read by most machines, such as, computers/laptops. Their
purpose is to store computer data in the form of text and graphics, as well as
hi-fi stereo sound. The original data format standard was defined by Philips
and Sony in the 1983 Yellow Book. Other standards are used in conjunction with
it to define directory and file structures.
· Audio material:
Non-paper
educational or promotional such as cassettes, cds, dvds, videotape, etc. this
is very effective as they are really easy to activate and also contains lot of
information that is very useful for educational purpose. This wouldn’t consume
time or money. This really goes for individuals who love to read but don’t have
the time to read, meaning that they can listening to it on the go.
· Ratings:
A
classification or ranking of someone or something based on a comparative
assessment of their quality, standard, or performance. It is very helpful as it
allows me to comprehend what individuals think and would rate the movies and it
would give me an insight of what and how the film might turn out to be and also
the quality of the film.
· Circulation figures:
A
newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average
day. Circulation is one of the principal factors used to set advertising rates.
Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid
circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader. It
would consume less time and money as it would tell you how popular something is
without any further research.
· Government statistics:
Official
statistics are statistics published by government agencies or other public
bodies such as international organisations. Government stats are typically
reliable sources that provide quantitative and qualitative information, on
topics such as economic, social development, living conditions, health,
education, and the environment.
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http://www.webopedia.com/term/w/world_wide_web.html [accessed 25 may 2016].
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audiovisual material. [online] available at:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/audiovisual-material.html [accessed
25 may 2016].
· wikipedia.org. (2016). official
statistics. [online] available at:
https://www.google.co.uk/#safe=strict&q=define+government+statistics
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