Online presentation offers multi-media experimentation many practical enablers.

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Evolving multi-media modes of expression are well suited to the Internet for a number of reasons.

For one thing, the user’s simple ability to control the pace of the exposition will do a great deal to improve its acceptance and assimilation.   The Internet’s interactive capabilities are also required for the user to take charge of the depth and breadth of what he sees, by making choices about where to skim and where to delve.

In addition, presenting new forms of multi-media material online will give it an appropriate amount of time to catch on, finding its initial audience among the avant-garde before expanding to more general types of audiences.   No one needs to devote expensive broadcast time or screen space in movie theaters to it, while it is still in the process of gaining mainstream acceptance.

A collaboration-friendly online environment also offers advantages in creating material, ensuring fair payment for all participants, and even protecting content from theft.

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More Specifics

	Compelling content is more economically and organizationally feasible to produce on the Internet than in other media.
	A collaborative online workshop can properly compensate the creative participants.
	Linked modular work will be better able to resist theft.