I have learnt the importance and influence that new media has.
The blogosphere is like any other form of media. It requires design, journalistic insight and the power to publish. Its been a real joy to write for the subject of Publication Design. Although, I may not have the best eye when it comes to Publication Design, this weblog has thought me a thing or two and the discovery of numerous photo blogs have certainly sparked up an interest to photography. It is a very pleasurable pastime to take and view beautiful pieces of time. Frozen for that split second. Not only that, I too can share my photo's and learn.
That's not all. I have also learnt:
- Basic elements in composition like informational value, salience and framing (Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006)
- Importance of where things are placed on a document and why. (Bernhardt, 1986)
- Designing for print and designing for online documents are completely different.Print is designed in 2-dimension, with much attention paid to layout, while web designs are ‘1-dimensional and N-dimensional’ which causes readers to scroll up-and-down as they read the document. (Nielson, 1997)
- Why visual aids are equally as important as text. (Shriver, 1997)
- Blogs may be more popular than traditional newspapers but newspapers are still needed because of its credibility and accuracy in information reporting.
- The importance of being ethical when it comes to information being put out.
A big thank you to Miss Jenny of Taylors University for being really patient with me, at times the subject has been perplexing and her attention to detail certainly gave me a better understanding of what the subject is and requires. So for that Miss J, thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Amelia Ho Hui Ping
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References
- Kress, G & van Leeuwen, T 2006, "Reading Images: Grammar of Visual Design," Routledge, London
- Kress, G & van Leeuwen, T.2006, "Reading Images: Chapter 1: The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication".
- Nielson, J 1997, "The Difference Between Paper and Online Presentation," online, retrieved 18 November 2009, from http://www.sun.com/980713/webwriting/wftw1.html
- Bernhardt, Stephen A, 1986, ‘Seeing The Text,’ in College Composition and Communication, vol. 37, no. 1, p. 66 –78.
- Schriver, K.A. 1997, Chapter 6 in Dynamics in document design.
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