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Michael Wheeler

New media - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the later part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around the media content. Another important promise of New Media is the "democratization" of the creation, publishing, distribution and consumption of media content.
  • Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, and interactive.[1] Some examples may be the Internet, websites, computer multimedia, computer games, CD-ROMS, and DVDs.
  • Although there are several ways that New Media may be described, Lev Manovich, in an introduction to The New Media Reader, defines New Media by using eight simple and concise propositions:[4]
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  • New Media versus Cyberculture -
  • New Media as Computer Technology Used as a Distribution Platform
  • New Media as Digital Data Controlled by Software
  • New Media as the Mix Between Existing Cultural Conventions and the Conventions of Software
  • New Media as the Aesthetics that Accompanies the Early Stage of Every New Modern Media and Communication Technology
  • New Media as Faster Execution of Algorithms Previously Executed Manually or through Other Technologies
  • New Media as the Encoding of Modernist Avant-Garde; New Media as Metamedia
  • New Media as Parallel Articulation of Similar Ideas in Post-WWII Art and Modern Computing
  • he Zapatista Army of National Liberation of Chiapas, Mexico were the first major movement to make widely recognized and effective use of New Media for communiques and organizing in 1994
  • New Media has also found a use with less radical social movements such as the Free Hugs Campaign. Using websites, blogs, and online videos to demonstrate the effectiveness of the movement itself. Along with this example the use of high volume blogs has allowed numerous views and practices to be more widespread and gain more public attention
  • New Media has also recently become of interest to the global espionage community as it is easily accessible electronically in database format and can therefore be quickly retrieved and reverse engineered by national governments. Particularly of interest to the espionage community are Facebook and Twitter, two sites where individuals freely divulge personal information that can then be sifted through and archived for the automatic creation of dossiers on both people of interest and the average citizen.[
  • The new media industry shares an open association with many market segments in areas such as software/video game design, television, radio, and particularly movies, advertising and marketing, through which industry seeks to gain from the advantages of two-way dialogue with consumers primarily through the Internet.
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    wikipedia definition of new media, with a few examples of new media vs traditional media.
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    The wiki page has everything one would need to get a brief overview of what new media is. Within the site it gives all the different definitions of new media and how it affects people.
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    This webpage made me understand more about new media in terms that it talks about new media being interactive. I didn't get that from Manovich's artice.
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    I felt like this website gave a good simple explanation and it also provide examples of the history and the applications of new media.
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    This was the best website i found because I was honestly confused after reading the article so this breaks it down in less than 20 something pages and makes it easier to understand it explains everything there is to know about new media. 
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    Page full of information on new media (wikipedia) 1 History 2 Definition 3 Globalization and new media 4 As tool for social change 5 National security 6 Interactivity and new media 7 Industry 8 Youth and new media 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading
N M

D #7, HW# 3 - Design basics index - Google Books - 0 views

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    Instructions on directing the eye to certain elements of a layout which is emphasized through the use of flow.
Karla Freeman

22 Great Wordpress Plugins To Make Your Site Awesome | Jaime Almond - 0 views

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    This is a great resource for plugins. Since I am new to Wordpress I felt this is a great resource to get my page up and running with cool plugins. Since I am a blogger.com blogger I need resources to help me get started creatively with Wordpress.
julian serventi

How Diversity Makes a Team Click - New York Times - 0 views

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    Team diversity through this website deals with the positives of multicultural groups. Being able to sell products globally creates teams that are multicultural. Although differences may arise due to cultural backgrounds, the key is to accept these differences and use them to your benefit.
anonymous

D# HW#2 - Copyright Quiz - 0 views

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    A copyright tutorial website aimed at kids, although the information is useful to anyone, that helps explain the basics of copyright.
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    This website is easy to understand (it was designed for kids) and there's even a 22 question quiz about copyright.
Shay O'Neill

Types of Formal Reports - 0 views

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    Presentation on the aspects of a few different types of formal reports.
Tana Ingram

How to Write a Formal Business Report Accurately and Concisely - 0 views

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    Yet another description of how to write a formal report. A lot less detailed than the textbooks but sometimes simple is better.
Sonia Navarro

Feasibility Reports - 0 views

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    This follows most of what our book has for Chapter 22, but goes a bit more in depth. Also includes a checklist.
Tana Ingram

Online Technical Writing: Recommendation and Feasibility Reports - 0 views

  • These reports are variously called feasibility reports, recommendation reports, evaluation reports, assessment reports, and who knows what else. They all do roughly the same thing—provide carefully studied opinions and, sometimes, recommendations. There are some subtle differences among some these types, but there are absolutely no universally agreed-upon names for them:
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    formal reports all provide carefully studied opinions and/or recommendations, but there is no universally agreed upon names for them. Great.
Lucia Albert

