Q1. Briefly discuss the history and future of multimedia. How might multimedia
be used to improve the lives of its users? How might it influence uses in
negative ways? What might be its shortcomings?
Multimedia is a media which combine of text, audio, images, animation and
video. The word multimedia was created in 1966. Multimedia instruments have
evolved from text, audio, telecommunication devices, video, animation and more.
In terms of multimedia's future, multimedia has great impact on us especially
for our daily activities, public and social activities. So, multimedia does
improve society's lifestyle even better by providing news, entertainments,
inter-reactions and many more.
However, multimedia also do influence users in negative ways. Because
multimedia has created convenience and ease of use to users, people apply
multimedia in wrong ways, such as, privacy violation, public insult and many
more that multimedia can edit or create from to hurt people and create false
information. As for multimedia's shortcomings, multimedia also can be misuse by
many companies to get something they want.
Q2. Multimedia is shifting from being localized (contained on a CD-ROM) to
being distributed (available on the World Wide Web). What are some of the
implications of this? Who will have access to the presentation? How will you
keep it secure? How will you distribute it?
Multimedia needs huge amount of space or storage to store or retrieve.
CD-ROM or compact disc read-only memory has become more cost effective
distribution item for multimedia project other then DVD-ROM. A CD-ROM disc
manage and automate every aspect of your business all within a single solution.
other than that, it allows people around the world to have access to
multimedia. we can keep it secure with access ID and password and even with
antivirus software. by World Wide Web, we can distribute multimedia even faster
and with lowest cost and for even better is to advertise and promote on the social
networking webs to get the efficiency and effectiveness of the distribution.