I actually don't consider "multimedia" and "mixed media" to be the same thing, either.
Multimedia is used when you're talking about "media" in the communications (journalism, entertainment, etc) sense - ie, a multimedia presentation. Mixed media is used when you're talking about media in the "artistic material or technique" sense - ie, a mixed media collage.
And for the record, NEITHER of them refer to "more than one fandom." There's a reason "multimedia" and "mixed media" refer to two very different things colloquially, when in looking at the definitions of the words involved they could technically mean the same thing. It's the same with the word "multifandom," only here it's not the mixed vs. multi distinction we're concerned with, it's the media vs. fandom distinction.
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Date: 2008-11-14 02:42 am (UTC)I actually don't consider "multimedia" and "mixed media" to be the same thing, either.
Multimedia is used when you're talking about "media" in the communications (journalism, entertainment, etc) sense - ie, a multimedia presentation. Mixed media is used when you're talking about media in the "artistic material or technique" sense - ie, a mixed media collage.
And for the record, NEITHER of them refer to "more than one fandom." There's a reason "multimedia" and "mixed media" refer to two very different things colloquially, when in looking at the definitions of the words involved they could technically mean the same thing. It's the same with the word "multifandom," only here it's not the mixed vs. multi distinction we're concerned with, it's the media vs. fandom distinction.