Screen vs Print Document Design

When it comes to comparing both screen document and print document, there are few differences when it comes to the concept and style of design. According to Hilligoss and Howard (2002) they differentiate both document by saying the basic design element of print documents is the page; that of electronic documents is the screen. The example used for both print and screen document is the newspaper and my weblog.

 Traditionally people emphasis on print for literacy however now ' the screen' has completely change the development of communication.(Kress Van Leeuwen, 1996). Kress Van Leeuwen (1996) also mentioned that the world represented visually in the screens of the 'new media' is a differently constructed world to the densely printed pages of the print media. Therefore, Nielson (1999) have list down three main consideration of designing , which involve layout and writing strcuture, for the screen document and print diocument.


1. Dimensionality


Print document- For print design like newspaper, they are 2 dimensional document design. This is because print docuement design make it posssible for the readers to turn to the pages that they desire. It is convenient for the reader when it comes to a point where they could chooce which session and which page they would like to read. Print document are usually design in a large canvas, which typically a fixed size for  it


Screen document - As for web design like web page, there are different from print design because web document are usually 1- dimensional design or a N-dimensional design. In contrast to print design, users or readers does not need to turn the pages because web design allows the users to scroll within the page given. Moreover, the placement of the elements on the web also goes againt the nature of HTMlL and the pages are ablw to adjust based on diferent window sizes.


2. Navigation


Print document - Page turning usually consists in the naviagtion of print documents lieke magazine , newspaper and pamphlets. It is one the benefits for the print medium because it is an ultre-simple user interface for the readers and users themselves.


Screen document - However for screen design, hypertext  navigation is a major and vital compoent of web design. This is because moving around is what the Web is all about. Hypertext navigation requires the appearances of links , visualization of a location and information architecture.


3, Response Time, Resolution and Canvas Size


Print document- When is comes to speed, print document is ways fatser as compared to web page. This is because teh reader or users does nto need to wait for the web page to finish loading and all they can do it to flip the pages at any time they like. Moreover, according to Nielson (2006) he stated that the type fo image quality and the space provide by the print document is better as compared to the screen document.


Screen document - As for screen document the web designer have less control over what the users can actually see as compared to print document. This is because the print document has a fix and standard canvas size however screen document doesnt. This is partially effect by whether did the user minimized the software or the system or the fonts used by the users. ( Hilligoss and Howard, 2002).








References List


1. Nielson, J. 1999, Differences between wed design and print design, viewed on 23th August 2011,http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990124.html


2. Walsh. M, 1996, Reading visual and multimodal text : How is reading different? , viewed on 23th August 2011, http://www.literacyeducators.com.au/docs/Reading%20multimodal%20texts.pdf


3, Hilligoss and Howard, 2002, Visual Communication : A writer's guide, viewed on 23th Auguist 2011, http://www.ablongman.com/mycomplab_content/pdf/long_hilligoss.pdf


4. Kress, G, van Leeuwen, T 2006, 'Chapter 1: The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication', Reading images: the grammar of visual design, 2nd edn, Routledge, London.

New Forms of Media Publishing

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The emergence of new media has lead the world to become a more modernize and well developed country.  Users are constantly communicating and receiving latest update through the new media device. Naughton (2006) also said that the combination of digital convergence, personal computing and global networking seems to have caught up that pace of development and is giving rise to a drastic shift in the environment.

 According to Naughton (2006), this media ecosystem will eventually be more diverse and immeasurably more complex because of the number of content producers, the speed of the communication between two people and the pace of development made possible by omnipresent networking. The content producers are usually known as the productive user or producers that engaged in the act of produsage. (Podusage.org).  Productive users are users who participate strongly on both personal use and communal content.

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There are various platforms for new media publishing like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr and Youtube. One of the new platforms in new media publishing that would be further discussed would be Youtube. Youtube is a new media publishing where it allows people all across the globe to upload and share their feeling and thought through a video rather then writing it down. In the year 2006, Youtube has become the 5th most popular web destination with a drastic increased by 500% in UK. (Plunkett, 2006).  

