It's amazing how blogs these days have become part of the media. People tend to read blogs like political blogs to know the real surrounding and happening and read fashion blogs to know about the latest trends and style as well. Harper (n.d) also mentioned that weblogs, or blogs have become one of the latest forms of online communication to gain a widespread of popularity and notoriety.It has became a place for storytelling in the Internet. For me, creating this weblog was not an easy task to commence as there are many requirements to considerate. According to Penman ( 1998), a document's functionality is dependent on its structure matching with the reader's bits, expectations and context of use. Hence, i have gained much knowledge that is it important to know to send out the right message to the right targeted audiences with the right structure. At the same time, I have also acknowledge that document design also plays an important role in creating this weblog, whether does it attracts the reader to continue reading it or it restrains reader to read it. Hence, it is challenging task for me to create this weblog as well.
According to Barone (2009) , a good blogger always find ways to challenge the readers. . Being able to communicating with our readers and audience is an essential role as a blogger. Therefore, being a blogger is about being interesting, being considerate and respect the readers as we. Moreover, las culture and and religion is an sensitive issue, thus as a blogger I have acknowledge that it is better to avoid such issue in order to create more controversy. .
Besides that, document design also plays a part in fulfilling Penman's theory.According to Reep (1996), document design refers to the physical appearances. In order to create a good document design, Wheildon (1990) mention that there must be a balance between forms and functions. Penman (1998) stated that a good document design requires both forms a functions. This is because Form is the elements that make up the designs and the pages. However, functions are the objective of the design whether it is to educate, entertain or to impress the audiences. (Bear, 2011). Through creating this blog , i have learned to inserted a lot of white space for my magazine spread and fact sheet so that it attracts the reader’s eye and it creates a clean and relaxing visual effect. Josh (2009) also emphasize that white space is an important visual tactics to be include in magazine spread and fact sheet design. Hence, it is crucial and essential for all document designers to take note of all the issues in order to design good and reliable document design.
In conclusion, there are many requirement that is needed to be considerate while create a document design. Parker ( 1990) mentioned that the most common principle that every designers will consider would be balance, proportion, sequences and consistency .Hence, As a blogger we must make sure that we send out the right message and we have a design that attracts readers to continue reading without feeling tired and bored.
References List.
1. Penman. R, 1998, Document Structures and Reader's Habits, Communication News, vol.11, no.2, pp.10-11
2. Reep. DC, 1996, Techincal Wrriting : principles, Strategies and Readings, 3rd edn. Allyn and Bacpon, Boston.
3. Wheildon. C, 1990, Communicating or Just making pretty Shapes : A study of the Validity, Srd edn, Newspaper Advertising Bureau of Australia, North Sydney.
4. Harper. C, n.d, Blogging and Journalism Practice, Temple University.
5. Barona. L, 2009, Defining the Role Of Blogger, viewed on 9th November 2011, http://outspokenmedia.com/blogging/defining-the-role-of-a-blogger/
6. Bear. J, 2011, Form and Function in Design and Publishing, viewed on 18th October 2011, <http://desktoppub.about.com/od/graphicdesign/a/formfunction.html
7. Josh. A, 2009, The Science of White Space in Design, viewed on 18th October 2011, <http://www.inspiredm.com/white-space/>
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