I have learned aplenty while creating this blog. One skill that I have learned is the ability to write in an unbiased fashion. When we are writing on a blog, the contents will be reviewed by members of the public. As such, I have learnt to watch my words and analyze thoroughly before making assumptions.
As a document designer, I have understood the theory of salience whereby certain elements of a layout attract the reader’s attention to different degrees (Kress & van Leeuwen 1998). With this, I am able to design my documents according to a person’s liking. This is an important skill that I have learned as a blogger.
In my opinion, bloggers must write ethically to avoid defamation. However, he or she must not hold back the truth when publishing issues. A blogger must also be sensitive to cultures and its traditions. Internet sites vary in the modes they use, but they have the potential to combine words and images in complex structures (Walsh, 2006). I agree with this because I feel that the Internet is one of the most dynamic media around. I hope that the readers of this blog can take something away from here and one day make the blogging world a better place.
References
Gunther, K, Theo, VL 1998, Approaches to media discourse, Blackwell, Oxford
Walsh, M 2006, The textual shift: examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol.29, no.1, pp. 24-37
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