Everyone is able to access and see first-hand video on current events based on their interest and hobbies. (Crunchbase, 2009). Moreover, the people themselves could also upload their videos easily on their blogs, mobile and emails effectively and efficiently. 

References List

1. Leena, 2011, New Forms of Media Publishing, viewed on 19th August 2011, <http://leennaquiah.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/new-forms-of-media-publishing/>

2. Geeta, 2010, Global Village, viewed onhttp://geeta-ariani.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-forms-of-media-publishing_02.html

3. Naughton.J, 2006, Blogging and teh emerging media ecosystem, viewed on 19 August 2011, <http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/discussion/blogging.pdf>

4. Produsage, n.d, Key Principles, viewed on 19 August 2011, <http://produsage.org/node/11>

5. Crunchbase, 2009, Youtube, viewed on 17 August 2011, <

http://www.crunchbase.com/company/youtube>

6. Plunkett, J, 2006, The Rise and rise of Youtube, viewed on 17 August 2011, <

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2006/sep/14/media.newmedia>

Types of Blogging Communities and Methods to Build Blogging Communities

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Ever wonder why bloggers like Kenny Sia, Xia Xue and Dawn Yang became so famous through blogging.? Whereas others have to work extremely hard just to be in their position of recognition.  There is no doubt that, blogging communities play a big role in this matter.

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Blogging communities are commonly acknowledged as a social network that strengthens the communication and connections among various groups of people sharing a similar interest. (Kinkekdei, 2007).It’s easy to form a blogging community. What it needed to be done is an administrator needs to register or establish a new blog community and sign in other members and feed their weblogs through an RSS-Feed.

Nancy White (2006) describes the blogging communities into three types. This consists of The Single Blog/Blogger Centric Community, the Central Connecting Topic Community and the Boundaries Community. 

1)   The Single Blog/ Blogger Centric Communities

This blog based community is known as the very first form of blogging community where a blog is only own by one owner or organization. Through this blog-based community, readers are allowed to comment and meeting others commenters that comments on the blogger’s site.  According to David (2006), he mentioned that blogs personally defined space.  The blog owner has the central control over this community. (Nancy. 2006).  Once the blog owner decides to take down the blog, the community would most probably traumatize. However, the good side of this community is that the blog owner get to know his or hers commenters and in the same time commenters themselves hget to know each other as well.  It is a good way to bring people around the world together. Example like Dawn Yang, is a Singaporean famous celebrity blogger that blogs about her daily personal life.

2)   The Central Connecting Topic Community

This blog-based community is a network formation. (Nancy, 2006).  These forms of community are linked together based on the common passion andtopic. Blogs like food blogs, travel blogs, political blogs are usually blogs that attracts a large number of  readers to read their blog.  Besides that, in topic centric communities, both power and identity is distributed across the community. The appearances of the community do not rise or fall on one blog. ( David, 2006). Hyperlinks in the form of blogroll, link to other blogs within a blog posts, tagging, RSS-Feed are what links them among each other. Researchers kike Anjewjerden (2005), Vande Moere 2006) have been using tools to analyze post contents and interlinking structures because many bloggers don’t realize how their blogs fit into a larger network. (Nancy, 2006). Example like Global Voices is a blog community that aggregates the blogs from developing countries in an effort to get the mainstream media to pay attention to issues in their country.

3)   The Boundaries Community

Nancy (2006) mentioned that these blog-based communities are collections of blogs and blog readers that hosted a single site or a platform. Members that were given a chance to create a new blog are often members that register and join the community. For instance, MySpace.com, Yahoo 360, and Share Your Stories are examples of the Boundaries Blog. Communities like this commonly use blogs as parts of their ecosystem. Bloggers can easily access to other blogs therefore they do not necessarily need RSS-Feed and cross linking in this community. Moreover, these communities also uses tools as discussion board, social networking and instant message to build in. (Nancy, ibid). For example Share Your Story, is a site that was starting out as a discussion boar based community for parent with babies then later changed into a blogging community. Parent can share their own personal stories about their babies and also get to know other community as well.

