Digital Media Exploration

Project Description

For this project, we had to share and include examples of different types of digital media from Creative Commons or our own sources, while crediting the source accordingly.

Image/Graphic Example-JPG

I found this image by searching for "flower" on the Creative Commons Website. I downloaded this image from the website as a .jpg and then uploaded it to my website. This painting is titled "Irises, 1889" by Vincent van Gough. This image was released by the J. Paul Getty Museum to the public domain by CC0, meaning creators or owners copyrighted content waive those interests and allow others to freely use their works without any restriction of copyright or database law. CC0 allows creators to opt out of copyright and database protection, which leaves it based on ethical and professional norms rather than legal.

"Irises, 1889" by Vincent Van Gough, under CC0 by J. Paul Getty Museum

Animation Example

This is an example of a gif I found on USAgif by searching animals. This site offers a collection of gifs available under open licenses or public domain, as well as gifs made by their team which contain a watermark in the right corner. Some restrictions are the use of watermarked gifs to create collections or slideshows of animated images for another website or app. Theres a risk of using these gifs for commercial purposes as the site does not claim copyright over the source videos which their gifs come from.

Guinea Pig 31 Guinea Pig Bell Pepper - Guinea pig wearing ball pepper piece like a hat

Audio Example

This is an mp3 audio file of "The Swan" from the carnival of animals by Saint Saens. I downloaded this audio from an online YouTube converter that extracted the music from the video and converts into an audio file. For YouTube, there are many different licensing options that they offer to creators but the most common is CC by 3.0 which allows users to copy and share work in any form and remix or transform the material. The only restriction is that you must giver proper credit and provide a link to the license.

"The Swan" from the Carnival of Animals by Saint Saens, under CC by 3.0

Saint-Saens - The Swan (Le Cygne) from Carnival of the Animals.mp3

Video Example

This is an example of an embedded video, which talks about the different forms of digital media and how our experiences are shaped by the way we use these tools. I embedded this video from YouTube which didn't offer any usage policy or licensing information. For Media Smarts, on their website it states all material is protected by Canadian copyright law and can't be reproduced or shared without proper permission from Media Smarts. You can only use or share these materials if you do not remove any logos, copies are used for educational purposes, and if full credit is given.

Digital Media Experiences Are Shaped by the Tools We Use | Digital Literacy 101 - Media Smarts

Lessons Learned

This project taught me why it's important to give credit to your sources correctly and the different types sharing restriction that come with licensing. This project also helped me learn more about the different forms of digital media and how to share them.

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