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This is my favorite of the three articles I picked because it hits on an interesting observation that "People don't learn from information; they learn from other people." And it's more about how people use technical writing to communicate with other people.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
New media rely on digital technologies, allowing for previously separate media to converge. Media convergence is defined as a phenomenon of new media and this can be explained as a digital media.“
he most prominent example of media convergence is the Internet, whereby the technology for video and audio streaming is rapidly evolving. The term convergence is disputed, with critics such as Lev Manovich pointing out that the 'old' medium of film could be seen as the convergence of written text (titles and credits), photography, animation and audio recording
New Media has become a significant element in everyday life. It allows people to communicate, bank, shop and entertain. The global network of the Internet, for instance, connects people and information via computers.[3] In this way the Internet, as a communication medium of New Media, overcomes the gap between people from different countries, permitting them to exchange opinions and information. Diverse means for this exist even within the context of the Internet, including chat rooms, Instant Messaging applications, forums, email messaging, online video and audio streaming and downloads, and voice-over-internet telecommunications. New Media is defined not only as a communication tool, but also as a tool for the commercial exchange of goods and services.[
transition to new media has seen a handful of powerful transnational telecommunications corporations who own the majority achieve a level of global influence which was hitherto unimaginable.
new media follows the logic of the postindustrial or globalised society whereby 'every citizen can construct her own custom lifestyle and select her idology from a large number of choices. Rather than pushing the same objects to a mass audience, marketing now tries to target each individual separately.'
"virtual communities" are being established online and transcend geographical boundaries, eliminating social restrictions. Rheingold (2000) describes these globalised societies as self-defined networks, which resemble what we do in real life. "People in vi
rtual communities use words on screens to exchange pleasantries and argue, engage in intellectual discourse, conduct commerce, make plans, brainstorm, gossip, feud, fall in love, create a little high art and a lot of idle talk"
New Media has been used extensively by social movements to educate, organize, share cultural products of movements, communicate, coalition build, and more.
New media can be defined not only as things you can see such as graphics, moving images, shapes, texts, and such. It is also things that cannot be seen, such as a Wi-Fi connection. Like radio or electricity, no one can see the Wi-Fi waves in the air floating through the air. But the Wi-Fi concept can be considered new media. So new media can be either concept-based, refer to a solid object, or both.
Any individual with the appropriate technology can now produce his or her online media and include images, text, and sound about whatever he or she chooses. [27] So the new media with technology convergence shifts the model of mass communication, and radically shapes the ways we interact and communicate with one another.
even some forms of digitized and converged media are not in fact interactive at all
"the global interactive games industry is large and growing, and is at the forefront of many of the most significant innovations in new media" (Flew 2005: 101). Interactivity is prominent in these online computer games such as World of Warcraft and The Sims. These games, developments of "new media", allow for users to establish relationships and experience a sense of belonging, despite temporal and spatial boundaries. These games can be used as an escape or to act out a desired life. Will Wright, creator of The Sims, "is fascinated by the way gamers have become so attached to his invention-with some even living their lives through it" [30]. New media have created virtual realities that are becoming mere extensions of the world we live in.
The advertising industry has capitalized on the proliferation of new media with large agencies running multi-million dollar interactive advertising subsidiaries. In a number of cases advertising agencies have also set up new divisions to study new media. Public relations firms are taking advantage of the opportunities in new media through interactive PR practices.
New media can be seen to be a convergence between the history of two separate technologies: media and computing.
new media can now be defined as "graphics, moving images, sounds, shapes, spaces, and texts that have become computable; that is, they comprise simply another set of computer data.
Flew (2002) stated that as a result of the evolution of new media technologies, globalisation occurs. Globalisation is generally stated as "more than expansion of activities beyond the boundaries of particular nation states".[6] Globalisation shortens the distance between people all over the world by the electronic communication (Carely 1992 in Flew 2002) and Cairncross (1998) expresses this great development as the "death of distance". New media "radically break the connection between physical place and social place, making physical location much less significant for our social relationships" (Croteau and Hoynes 2003: 311).
Old media
involve analog processes
as opposed to new media which sample media as a numerical representation in binary code.
This is the best article I've found for this topic. It discusses new media in relation to Manovich's article AND actually interrelates Flew's virtual communities article too! I thought that was pretty cool. It also gives examples of what new media is, and how it is affecting our communities through globalization and social change
This is a great site to reference because there are real videos to check out as examples. The first one includes links to other short videos that are a part of this persons video resume.
In today’s highly competitive job market, creating the right video resume to accompany your traditional CV can make you stand out from the crowd. The wrong one, though, can make you a laughing stock.
