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http://raws.adc.rmit.edu.au/~s3305076/Webpage/Hello.html
Could’ve be presented better but I took a third of the content/research tasks, and still had to do all the programming and webpage design, especially linking it up and debugging.
Doing up the credits and references page now, and I’ll be able to submit it on time.
12th January – Review of blog in its current state
This post was an attempt by me to ensure that the presentation of my blog communicated what I wanted it to, because the presentation communicates a first impression. This first impression is crucial, because it creates the context by which the audience interprets your content in.
13th January – Recall: Linear and Database Ways of Communication
This post was a post where I establish an academic authority to my writing and draw on out of course knowledge to improve the work of my assignment for the course.
23rd January – Wordle and meta data
A short post where I link an image to my blog, but I also bring in the experience I had, how I resolved it, and established a degree of knowledge of coding, by talking about how I fixed it by closing tags.
A brief post explaning my creative direction for my hypertext essay.
30th January – The Importance of Saving Drafts
This blog post was probably where my posts stopped being so formal, and took on a more personal tone. It’s definitely away from the original image I had for my blog, but possibly closer to how people normally use their blogs.
I finally get started updating my blog Pages, which helps because if a user does not know a clear idea of what my blog is about, the About Me is usually the best way to get a feel of the writer. My About Me also establishes my authority in the subjects I discuss, and the Contact Me Page, allows me to be contactable for projects.
Whilst we have learnt about hyperlinking very early on, I am very pleased with this post. I take an in-class experience, relate it to out of class knowledge and hyperlink to use the database function of communication to bring about tangential learning to the audience.
8th February – Websites and the Internet, Private Spaces in Public Spaces
A well written piece on a current topic, with an educated view, backed by references, and more tangential learning.
10th February – Friendship and Professionalism
Written on personal experience, in regards to a professional viewpoint, mixed with a personal viewpoint. I reinforce and justify my actions, and thus, my blog becomes a method of public relations to ensure my actions are not seen in the wrong light.
11th February – LOOK!!!
Definitely out of the usual style I write in, it takes on an extremely casual tone, designed to be humorous, then segues into a academic opinion meant to be thoughtful, more in line with my usual writing style.
If I’m too take a good look at myself, I need to compartmentalize the specific areas I will assess myself in.
Participation Criteria Evaluation (Reference here)
1) Proper Online Presentation of Information
I felt that majority of my posts have followed a writing style that is professional and succinct enough to get to the point before losing a reader’s interest, but still creative enough to have personality.
2) Basic HTML Design
I think my prior knowledge of C++ programming was a huge asset. It allowed me to use a premade theme, but make specific adjustments to cater to my preferences. I don’t think I’m capable of coding in CSS right off the bat, but I have enough knowledge of it to be able to read the code, and make adjustments where I need it to be, and in a professional setting, I can easily communicate as a graphic designer or team leader to my programmer, and that is definitely an asset if I were to enter the industry.
3) Designing for Purpose
My blog isn’t overly decorated, meaning the reader’s attention is directed to the text and buttons. Wording is clear and the buttons on the left side, meant to direct users to specific key areas of interest are good. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I was not able to develop those pages, but the design structure is there.
4) Designing for Style
My blog might be simplistic in style, but I feel that the simplicity complements it. The appearance of a blog, communicates before the audience even reads a single line of text. Int hat communication, I have, in a aesthetically pleasing way, chosen a style that is both personal without being overly casual.
5) Discipline
I could have done better here, it wasn’t as regular as I’d like.
6) Expansion in ways of presentation
I feel I have adequately experimented with different writing styles, using imagery and hyperlinking.
Communication is done through semiotics and the most direct of which, is language.
However, communication can be done in less direct ways, and it is important to consider these before we accidentally communicate unintended messages. The most extreme examples of these would be in gaming but it’s still possible to communicate through your interactive aspects in websites.
Non-direct communication mediums:
My goals: Here
Previous reflection: Here
1) I don’t think I’m having any trouble with the way I present my information. I think I’m just very good at writing professionally.