The picture above shows a personal website of a Fashion blogger , Rumi Neely. Her blog falls under the Single Blogger/ Blogger Centric Community. This is because her blogs is a good exemplified of well-known or ' A List Blogger . Moreover, her communities also grow and develop over time. The volume of the comment on the blog post is beyond overwhelming.

References List

1. Kinkeldei. B, 2007, Whitepaper Blog Communities, Forging Connections and Promoting Growth Through Blog Communities, viewed on 16^th August 2011, <http://www.21publish.com/pub/21publish/blogging-whitepaper.pdf>

2. White. N, 2006, Blogs and Community- launching a new paradigm for online community, viewed on 16^th August 2011,  < http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2006/edition-11-editorial/blogs-and-community-%E2%80%93-launching-a-new-paradigm-for-online-community>

3. David.W, 2006, Move Beyond Blogging – Start Buzzing, viewed on 17^th August 2011,< http://partnerships.typepad.com/civic/networking/index.html>

Classification of Blogs and Opinion about The Most Appropriate Classification Approach

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As blogs became better known as a function of new media practice, many people started to indulge themselves into the blogging era. According to Husby (2011), she said that the ability to classify blog posts into topic categories is useful for application such as search and marketing. There are several of blogs out there that consists of different content and this is how blogs are categorized into what type of blogs they are. 

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According to Martha (2011), she explains that there are four different types of blogs that many bloggers can write on. Which consists of ;

1. Corporate Blog – Blogs that contains information’s about a specific enterprise, consists its culture or it’s strategies and purposes. Examples of corporate bog are Caterpillar  and Starbucks.

2. Fashion Blogs –  Blogs that shares their fashion knowledge and share their fashion sense , style and looks to those who are interested in fashion. Examples of fashion blogs are Fashion Toast and Bryan Boy.

3. Personal Blog- The most common types of blogs where bloggers  commonly writes about there personal daily life using personal language and with emotional touch for friends and colleagues. Examples of personal blogs consists of Dawn Yang and Xia Xue.

4. Review Blog-  It is a blog where a blogger shares their review and also gives comment  of  a certain services or products. For instance like Iphones Mobiles and others. Examples of review blogs are Mummy Insider  and Booking Mama.

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However, according to Margeret (2008), she have categorized the blogs into 9 different types of blogs. Which consists of ;

1. Pamphleteering Blogs – These are blogs where individuals or a group of individuals argue and protest a case. These blogs usually responds to the facts reported in the mainstream media or infrequently on other blogs. Examples of pamphleteering blogs given by Margeret were,  Andew Norton and Catalaxy.

2. The Digest Blogs – Blogs that primarily act as guidance and summaries to the things that people can access easily, for instance from mainstream media or other blogs. These blogs also I includes commentary sections as well. Examples like Fair Go Fairfax.

3. The Advocacy Blog – These are blogs that runs by established commercial organizations that focuses on single topic rather than a wide range of topic. Examples of these blogs are Haiti Support Group.

4. The Popular Mechanics Blogs – Blogs that offers a diverse set of training and advice in specialist fields and in the same time supplying the same function as magazine such as Popular Mechnics. Some of these popular mechanics blogs earn money from advertising Example like Modern Mechanix.

5. The Exhibition Blogs -  Blogs that are maintained by writers and artist that brings their creativity to a  wider public. For example like Around the World In 20 Quiilts.

6. The Gatewatcher Blogs – Blogs that allows specialist, experts and other particular knowledge of public events to watch hold of to account the’ gatekeepers’ of the conventional media. Posum Comitatus would be an example for Gatewatcher Blog. 

7. The Diary Blogs – Known as personal blogs. They are intended for friends and family of an individuals. They contain news, photos and information of a largely persona kind. Examples like Kenny Sia.

8. The Advertisement Blogs – Most of the time these blogs are known to be less honest. Companies usually pay established bloggers to boost up their services and products. Examples like Advertlets.

