Reflection

During the process of blogging, I have learn new skills in document design and of course, became more aware on the various issues in the media.

Aside from writing the content, document designer is also thing that I need to take into consideration to make this a comfortable website for viewers to stay on reading on my content. Walsh (1996) has mentioned the multi function of internet and the power of hypertext and hyperlink has made it a unique approach towards publishing experience as compared to the publication of a book.

I also added pictures to text to help my audience understand and digest the content as Kress & van Leeuwen (2006) suggested that it would enhance the meaning of the document and attract the audience.

Although blog is a platform that advocates freedom of speech, but still, as a good responsible blogger, we need to act ethical while blogging. Filter of contents and topics need to be done cautiously so as to avoid any unnecessary copyright or defamation infringements. Be ethical, be quality.

References:

Kress, G & van Leeuwen, T 2006 ‘chapter 1: The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication’, in Reading images: the grammar of visual design, 2nd edn, Routledge, London.

Walsh, M 2006, 'Textual shift: examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts', in Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 29, no.1, pp.24 - 37.