Media Taxonomy (1993)

Elaboration Representation Abstraction

Text

Sound

Graphics

Motion

Fully expressed

free text

Abbreviated

outlines

Metaphor

shapes

Fully expressed

Speech

Fully expressed

Photograph

Fully expressed

Film footage

Abbreviated

Tones

Abbreviated

Blueprints

Abbreviated

Animation

Metaphor

Effects

Metaphor

Icons

Metaphor

Animated model

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