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Interesting piece about how digital technology changes the media

Adding subheadings, bullets, italics, font changes and color changes will add emphasis and make it easier for the reader to see easily what you are trying to bring across.

Homework, WordPress: A more organizational approach to improving your WordPress, including a focus on the calendar feature, pre-publishing, custom statuses, editing and notifications. All of the changes directly relate to making the WordPress more easily accessible and easier to navigate. The focus is more-so on the functionality of the aesthetic than just the aesthetic itself, which makes the WordPress both easy to follow the flow of and interesting to look at.

In the forefront of media change

Changes in writing due to technology

This website explains more about value and contrast. It gives several examples of value and the differences between color. I really like the portion where it gives an image of the gradual change of colors when using values. It helped me better engage my learning by looking at different examples.

This website explains more about value and contrast. It gives several examples of value and the differences between color. I really like the portion where it gives an image of the gradual change of colors when using values. It helped me better engage my learning by looking at different examples.

A lengthy discussion of new media, how it's defined, and its implications.

Chapter 1 of Design Fundamentals is all about trying to define new media. This site's main function is to help people have a better understanding concerning communications throughout the internet. New media is constantly being redefined because technology and forms of communication through technology are constantly evolving and developing. This site helped me not only understand better what is considered to be new media today, but can help me in the future as new media evolves and the definition changes.

The word help page for inserting fonts.

The word help page for inserting fonts.

different ways to change your font when trying to design

at beginning comedic way of showing how improper emphasis can distort and change the meaning of a message.

How social media changes the way we are viewed online

if equality is not a norm born of deep moral conviction, but rather a consequence of inadequate information, then the norm may be in trouble. Not because of a change in moral reasoning, but because of advances in technology.

Much of new media is formed with social changes. The more variable new media is, the more it appeals to the individuality of this generation.

In the latest episode of his podcast, "Penn's Sunday School," Penn Jillette discusses the negative aspect of rhetoric. Beginning around minute 46 of the show, he describes the details of the article "12 Phrases Progressive Need to Ditch." In Jillette's oppinion, changing your words to placate your audience is not only manipulating, but also demeaning.

Not only can you add emphasis by doing something to the actual words but you can also work with the image. Change the size or color of the image are a couple things.

Talks about the evolution of writing and what has pushed it to evolve over the years

This video helps us further understand the ideas portrayed by Flew's article by discussing how technology has had an affect on work culture.

CONTRAST-is not exclusive to color but extends to change in fonts, having headlines, links and images on the page.

gives good examples of contrast & links to more info