Formal Reports - 0 views

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    information on formal reports
Jessica Guzman

d#2 hw 7-Virtual culture - s.u. - 1 views

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    As my understanding of how virtual cultures work I understand that the internet has much to do it with, the reason that I choose Apple is because with its prouducts worldwide people are able to communicate all over the world. With its many apps people have many ways to be able to send all sort of information any where they can reach and well with the internet that makes it nearly anywhere that there is a connection.
Merlyn Reyna

D#8 HW#4 Five Principles of New Media - 0 views

  • 1. Numerical representation: new media objects exist as data
  • 2. Modularity: the different elements of new media exist independently
  • 3. Automation: new media objects can be created and modified automatically
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  • 4. Variability: new media objects exist in multiple versions
  • 5. Transcoding: a new media object can be converted into another format
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    This site rehashes over a few of the principles of new media and gives a more visual look at them. Which is much more pleasant to me than just a wall of text!
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    I like this website because it gives the 5 priciples with and image and a good explanation of how to view it.
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    This website is very interesting because it talks about the five principles of New Media.  It provides images as examples and it explains how each principle is composed and the content the images have.
Kelly Corbett

d#1 hw#13 100 Creative Business Cards - 1 views

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    I thought this website exemplified what chapter one of Basics Of Design was talking about, in terms of keeping design simple and appealing to the correct audience. The business cards are simple but creative way to promote one's business in the specific field of work they are in. They are very aware of what audience they are trying to speak to. "100 (Really) Creative Business Cards." Webdesigner Depot. Web. 22 Aug 2011. .
anonymous

10 Principles Of Effective Web Design - Smashing Magazine - 0 views

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    I found that this site closely related to the ideas and principals from chapter one of Basics of Design. The site specifically talks about the principles of effective web design and website usability. It talks about how the typical web users brain works and the proper design to get the most out of them. This site shows the effectiveness of simplicity in design and how to get the most out of the space which you are working with. Also it mentioned having effective writing through talking business and the use of bold/italics keywords. Lastly the site encouraged designers to not fear having blank/white space on their site and to communicate with language that is clear and consistent with the concept of the site. Friedman, Vitaly. "10 Principles Of Effective Web Design - Smashing Magazine." UX Design: Smashing Magazine. Web. 22 Aug. 2011. .
Shannon Ridgeway

How To Control Flow Within Your Web Designs - 2 views

  • Visual design has a flow as well. You have something to communicate and you want your audience to take in different parts of your page. Some elements of the design are more important and you want to make sure they’re seen right away, and some elements of the design are best seen after having first seen a different part of the design.
  • Design flow (also referred to as movement or direction) is the way the eye moves or is led through a composition
  • Repetition in color, shape, and size create a path that can pull you to move in a certain direction.
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  • • Arrows – again it’s difficult not to visually follow the direction an arrow points• People/Faces looking in one direction – similar to arrows when we see a person facing or looking in a given direction, we tend to also look to see what they’re looking at.• Perspective – creates strong visual cues to follow. By it’s nature perspective creates a direction that begs to be followed. If all roads lead to Rome, you’re going to end up in Rome at some point
  • The large black circle in the upper left is the entry point into the painting. It’s the first thing you notice. It’s larger and darker than anything else on the page. It holds more visual weight than any other element in the painting.
  • Space can imply flow in a variety of ways. The space between elements creates paths of emptiness much like footpaths through a forest of garden. An element with visual weight calls for you to rest your eyes on it. Space gives you room to move around elements.
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    I liked this article the best. It discuses flow within web designs and it covers all the basis for smooth flow for people that are trying to create their own web page. It covers what design flow is and gives an image example of how flow flows within a graphic design. The author states that it is important to create an entry point, "something that stands out from everything else so that most people look at it first". The author also gives advice on controling flow within a design by using arrows, people or faces that look in a certain direction, and perspective. Using space to control flow is something that I found interesting the author states that "varying the space between a series of elements can be used to create rhythm and motion".
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    a good site that shows how to improve web design with flow
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    This website does a great job explaining the importance of flow in your design. It also gives great examples, mainly of we pages most of which are blogs. I thought this could help us improve our blogs also it is great for those of us who are visual learners to get the importance of flow by all the examples shown.
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    This site includes several visuals to supplement the presented material on using flow in page design. The primary elements are most important and are intended to be seen first. Other elements are best viewed after the primary element. This hierarchy can be established through flow. An entry point is something that stands out from everything else so that the audience will look at it first. Obvious directional cues include arrows, people/faces looking in one direction, and perspective. Repetition and space can also be used to create flow.
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    I found this website to be very helpful when it came to discussing flow and how to achieve that. Besides talking about using visual cues to guide the readers eyes, using space to control flow, and creating harmony using flow, it also gives examples of various websites that have demonstrated good flow of design.
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    Control the way your eyes moves through a design by starting off with an object that will catch the viewers attention. How to control the flow oif your design by using visual cues to guide the eyes in that direction. Creating space to control flow and also creating harmony using flow.
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