The topic that I chose was of the infamous Dr.Seuss. The website that I found was: http://www.seussville.com. It is basically a utopia of Dr.Seuss and all of his books and stories.When I first clicked on the link I saw a bright, stand-out and bubbly page full of Dr.Seuss’s most famous characters (like The Cat and the Hat and Thing 1 and Thing 2). If it were to pop-up on your screen by accident it would make you want to click it to find out what it’s all about. The layout of it is what I would call “organized chaos”. It looks like there a buttons that you can click just about on every corner of the page yet it still is organized in an odd Dr.Seuss-y way. There are little animations that draw your attention every which way like the blinking eyes of the children, the moving clouds and the lights atop the “events” building. I would say that this website is a reliable source because it seems as if Dr.Seuss himself created the webpage and who knows Dr.Seuss and his works better than himself? This website seems as if only children would enjoy it but I really enjoyed exploring all of the things that happen when I push the Cat in the Hat or the building in the background. As for my facebook page, I believe that it depicts me somewhat seeing as I have pictures of me doing my favorite things at my favorite places eating my favorite foods (even if I don’t, that information is probably on my page somewhere). Yes websites can be very misleading at times. For example if there is a picture of someone smoking on someone’s facebook page you automatically think that they are smokers when it could have been a friend. Another would be Wikipedia; you may believe that all of the information on there is true when in reality it is regular people who post their ideas and thoughts on there. Not a very reliable source. I believe that when a message is trying to be delivered, the use of video is a better source of media. It is very similar to a still image with captions and colors and words however, if it involves sound or narration, the way it is said, can be interpreted in a whole different way. In essence you can manipulate how you want your audience to understand your message. If you are trying to get across a message and want it to be interpreted in a specific manner, then you would use images. If you want someone to use their imagination to interpret something, that’s when you would only use words.
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Hey Keesha,
So I think it’s hilarious that we’ve both chosen to talk about Dr. Seuss in our papers! I think that’s a sign of a really great children’s book author. When people think about text and image together you know you’re good when more than one person thinks of you and it doesn’t include your mom. Hahaha, well at least in my mind! =] Oh I also found that website about Dr. Seuss! I thought that was a great resource, it had so much of his history on there. I didn’t know you could click the characters though… I’m gunna have to go back and try. =P
See you later!
Rach
So, I will have to admit that I absolutely loved looking at this website. I completely agree with Keesha in her description of how effective the website is to anyone. It is extremely captivating and just so wonderful to look at. You are more than likely to have a wonderful flashback to childhood to the times of Dr. Seuss. It was such a playful time at our young age and so many memories with Dr. Seuss exist...at least in my personal experience. I think that you made a great depiction of how the website was layed out - I thoroughly enjoyed imagining the 'blinking eyes' and 'moving clouds'. It was rather easily believable. As for the facebook comment, I completely agree with you, Keesha. As soon as you see an image of someone on facebook, it is strictly stuck to your mind.
Hey Keeshaa!
I really liked the last few things you mentioned especially about how you can manipulate an audience by the way you say something. I agree that you could manipulate an audience to think a certain way by just changing the tone of voice. I think it comes down to the individual and the subject when deciding which medium is best. Although I like to read things and be able to contemplate each part seperately, I could see why some people would learn or understand better with visual aids like video.
I feel bad that I don't really know much about Dr Suess! You guys all seem to remember everything about it. I guess it wasn't as big in Australia :( !!
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