On Media Affordances: Broadcast vs. Print

... Broadcast and print are, as is hopefully obvious, two different media, with two different affordances.

In particular, broadcast offers a cheaply expanded audience, whilst print offers cheaply expanded content. ...

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Media Affordances:

Broadcast: Cheap audience, expensive detail, dynamic, ephemeral.

Print: Cheap detail, expensive
readership, static, archival.

Digital/Online: Hybrid, though also complex.

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