1. Make Sure It’s Appropriate
3. Keep it Short
4. Don’t Be Afraid to Be Creative
5. Make Sure It Passes the Share Test
2. Don’t Just Read Out Your Resume
Don’t just create
a video resume because you can, create one because it’s relevant to the job you
want to do.
If you’re applying for a role in the online, media, social or creative
professions, then it’s more likely a decent video resume will have the desired
effect, i.e., getting you invited for an interview.
Don’t send a video resume to a more traditional type of company that won’t
“get it.” You might do your chances more harm than good.
Graeme Anthony, from the example above, is a public relations executive. His
cleverly thought out online content adds an extra wow factor to his already
outstanding experience.
2. Don’t Just
Read Out Your Resume
The whole point of a video presentation is to offer a potential employer
greater insight into you than a traditional resume can, so
just reading
aloud the contents of your CV is a waste of everyone’s time.
Use the video to help the employer get a sense of not just what you have
achieved, but what you are capable of achieving in the future.
“Tell them why you would be the right person to hire and what you can do for
them,” says Mario Gedicke, account manager at Mayomann.com, a video employment platform.
You can, however, highlight particularly relevant info from your resume.
“Focus on your experience and skill set (and possible education/training)
especially relevant to the position,” advises Tyler Redford, CEO of resumebook.tv, an online resume management system.
And if it’s appropriate and relevant to the job (as in the example above),
then don’t be afraid to talk about your passions.
3. Keep it
Short
“Keep your video resume short,” says Gedicke, who advises that a
one-minute mark
is ideal.
Redford agrees that a video resume should be “short and
sweet.” He suggests staying within two minutes.
“Keep in mind that recruiters would likely want to use the video resume as an
initial filter for applicants,” Redford says. “However, recruiters do not
typically want to use the video resume in lieu of a real, in-person
interview.”
Think of your video resume as your own personal teaser trailer. In the
example above, the clip is less than one minute and 20 seconds in length, while
the extra time is made up of a
bloopers reel
accompanied with credits, a clever way to show off your personality (and that
you don’t take yourself too seriously).
4. Don’t Be
Afraid to Be Creative
If you’re opting for a video resume, then go the whole hog and make it
spectacular. Be creative, whether that’s with the concept of your pitch, use of
humor, clever production values or brilliant editing.
However, stay classy. “
Be creative, but
professional. Do not deviate too much from the demeanor you would have in the
workplace
,” says Redford. Gedicke suggests this should extend to your
wardrobe too: “Dress professionally, just as if you are going to an in-person
interview.”
In the video above, James Corne creates a spoof AA-style confession, but
maintains a certain veneer and dresses like he was headed to the office. This
demonstrates creativity and humor whilst showing him to be a professional
person.
5. Make Sure It
Passes the Share Test
As with all online life, don’t put content out there that you wouldn’t be
prepared to see go viral. It’s unlikely your video resume will become an
overnight Internet sensation, but imagining that scenario is a good test to make
sure you could cope if it did.
Imagine your
friends and family watching the clip. If the thought of that embarrasses you,
then don’t submit it.
Digital Marketing Job Listings
Every week we put out a list of social media and web job opportunities. While we post a huge
range of job listings, we’ve selected some of the top digital marketing
opportunities from the past two weeks to get you started. Happy hunting!
If
you’re applying for a role in the online, media, social or creative
professions, then it’s more likely a decent
video resume will have the desired
effect, i.e., getting you invited for an
interview.
. Keep it
Short
3
If
you’re opting for a video resume, then go the whole hog and make it
spectacular. Be creative, whether that’s with
the concept of your pitch, use of
humor, clever production values or brilliant
editing.
However,
stay classy. “
Be creative, but
professional. Do not deviate too much from the
demeanor you would have in the
workplace
,” says Redford. Gedicke suggests this should
extend to your
wardrobe
too: “Dress professionally, just as if you are going to an in-person
interview.”
In
the video above, James Corne creates a spoof AA-style confession, but
maintains a certain veneer and dresses like he
was headed to the office. This
demonstrates creativity and humor whilst showing
him to be a professional
person.
5. Make Sure It
Passes the Share Test
As
with all online life, don’t put content out there that you wouldn’t be
prepared to see go viral. It’s unlikely your
video resume will become an
overnight Internet sensation, but imagining that
scenario is a good test to make
sure you could cope if it did.
Imagine your
friends and family watching the clip. If the
thought of that embarrasses you,
then don’t submit it.
