Hypermediacy is a "style of visual representation whose goal is to remind the viewer of the medium" (Bolter and Grusin 272). Hypermediacy plays upon the desire for immediacy and transparent immediacy, making us hyper-conscious of our act of seeing (or gazing).

Mediation is the representation of an object, a formative interface whereby the object of contemplation is structured and presented by some intervening medium (my definition). In this sense, it refers to the symbolic act itself and thus would include writing.

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

Format distinguishes formal reports from an informal reporting of information. A well-crafted formal report is formatted such that the report's information is readily accessible to all the audiences

Front Matter

The front matter to a formal report includes the preliminary information that orients all readers to the content of the report.

Front Cover. The front cover of a formal report is important. The front cover is what people see first.

Contents Page. The table of contents includes the names of all the headings and subheadings for the main text.

Summary. Perhaps no term in engineering writing is as confusing as the term "summary."

References. Use a reference page to list alphabetically the references of your report.

Main Text The text portion of your formal report contains the introduction, discussion, and conclusion of your report.

Introduction. The introduction of a report prepares readers for understanding the discussion of the report.

Discussion. The discussion or middle is the story of your work. You do not necessarily present results in the order that you understood them, but in the order that is easiest for your readers to understand them.

Conclusion. The conclusion section analyzes for the most important results from the discussion and evaluates those results in the context of the entire work.

Back Matter The back matter portion of your report contains your appendices, glossary, and references.

Appendices. Use appendices to present supplemental information for secondary readers.

Glossary. Use a glossary to define terms for secondary readers. Arrange terms in alphabetical order.

Title Page. The title page for a formal report often contains the same information as is on the cover.

"new media" segment have pushed the limits of traditional BI solutions to the breaking point.

New Media and Gaming

to understand the full sense of user and customer behavior.

the historical focus on transaction analysis drove development of these systems on common SQL based database engines designed to access and analyze structured data.

New Media companies in online gaming and online event management are already using the Datameer Analytics Solutions (DAS) for operations and customers analytics.

Form and charter a team with a project, process improvement, or product development task.

Read about group and team norms to understand the concept.

Schedule and hold a meeting to establish and adopt group relationship guidelines or group norms.

With an external facilitator leading, or a member of the group, in the absence of a facilitator, leading, all group members should brainstorm a list of guidelines that will help create an effective team.

Once the list of group norms is generated, you will want to cross redundant ideas off the list.

Each member of the group commits to “living” the guidelines.

Following the meeting, distribute the group norms to all team members.

Periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the group on achieving its business goals as well as its members’ relationship goals.

Destructive conflicts may degenerate sufficiently so the conflict parties forget the substantive issues and transform their purposes to getting even, retaliating or hurting the other person.

Constructive conflict. Behaviors that are adaptive to the situation, person and issues of the moment are functional and constructive.

Constructive conflicts appropriately balance the interests of both parties to maximize the opportunities for mutual gains.

Focusing on the process, not just the outcome one person desires, is key to productive conflict management.

Set deadlines for drafts; devote one whole team meeting to responses/revision of drafts. Develop, as a team, a series of questions for each reader to ask about other writers' drafts; decide, as a team, what you want to look for in each writer's draft Before distributing drafts to the team, each writer should provide a cover letter with the draft, explaining what she/he tried to accomplish, pointing out strengths/weaknesses, and asking readers specific questions about problem areas. Write back to each writer and be prepared to discuss your responses. Provide both positive and negative feedback to writers. Be descriptive, pointing to particular sections or sentences, providing suggestions for revision and explanations of those changes.

As the team projects progress, ask students to monitor their progress in writing, by submitting weekly minutes, for example.

PLANS FOR COMPLETION What tasks are left to do? How have you divided/assigned them? What do you still need to find? Do you have enough/too much material for your presentation? TEAM PROCESS Describe the way your team is working together. How have you organized the work? Division of tasks? Lead writer? Lead researcher? Lead presenter? Any problems in the team process?