Which trio best identifies media source types?

• A. Print, Online, Digital
• B. Print, Broadcast, Digital
• C. Broadcast, Print, TV
• D. Print, News, Digital

Answer: (B)

Think about media source types in terms of how content is delivered: print covers physical newspapers and magazines, broadcast includes radio and television, and digital refers to online platforms, streaming, apps, and websites. These three categories are distinct channels that encompass most ways people access media today, without overlapping too much.

That’s why Print, Broadcast, and Digital is the best trio: it cleanly separates the main delivery modes—paper-based, audio/visual over the air or cable, and internet-based platforms. The other options run into issues: Online is a part of Digital, so pairing Online with Print creates redundancy; listing TV instead of Broadcast narrows the category to one form of broadcast and ignores radio; using News as a source type mixes content genre with delivery channel, which isn’t a channel category.