IB Digital Society 3.5A Types of Digital Media Key Definitions

The merging of once-separate media types and devices into single platforms, so one device can deliver text, audio, video, and games that used to need many separate tools.

A form of synthetic media in which AI is used to convincingly fabricate a person's face or voice, making them appear to say or do things they never did.

Any content stored and shared as digital data, including text, images, audio, and video, which can be copied, edited, and distributed almost instantly over digital systems.

The capacity of digital media to respond to a user's actions, so people can influence or take part in the content rather than only receiving it, as in games and apps.

False or misleading information that spreads online, whether shared by mistake or deliberately, made harder to catch when convincing media can be produced and shared by anyone.

Media that is generated or heavily altered by artificial intelligence rather than captured from the real world, including AI-written text, images, audio, and video.

Media created and shared by ordinary users rather than professional producers, such as posts, reviews, videos, and comments uploaded to platforms.