### communication | medium:

Contrast medium
* Contrast media are substances given intravenously or orally to assist in viewing a particular area
  - has no color and looks like water
* are mediums.

Digital medium
* All digital media have a far shorter 'shelf-life' than paper.
* Digital media degrade with age.
* Digital media is multilinear
  - such an embryonic field
  - looks like photography in most respects
  - redefines the very identity of cinema
  - require new ways of doing business with people
  - work in progress

### communication | medium:

Electronic medium
* All electronic media is digital.
* Electronic media alter the structure of thinking itself.
* Electronic media are cheaper than paper and postage
  - integral aspects of our lives
  - supplements to the human organism
  - can reach and touch people in significant ways
  - create an audience whose shifting moods are as impersonal as the weather
  - critical component to reaching the largest number of persons
  - exists in far more forms than books and libraries
  - gather news as quickly as papers, but can disseminate it at the speed of light
  - have more foreign ownership than newspapers
* Electronic media is controlled by the state
  - much easier to update than paper
  - means it goes out in digital form, such as a CD or multimedia presentation
  - play a particularly unique role during times of crisis and war
  - provides new means for publishing information and accessing information
  - reduce our sense of isolation and individualism

Filter medium
* Filter media is to be treated with antibacterial and antifungal agents.
* Most filter media have a mechanical function.

Interactive medium
* Interactive media are both the future and the present.
* Interactive media are the latest entrants into the arena of social communication
  - into the arena of technologies of social communication
  - is used to effectively and efficiently support the subject at hand
* are part of the entertainment and fun of browsing the Web.

News medium
* All news mediums have methods of correcting inaccurate reporting or errors in stories.
* News media form a major nervous system of society
  - is soft on crimes when committed by black robes or white collars
  - play a key role for providing publicity as a public service

Nutrient agar
* is one of the most widely used media in microbiology.
* special food used to grow bacteria in the laboratory.
* very low quality medium.

Social medium
* Social media can also be a powerful tool in perpetuating herd behaviour.
* Social media is an additional channel for building relationships that drive revenue
  - more than just the communication of words
  - plays a big role when it comes to communication between genders
  - powerful tool of communication

Sound medium
* Sound media are necessary to present a stimulus for recall or sound recognition.
* substance in which sound waves travel.

Toluene
* is an organic compound
* occurs as a colorless, flammable, refractive liquid, that is slightly soluble in water.

Xylene
* are a natural products of many plants, and are a component of petroleum and coal tar
  - resistant to hydrolysis, since there are no hydrolyzable functions
* can also cause headaches, nausea and vomiting, tiredness and stomach upset
  - damage the liver and kidneys
* is solvent.
* passes into the blood soon after entering the body.

Mobile communication
* are the lifeline of the transportation industry.
* introduces transient effects within a network.
* is presently one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy
  - today the fastest growing segment in the information technology field
* work by limiting transmitter powers.

Modern communication
* All modern communications depend on electric signals.
* links people in all corners of the globe.