Multimodal combines the two, words and pictures. If I were to do multimodal piece on the Great Depress, I would do a video interview with someone who has lived through it. While the person is telling about their experience I would put picture into the movie as well as letters or postcards the person may have from that time. This would put together video, photos, and words, making it a multimodal piece.
A multimedia piece has to do with what the medium is. For example, is it a news paper, online article, or tv show? It is the same information conveyed on different mediums to reach a broader audience.
A multimodal piece can me multimedia and often is. I believe multimedia and multimodal are to different things but work very closely together.
Nice job with this. We'll talk more in class about possible distinctions between the two, but you did a good job unpacking the differences--particularly of multimodality.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your distinction between multimedia and multimodal. I think the medium is the key difference. I described multimedia as the physical manifestation of ideas. Do you agree? I would also like to suggest that you proof read your responses, some of your sentences are grammatically inconsistent and difficult to understand.
ReplyDeleteI agree here. Especially with the last bit: "A multimodal piece can be multimedia and often is." I think that's where the distinction comes from... One is sort of a specific description of motives or intentions while the other is a broad range of platforms that those can be expressed with.
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