What is a Hypermedia?
Hypermedia is a term that has been around since the 1940’s. It refers to information linked together in an easily accessible way. The Internet thrives on hypermedia and allows videos to be linked to graphic buttons or text and other content found to be accessible simply with a mouse click. Hypermedia is more a method for accessing available information, which is the end result. An example of hypermedia is hypertext links. When an Internet user enters a search term in Google or Yahoo and clicks the search button to find results, the information is presented as hypertext links with a bit of text describing the link. This helps the web surfer decide if these links are relevant to them and if they are worth viewing. If the first link is something that would be useful based on the blurb provided, clicking on the hypermedia — in this case a hypertext link — will take the web surfer to relevant information regarding their search. While the prominent hypermedia type is still hypertext links, t