2) I think I’ve gotten a really good grasp of this, especially since I’ve taken charge of programming our hypertext essay website.
3) In terms of my blog’s design, I feel that it presents a professional image though I have neglected updating the pages on the sides. I should work on it.
4) I like my blog’s style, so I think this has been pretty successful, though I should note that it was not made from scratch. However, at least I’ve looked into picking a style carefully.
5) I have been so behind on updating my blog. I should have a minimum of 42 posts (including Annotated Bibliography) but only had 38 as of the start of this week. This will be my 40th. I’ve been busy with all my projects, but I should’ve at least used my blog to post my updates on my projects.
6) Expansion in ways of presentations… I’ve definitely used more media. So I think it has been a success for me.
http://raws.adc.rmit.edu.au/~s3305076/Webpage/Hello.html
So that’s the main layout of the website. The Menu bar only contains three key points and most of the site’s navigation is through the automated conversation. The backgrounds will be updated once I get them. For now, my main job is to create the pages and link them up to be ready for content.
My current plan for the website would be a simulated conversation, with preplanned user response options, and I will describe how it realtes to user generated content on the internet, placed there with no idea of when they will be used, but meant to function to allow for responsive and dynamic communication. Eventually this will link users to the main website where the webpages will be linked to one another in a more standard website style, with a table of contents on one side.
I’ve had posts have had long and fancy references on top that you may or may not actually check, posts titled with fancy and big words and posts where I write in whole sentences, and up until this point, I’d hazard that the reader probably took my words with a lot more faith than they would have if I had presented them in abbreviated words and simpler sentences. All I had to do was follow rules of communication and suddenly, my content became far more credible. In that sense, communication will always have an element of being defined by presentation, though Walker and Mortensen do make note of that. Even the title of this post, is something that only a select group of people will understand. Thus, in conclusion, whilst I believe in many possibilities with social media, I feel people need to remember not to get ahead of themselves.
Links to other posts:
Annotated Bibliography 1 : Introduction to Social Media
Annotated Bibliography 2 : On the Authors
Annotated Bibliography 3: Summary of Reading
Annotated Bibliography 4: Notes on our Method
Annotated Bibliography 5: Blogging Software
Annotated Bibliography 6: Integrity of the Blog
Annotated Bibliography 7: Commercial and Political Value of Blogging
Annotated Bibliography 8: Social Exclusiveness
Annotated Bibliography 9: Symbiosis
Annotated Bibliography 10: </essay>
With reference to: The people formerly known as the audience; Social media. 2011. The Economist, 400(8741), pp. 9
The article from the Economist was particularly interesting because it highlighted a symbiotic relationship between traditional news mediums and online news mediums, such as blogging, tweeting, etc. I defer to a previous post, where I weighed the validity of a comment made in Walker and Mortensen’s writing. This article would probably be one of the stronger supportive writings they could use but I’m still inclined to have a certain level of skepticism regarding blogs as a wholly valid source of information due to the level of misinformation that occurs online. Online, one can ‘dress’ a website to look professional, and ‘dress’ his or her text to carry authority but, in the end, it can all be fabricated. I feel that whilst there is a good ground to say that social media will change communication by ‘adding more’ to how we communicate, I feel it is pretentious to believe that social media will revolutionize communication.
With reference to: Coming full circle; The end of mass media. 2011. The Economist, 400(8741), pp. 16
The article in the Economist (which is written by an anonymous or uncredited writer) highlights a common generalization made of social media; that it promotes social activity and the formation of open and inclusive communities. However, whilst not directly stated, Walker and Mortensen’s writing, with particular reference to the section; Academics and Audiences, shows the rules and practices that exist within cultures in terms of how they communicate. This also manifests in the forms of syntax, polite language, etiquette, and a variety of other ways that we use to consciously or unconsciously target an audience. Thus, communication through social media, including blogging, becomes an activity of exclusion rather than inclusion. Online communities mean people have the luxury of being more exclusive about who exists within their network because the pool of people they can choose to network with are from a global scale rather than limited by geographical location.