The electronic media

The electronic media is known as the new media services that allow the development of media content, 

automatically or semi-mechanically, in the media process using the latest electronic technologies resulting from the integration of ICT as media outlets that are rich in form and content. They include signals, information, images and the constituent voices of media materials in their various forms.

It can be said that electronic media is a new type of media that shares the traditional media in the concept, principal, s, and objectives. It differs from the traditional media in that it depends on a new medium of modern media and It is the integration of all traditional means of communication in order to communicate the content required in different and more influential forms.

The Internet offers a great opportunity for media professionals

To provide their various media materials in a purely electronic manner without resorting to traditional means such as broadcast stations, printing presses and other s,in ways that combine text, image and sound, which lifts the barrier between the recipient and the sender.  It can discuss the media content which it receives, either with the management of the site or with other recipients.

Characteristics of electronic media

Among the most prominent characteristics of electronic media:

1-Diversity:

The journalist was facing the problem of a dedicated area to accomplish a news article at the level of traditional paper press. 

As the press lives on the balance between the spaces devoted to liberalization and other areas such as advertising (advertising).

The journalist's job was to do a press job Adjusts between the space allocated for editing and meets the needs of the public.

Hence the role of the web fabric, Which allows the creation of multidimensional newspapers of an undefined size theoretically ,Which can satisfy multiple levels of interest. Hypertext is the engine of this media diversification which enables the creation of a real information media using different types of approaches, sources and media which are all connected to each other by a network of references.

2-Flexibility: 

The flexibility feature is good for the recipient "Internet user" It can exceed a number of procedural problems which it encountered if he has a minimal knowledge of the Internet.The computer here plays a dual role :

On the one hand, it is the physical container that provides Internet access and handling. In addition to its basic function of processing information, and storing them in various forms and methods.

On the media level,flexibility is demonstrated by the user's ability to easily access a large number of information sources and locations

and that gives him the opportunity to select information which he sees as good and honest and the distinction between them and sites

which provide false data.

Differences between Electronic and Traditional Media..

-Geographic Area: The media site can be accessed via the Internet to different parts of the world as opposed to a very large number of traditional media which are restricted by specific geographical boundaries.

-Cost factor:This factor is particularly evident at the level of the written press and even more so when an electronic media site is established in that it provides the owner of a newspaper part of the cost of printing and distributing the paper version of the newspaper

Interactive component: One of the most important differences between an electronic newspaper and a newspaper, and even the new media characteristic of traditional media, is the advantage of interaction which is sometimes direct.The interactive component allows the visitor to interact directly with the site designers and view his views directly.

Forms and problems of electronic media. 

Some forms of electronic media include: websites, electronic journalism, radio and television, electronic archiving services, electronic advertising, blogging and mobile broadcasting services, and broadcasting of short messages and breaking news.

Among the most prominent problems facing the electronic media is the difficulty of trust and verify the validity of what is published in many websites, Weak controls to ensure that different values are not compromised, Copyright and intellectual property infringement,easy to commit cybercrime.