Media Graphics
Under Mediagrafie (also: Mediagraphie , Mediographie ) refers to a collection or combination of different media to scientific, artistic or biographical purposes.
The term media graphics is a neologism and is based on compound words such as bibliography , filmography or discography . The first part of the word stands for people's means of communication ( media from the Latin medium , center (point), are generally understood as mediators or carriers of something). The suffix -graphy comes from the Greek verb graphein . It means that something is written, described, recorded, or recorded.
Application and forms
At first, the term “médiagraphie” established itself in France for the compilation of the different sources of information that an author used for a work on a specific topic. The advantage of the term is that it takes into account today's diversity of information procurement and extends beyond the term bibliography , which classically only includes printed works. A media graph therefore offers a complete overview of all information sources used, from printed words to moving images (articles, books, websites, blogs, radio reports, films, etc.). The titles are usually compiled according to media groups, within these groups then alphabetically or chronologically. In German one speaks of a mediography / mediography .
In addition, the term is used in Germany in two other contexts. On the one hand it is used in art, on the other hand you come across the term media graphics in a biographical context. This is a multimedia documentation that links biographical text with image, audio and video documents. In this way, not only a person's biography is recorded, but also important memorabilia that belonged to their life, for example photos, letters, pieces of music and personal videos. The aim of this method of biographical work is to reproduce a person's life as authentically as possible.