Digital
Marketing Job Listings
Every
week we put out a list of
social
media and web job opportunities
. While we post a huge
range of job listings, we’ve selected some of
the top digital marketing
opportunities from the past two weeks to get you
started. Happy hunting!
As
with all online life, don’t put content out
there that you wouldn’t be
prepared to see go viral. It’s unlikely
your
video
resume will become an
overnight Internet sensation, but imagining
that
scenario
is a good test to make
sure you could cope if it did.
Imagine your
friends and family watching the clip. If
the
thought
of that embarrasses you,
then don’t submit
it.
Digital
Marketing Job Listings
Every
week we put out a list of
social
media and web job
opportunities
. While we post a huge
range
of job listings, we’ve selected some of
the top digital marketing
opportunities from the past two weeks to get
you
started.
Happy hunting!
This was the best and my favorite page that I found on the topic of video Resumes. It goes through 5 simple tips to making a successful video resume and gives an example of each of those 5 tips. The tips are making sure its appropriate, Don't just read out your resume, Keep it short, don't be afraid to be creative, and making sure it passes the share test. A great source and a great page.
This article discusses 5 tips for creating a video resume and it gives a video resume example that best fits that specific tip. The first tip is to make sure the video resume is appropriate by making sure its relevant to the job you are applying for. The second tip is not to just read out the resume but highlighting specific information in the resume that is relevant to the postion you are applying for. The third tip is keep it short by staying within 2 minutes. The fourth tip is to be creative and the last tip is not to create a video that would bring shame to yourself.
This website gives five tips for creating effective video resumes. The five tips are extremely helpful to those looking to create a video resume but aren't sure what should be included or where to start.
DD10 HW 4 This website provides five different ways to ensure video resume success. The videos apply to what they are talking about and then there is a brief written explanation.
According to this article, making a video resume can be a challenge. It offers five tips from "pros in the know," plus actually sample video resumes. The first tip is to make sure a video resume is appropriate. A video resume may be acceptable for certain professions and wrong for others. Secondly, do not just read from the resume. The point of a video resume is to present some additional insight into your character and capabilities. Next, keep the video short, around one minute. Four, don't avoid creativity; let your personality shine through. Finally, if you wouldn't want your family or friends to see the video, then don't submit it.
The top five tips to create an impressive video resume are:
1.Make sure it is appropriate
2.Don't just read your resume out loud
3.Keep it short
4.Don't be afraid to be creative
5.Have several peers edit it before sending it out
I really like this website gives good tips to create a good video resume. You really have to think on making it appropriate, and not just read out of the resume, also keeping it short. Another tip was also to be creative and make sure it passes the share test. Really good tips, and has a video for each and good explanation.
The information found on this website will help to create video resumes that stand out yet are appropriate. The website gives 5 tips through videos to help you such as, making sure it's appropriate, not just reading out your resume, keeping it short, creative, and making sure it passes the share test. With these tips, one would be able to create a video resume that is to the point and sticks out as well.
A video resume is a short video created by a candidate for employment that describes the individual's skills and qualifications and is typically used to supplement a traditional resume
It's important to keep in mind that a video resume isn't going to get you a job. However, if can assist you in marketing yourself to prospective employers - if it's done right.
CareerBuilder, Jobster, and MyWorkster, have a section of your profile where you can include video.
Dress professionally in business attire, just as if you were going to an in-person interview.
Keep your video resume short: one - three minutes.
Look at the camera not at the desk or table below you.
Don't speak too fast.
Make sure there isn't any background noise and that the wall behind you isn't too busy.
Practice what you're going to say ahead of time.
Start by mentioning your name (first and last).
Focus on your professional endeavors, not your personal ones.
Discuss why you would be a good employee and what you can do for the company that hires you.
Thank the viewer for considering you for employment.
Where to Upload Your Video
Don't expect your video resume to replace your traditional resume.
Tips to Help You Prepare a Professional Video Resume:
How to Promote Your Video Resume
Include a link to your video resume in your paper/online resume.
Include your video resume or a link to it in your professional profiles on career networking sites like MyWorkster, Jobster or LinkedIn.
Send the link to your networking contacts.
Video Resume Don'ts
Don't mix your personal life with your professional one.
This blog is a good resource for tips on making an impressionable resume video. It provides samples of good quality resumes and gives you specific tips on what to do and how to dress. It also has examples of poor tapes that seemed like it was a joke. Overall a great blog site with helpful hints.
