Multimedia in Geography: Good, Bad, Ugly, or Cool?

Technology has changed drastically in the last few decades and is profoundly affecting the way in which geography is recorded, studied, and communicated. One of the developments affecting the discipline is multimedia, the use of more than one medium-text, still graphics, sound, animation, video-to r...

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Published in:Annals of the Association of American Geographers 1997-12, Vol.87 (4), p.571-578
Main Author: Olson, Judy M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bgi / Prodig
Computers
design
Geography
Geography of markets and trade services
Human geography
Information
Information technology
interactive
Internet
Multimedia
Technological change
technology
Telecommunications. Mass media
visualization
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Summary:Technology has changed drastically in the last few decades and is profoundly affecting the way in which geography is recorded, studied, and communicated. One of the developments affecting the discipline is multimedia, the use of more than one medium-text, still graphics, sound, animation, video-to represent and convey information. Interactive multimedia gives the user control over the order in which to see or hear that information. In its current use, multimedia implies the use of a computer and almost always implies interactivity as well. While multimedia opens doors for geographers to discover and communicate, it also raises issues of cost, control, effectiveness, accessibility, and potential negative intellectual outcomes. Like other technological developments, it will have an impact. We can pay attention to it, guiding its use and lessening its negative effects, but we cannot and should not stop its development.
ISSN:0004-5608
1467-8306
DOI:10.1111/1467-8306.00068