Digital Media Exploration
Project Description
This project is about exploring digital media which has five types: text, image/graphic, animation, audio, and video. However, I shall explore all types except text, with an example of each type, the brief (hi)story of each example, and the source and licensing of each example.
1. Image/Graphics: Essex White Ramp
This photo I named Essex White Ramp, was taken by me on February 6, 2026, showing the off-ramp into the Students Services Center, one of the most prominent landmarks at CCBC, Essex Campus, after the harsh wintry weather on January 25, 2026.
I tinted it to give it a warm look even though the natural environment was not.
Essex White Ramp © 2026 by Omubo Micah is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International.
2. Animation: The Dancing Baby
Known for its conquest of digital culture, the Dancing Baby animation was created in 1996 by Michael Girard, Robert Lurye, and John Chadwick.
Baby Cha Cha, as it is also called, was modified by Ron Lussier to aid its sharing via email; and by John Woodell to make it spread across the web, thus, making it the first digitally recognized meme to go viral.
I was a fan of it when I first found out about it and used it as my screensaver.
It has a standard creative work copyright, indicating non-commercial use, and it also has a non-fungible token (NFT) license which means the token can be sold to anyone to use, hold, and sell, but not the copyright which is retained by its original owners.
3. Audio: Water over Rocks 07
This Water over Rocks 07 audio by Skyhigh57 is a calming experience upon the mind. We all need this kind in our 'noisy' environment.
It is sourced from Freesound and it has a Creative Commons 0 (CC 0) License, which means the creator has dedicated the work to the public domain and waived all their rights to the work worldwide.
4. Video: Addressing the Threat of Cybercrime
In this embedded 2018 YouTube video, Addressing the Threat of Cybercrime, Jürgen Stock, Interpol Secretary General stresses the need for joint effort between law enforcement and businesses to mitigate the risks of cybercrime to detect, prevent and address the issue, since no one entity can give the answer.
This video has a Creative Commons attribution license (CC BY) which means the content can be used by anyone, but adequate credit must be given to its creator.
5. Lessons Learned
The digital media exploration taught me several lessons but key amongst them was the knowledge of the working of Creative Commons, the different license categories, and how to procure one, as well as what a non-fungible token (NFT) means, and how it is used.
I also learned how to find different media online and how to insert them on the ePortfolio.