Talk:Electronic media/Archive 1

Broad topic
Electronic media is a broad topic which includes as subsections, electronic journalism, or "ENG," Electronic field production, soap opera and other entertainment programs, commercial production, documentary films. I include film under electronic media since increasingly even feature films are being shot on video and the editorial process of most films today is video based. Just getting started Calicocat 05:35, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Suggestions for expansion and a question
Perhaps it would be good to create a section linking to theoreticians of electronic media such as Marshall McLuhan.

Also, why is the Internet only mentioned with reference to streaming? Streamed content makes the Internet function more like one of the traditional mass media which viewers could passively consume, but media that require active participation (such as through BBSs, email, telnet, gopher, IRC, Usenet, the WWW) are just as much electronic media. Maybe sometime when I have time I'll make revisions, though I kinda hope someone more knowledgeable than I can take the hint :)

If there's an article on mass media, it should probably be linked on here.

Information services that provide data such as movie showtimes, etc. over the telephone should also be in here, I think. Edonovan 01:26, 17 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I like your first idea and a section with some key names would be a good idea. Some are those responsible for technical aspects, others more focued on the theory, psychology and so on.


 * The net focus on streaming comes from the common use of the term as it relates content...Have a crack at expansion and see how it goes. The internet is an electronic medium and so it should be included with all other forms of electronic mediums. Calicocat 02:10, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Fiber Optics
Shouldn't "Fiber Optics" come under a separate heading instead of where it is (under "Wire")?

Aren't fiber optics cables/wires as well? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.76.70.45 (talk) 10:04, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Fixed: Added transmission lines to the subcategory title. Oicumayberight (talk) 22:59, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Advantages and disadvantages
That section contains material directly copied and pasted from here. appears to be the one who added it. I've attempted a rewrite of it, but I thought it would be better to start a discussion here before proceeding. Me, Myself &#38; I (talk) 23:28, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
 * No discussion, apparently. Since it seems to be a pretty clear cut and paste job, I've removed the section, but everyone is free to use the link as a resource. Me, Myself &#38; I (☮) (talk) 22:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

complete misunderstanding
This and the companion article on Electromechanics are thoroughly fouled up. The authors don't understand the difference between electrical energy and electrical information. (And since when did Morse code become analog?) Fixing the errors would require a rather brutal rewrite that I don't want to get involved in. I'll have to bring this to the attention of Wikipedia management. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 15:04, 30 June 2016 (UTC)