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Reena Kapoor, Lovely Professional University Unit 8: Network Media

Unit 8: Network Media Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
8.1 Local Area Network
8.1.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Local Area Network
8.2 Metropolitan Area Network
8.2.1 The Benefits of Metropolitan Area Network
8.3 Wide Area Network
8.3.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Wide Area Network
8.4 Summary
8.5 Keywords
8.6 Review Questions
8.7 Further Readings

Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Discuss about the local area network
Describe the metropolitan area network and its benefits
Explain the wide area network
State about the advantages and disadvantages of Wide Area Network.

Introduction

Network media (sometimes referred to as networked media) refers to media mainly used in
computer networks such as the Internet.
Network media is essentially driven by technological development, emerging from the internet
as a non-centralized medium in the late nineties; the term has more recently begun to be applied
to both the arts and industry. The following features distinguish Network Media from classical
media, such as broadcast media and the printed press:
Network Media is typically democratic and decentralized. The audience can also be the
contributors.
Network Media often requires the involvement of computers as an input/output device.
Network media requires a community to participate and consume.
With the rapidly increasing digital era, new aspects of digital networking are becoming more
important. Essentially, network media is about co-operative/collaborative practice in which many
can contribute to the production of “media”.
The benefits of the development of inter-networking ultimately has allowed for greater political,
social comment and discussion but is also widely thought of in a much broader context of
globalization and the fragmentation of the world.

8.1 Local Area Network

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that connects computers and devices in a limited
geographical area such as home, school, computer laboratory or office building. The defining

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