Conclusion

Abstract

Hypermedia is usually considered as a new approach to the computer-based organization of information. But it is equally a new approach to the computer-based organization of communication. This reflects the increasing difficulty of differentiating between information and communication. Traditionally, information was what one found in books, television, or radio programs. A key characteristic of the media of information was that they were non-interactive media, in contrast to the new interactive media, where the presentation of information becomes much more explicitly a process of communication. The integration of information and communication is the result of digital technology. Indeed, until recently market analysts could distinguish between information processing companies and communication companies. But as new products and services have integrated the two technologies, they have merged into one communication-information industry, and analysts can no longer distinguish clearly between them [90].