9. The News Blogs – Blogs that has been used to cover and even break some of the very important information to the readers. The news are reported specifically in depth therefore these sites have become sustainable business for employing potential employers. One of the examples of news blog would be Salam Pax.


After reading both articles about the Taxonomy of Blog from two different author, i personally felt that Margeret Simons's ( 2008) article was more reliable as compared to Martha's analysis about blogs. This is because Margeret Simons explain the 9 different type of blog specifically and in details. Thus, i find it rather credible as compared with Martha's.





References List


1. Martha, 2011, What is Blogging and Types of Blogs, Hellbounds Bloggers, viewed on 15th August 2011, <http://hellboundbloggers.com/2011/02/27/types-of-blogs/>


2. Simons.M, 2008, Towards a Taxonomy of Blogs, Australian Policy Online viewd on 15th August 2011, <http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/towards-taxonomy-blogs-0>


3. Husby.S, 2011, Top Classification of Blog Posts Using Distant Supervision, viewed on 15th August 2011, <https://www.cs.ualberta.ca/news-events/event-calendar/2011/topic-classification-blog-posts-using-distant-supervision>

Blogs as Current Phenomena and Benefits to The Community

            

            

Blog in another term, weblog, is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent entry to the older entries. (Rowse, 2005). Blogs can also ranger from personal diaries or journals to sophisticated social annotations and politic news coverage. (Sachirato, 2009).

            As blogs became better known in the late 1990s, many began to describe this rapid expanding and popularity of blogging as blogosphere. (Sachirato, ibid). According to BlogPulse (2011), it was stated that in the year 2011, there is approximately 156 million public blogs exists worldwide. This proves that there has been roughly 152 million blogs created since the year of 2004.

             In Malaysia, there is some news which meant to be published and some news are meant to go right into the trash column.  According to France (2011), he mentioned that Malaysia mainstream media is largely government-linked and controlled through printing permits like Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984. Malaysia has censored much mainstream news that was supposed to be published.

            Therefore, political blogs is created to filter in news that was supposed to be known to the public. In Malaysia, bloggers like Lim Kit Siang, Winter Wong and Jeff Ooi are political blogs that reveal news that is hidden from the mainstream media and gives opportunity for the public to voice out. It creates a public sphere an arena that facilitates the public use of reason in national-critical debate that has been steadily narrowing as the power and reach of mass media increased. ( Noughton, 2006) . According to Harbermas’s normative notion of the public sphere, the notion of public sphere is part of social life where citizen exchange views on matters of importance to the common good, so that the public opinion can be formed. (Thornton, 1996).

             Blogging is a new organism that has arrived to our media ecosystem. It is an essentially symbiotic relationship that is emerges between the new medium of blogging and more conventional print journalism that is beneficial to us. (Noughton, 2006).

 

References List

1 Rowse.D, 2005, What is a Blog?, Problogger, 13^th August 2011, http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/

2. Sachirato.T , 2009, The practice of Public Opinion and the Production of Consent,Media and the Public Sphere, Oxford University Press, South Mlebourne.

3. Naughton, J, 2006, Blogging and the emerging media ecosystem, viewed on 14^th August 2011,

http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/discussion/blogging.pdf

4. Thornton, A, 1996, Does Internet create democracy, viewed on 14^th August 2011, http://www.zipworld.com.au/~athornto/thesis2.htm

5.  Blogpulse. 2011, viewed n 14^th August 2011, http://www.blogpulse.com/

The Aim

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‘Blogs are known as a social media because it is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content.’ (Brian, 2009).

The purpose of creating this blog is to discuss and understand how weblogs influences a person's perspective and perception towards a certain phenomenon. Besides that, this blog also aims to target audiences like profession, peers and student that has interrelation in the field of communication and media. Lastly, discussing about issues regarding the information and news about the mass media, the publication and press are the goals that this blog aims to achieve.

References List

Brian. C, 2009, Since When Blogs Are Not Social Media?, viewed on 12th August 2011, < http://www.copyblogger.com/blogs-social-media/>