Video resumes are different than a Typical resume because you're actually the one in front of the camera and speaking about who you are and what you do. This is a lot different and I would say harder then writing your information on a piece of paper. But the advantages of this are they can see you for who you really are and not what's written on a piece of paper. A disadvantage of this is that you have to make sure you pin point your audience is and that can be difficult at times. When writing something on a paper it's easy to address certain people but when you are actually in front of someone or in front of a camera you have to work a little harder to present yourself in the right way.
This website had a lot of information regarding video resumes. It had the basics, good tips, and great resources to other sites that can help you promote your video resume such as myworkster and LinkedIn.
This website talks about what video resume is about , how a video resume can help, tips that will help you prepare a professional video resume and how to promote your video resume by including a link to it in your professional profiles on career networking sites like myworkster, jobster or linkedIn.
This site is helpful because it explains and link out to other sites on how to create a video response. It also explains how you can benefit from a video resume.
-dress nice
-dont talk too fast
-3 min max
-rehearse
-keep it to professional, not personal
-remember to thank at the end
-look at camara
-include a link to a video resume at the end of real resume
This website provides useful information about video resumes. I liked that it provided tips that will help us prepare when making a video resume. The tip I thought was important was making sure to keep the video short. It also provided a list of "don't"s. I like that it mentioned not to mix one's personal life with the professional one. I thought this was important especially because we are googling ourselves as part of our HW for Deadline #11.
This website is very helpful when it comes to building up your resume. It gives you tips on what you should include to have chances on getting an interview and what not to do. It also tells you where to upload your video and how to promote your video.
In the text book Basics of Design page 44 it specifically gives examples of contrasting with letters. Figure 3-6 uses thin lines for the work "thin" and a wider font for the word "wide". This website specifically gives an explanation of the text word uses.
contrast can work with any design element
Contrast in design is an accentuation of the differences between elements in a design
Change the fonts. The font size, font weight, or font family can all provide contrast to your text. Headlines provide a lot of contrast to surrounding text.
Links provide great contrast in text. The color change and the addition of an underline work well to contrast from the surrounding text.
Use different sized images and elements. If you have a section of text that is the primary focus of a page, you might make it large and all the
I like this article because it gives the general information about contrast for beginners like me. It is easy to read and the use of bullet points makes it easy to follow. This article is really useful because it relates to web design specifically rather than just design/art.
This website explains the importance of using contrast beyond just color contrast. Using font, layout shapes, images etc one can use contrast without using only color
Gestalt is
also known as the "Law of Simplicity" or the "Law of Pragnanz"
(the entire figure or configuration), which states that every stimulus is
perceived in its most simple form.
Gestalt theorists followed
the basic principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In
other words, the whole (a picture, a car) carried a different and altogether
greater meaning than its individual components (paint, canvas, brush; or tire,
paint, metal, respectively). In viewing the "whole," a cognitive
process takes place – the mind makes a leap from comprehending the parts to
realizing the whole,
This
principle shows our perceptual tendency to separate whole figures from their
backgrounds based on one or more of a number of possible variables, such as
contrast, color, size, etc.
Tips
Clearly differentiate between figure and
ground in order to focus attention and minimize perceptual confusion.
Camouflage
Camouflage is the deliberate alteration of
figure-ground so that the figure blends into the ground.
2.
Similarity
Gestalt
theory states that things which share visual characteristics such as shape,
size, color, texture, or value will be seen as belonging together in the
viewer’s mind.
3.
Proximity
The Gestalt law of
proximity states that "objects or shapes that are close to one another
appear to form groups". Even if the shapes, sizes, and objects are
radically different, they will appear as a group if they are close together.
4.
Closure
The satisfaction of a pattern
encoded, as it were, into the brain, thus triggering recognition of the
stimulus. This can involve the brain's provision of missing details thought to
be a part of a potential pattern, or, once closure is achieved, the elimination
of details unnecessary to establish a pattern match.
5. Good
Continuation
(Continuity)
This Gestalt law states
that learners "tend to continue shapes beyond their ending points".
6. Symmetry
or Order
If an object is
asymmetrical, the viewer will waste time trying to find the problem instead of
concentrating on the instruction.
D#2 HW#2 This website discusses 3 major ways on how to emphasize a page. It discusses how to use color and contrast, proportion, and dimension. I like this article because it has valuable information that can be applied to our wordpress blogs.
Remediation is the incorporation or representation of one medium in another medium.
Generally speaking, remediation is the act of providing a remedy.
According to their book Remediation: Understanding New Media by J. David Bolter and Richard A. Grusin, remediation is a defining characteristic of new digital media because digital media is contstantly remediating its predecessors (television, radio, print journalism and other forms of old media).
