Career:
Multimedia Specialist
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Social Studies
A Panel Of Peers

Multimedia specialists combine design and technical knowledge to entertain, educate or inform the users. Typical multimedia presentations include:

  • entertainment products, such as computer games
  • education and training materials
  • advertising and marketing materials
  • catalogue databases and public information resources

Multimedia presentations are in demand for high-profile events, such as art exhibitions, awards programs, and museum programs.

Activity: A Panel Of Peers

As the multimedia specialist for the Museum of Digital Art, you are planning a multimedia exhibit entitled American Teenagers in the 21st Century. The exhibit will go on an international tour and be viewed by young people and adults in major cities around the world.

To set up the exhibit you plan to use nine, thin, flat LCD (liquid crystal display) panels. These hi-tech panels or screens show crisp, sharp, bright images and are large enough and thin enough to hang on a wall like a painting. Visitors will stroll through the exhibit and activate each screen with a touch.

The LCD panels will show American teenagers' viewpoints on different topics concerning life in the United States at the beginning of the 21st Century. Each LCD panel will feature a different topic. The programs to be displayed on each screen will use the following three types of media:

  • A photograph or video clip
  • Music or sound effects
  • Written text or a narrated script

Topics for individual panels

Panel 1 – PoliticsPanel 6 – Fashion
Panel 2 – FinancesPanel 7 – Music
Panel 3 – EducationPanel 8 – Hopes and goals
Panel 4 – Social statusPanel 9 – Fears
Panel 5 – Family relations 

To decide on the content of the panels, come up with ideas on the topics listed below. For each panel, write a short caption that you believe reflects a common belief or concern of teenagers today. Then describe meaningful photos or video clips you will use for each topic. Choose appropriate music or sound effects.

An American Teenager’s View on Politics

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

How Teenagers See Their Financial Future

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

The Quality of Education in America

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

The Importance of Social Status

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

Family Life in America

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

How Teenagers Influence Fashion

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

How Teenagers Influence Music Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

Hopes and Goals of American Teenagers

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

Fears of American Teenagers

Caption

Description of photo/video

Description of music or sound

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