Although our culture wants to multiply its media it also wants to erase all traces of mediation. For example, a typical webiste may be hypermediated, offering photographs and streaming video. These media mediate between the viewer and the meaning of the photographs and video. The viewer does not want mediation, an intervening agency, but instead the wants immediacy, a way to get beyond mediation.[2]
Remediation and RealityEdit
Because media intervenes, or mediates between viewers and what is represented, meaning is not immediate. In order to receive the meaning immediately, the viewer can ignore the presence of the medium and the act of mediation or by diminishing the medium's represntational function.
Redmediation as ReformEdit
When a new medium is introduced, users expect that it will improve upon the flaws of the preceding medium and will deliver meaning more immediately. By improving upon a predecessor, new media justifies itself. The rhetoric of remediation favors immediacy and transparency, even though as the medium matures it offers new opportunities for hypermediacy.[4].
Media constantly interact with other media by reproducing and replacing and making other changes
Project 1 replaces technical writing with a comic.
Remediation can be complete or visible.
New Media constantly justifies itself by remediating old media
The viewers received the meaning immediately because the object came from their "real" world; it is not representative of something abstract
is
the incorporation or representation of one
medium
in another
medium
.
Generally
speaking, remediation is the act of providing a remedy
Remediati
Remediatio
is
the
Remediation
Remediation and New
Media
attempting to absorb the old medium entirely, the new medium presents itself
without any connection to its original source
media intervenes, or mediates between viewers and what is represented, meaning
is not immediate. In order to receive the meaning immediately, the viewer can
ignore the presence of the medium and the act of mediation or by diminishing the
medium's representational
-Constant remediation of predecessors: TV, radio, prints, articles, news and other old media
-media is constantly commenting, reproducing and replacing: making changes
- Improve upon old flaws
-Transparency: relating to the ability to see through a particular medium wheather its metaphorical or literal.
This article starts off by providing the general meaning of remediation, "the act of proving a remedy". Rememdiation of the new media is refered to constantly remediating the old media like television, radio. A form of remediation is a film basked on a book. This article discusses the process of remediation by continously commenting on, reporducing, and replacing each other.
This was the best website I found this time because after reading the article I was still confused and had a headache from reading it sideways. This really helps you understand the article and the meaning of all the terms.
This a good website because it gives you a great summary of the key points of the article and it helps get a better understanding of what the author was trying to get across in his work.
This website gives an explanation about remediation and new media. It also gives an explanation of how remediation is defined by predecessors like the television, radio and or old media like journals. Media can interact with other kind of media by reproducing and replacing and making other changes.
I like how this article explains what remediation is and new media. This article talks about the double logic of remediation which are the process of remediation, remediation and reality, redmediation as reform.
Repetition can be considered movement. The purpose of movement is to create a unity in the design with eye travel. This website gives many examples on how repetition can be used in your design.
This website gives instructions about how to write the basic five- paragraph essay. It starts off with telling the reader/writer what the introduction should do and that is to tell the readers what the essay will be about. Then it goes on to discuss paragraph 2, 3, and 4, which is the body paragraphs which supports the topics of each paragraph. Finally it tell you about the conclusion and what it does. It also gives additional tips for writing a good essay
There have been times that we have all come to a point when we have just simply gone totally blank when it came to writing an essay and to have simple writing instructions like this one discussed in this website will get the old hamster running again. It is even very useful for those people who have never written an essay in their life.
DD11 HW 3 I like this presentation even though there is no audio because by thinking about each slide I am able to see more clearly what is meant by remediation. Linking it throughout history helps me to understand the evolution
This article is about effective copywriting. It beaks down the process into 10 simple guidelines that you should always follow when writing copy. 1. Exploit your products benefits. 2. Exploit your competitions weakness. 3. Know your audience. 4. Communicate: Whats in it for me? 5. Focus on "you" not "we." 6. Understand your medium. 7. Avoid too much information. 8. Include a call to action. 9. C.Y.A. (cover you a**) 10. Proofread.
D#3, HW#1
I really enjoyed this website because it shares a lot of the same concepts as Chapter 3 does. It talks about contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. The site also shows examples of different web pages and how they use these different elements!
-And.. its a funny site title :]
C.R.A.P. acronym for Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity with great screen capture of a website that utilizes contrast very well. Then, a screen capture of a bad example that fails with the contrast principle. There is a short text on contrast.
I like this website because of its title. How Crap is your site design? This website talks a lot about what chapter 6 was explaining. Such as how elements should be grouped or how repeating styles down a page can bring a cohesive feel.
Third party content on the White House blog is licensed under a Creative Commons license - interessting.
