Week 4: Media/Design
For this weeks reading response, I chose to read CH. 9 in the NFG book that talked about Media/Design. Media/Design is very important when trying to expose information from one person to another. We can communicate with others by using many types of communication, those being through media, verbally and nonverbally, through body language and well through other forms such as handwriting, print, telephone etc. Some things that the chapter also talks about is how a text’s design affects the way that it is received and understood. For example, pie charts and bar graphs are an easier way to show statistics and data rather than doing it in the form of paragraphs. It offers a much easier visual to the audience, while still containing important information.
Some questions that you should ask yourself when thinking about media are what medium are you using? Print? Electronic? Visual? Also, how does using the medium affect your overall organization? How does it affect the language and modes of expression? These questions are some of the things to keep in mind when making media. However, you must also think of the design. Things like the use of appropriate fonts, visuals, headings, and formats, such as APA or MLA, must also be considered.
The way that this relates to my major is that throughout my academic career, I am going to need to communicate with many people, using different types of communication. As a student that’s going into the medical field, communication is key, not only because you need to effectively communicate with others, but also because there will be many forms in which you will have to communicate by.
The reason as to why I chose this video is because here we see how Jim Carrey uses different kinds of communication, to “effectively” communicate with others. We see some body language involved, the use of facial expressions and also the use of different sounds he makes. To me this video is hilarious and I believe it shows how we can communicate using different ways, of course, this being by far the weirdest one, but it counts.
First off i want to say that I enjoyed the video you put up. Although its exaggerated it drives the point that we body language has such an impact when communicating with others. It can either drive a point across or leave the audience confused like how Jim Carrey does.
I believe that body language has so much emphasis when presenting yourself to another individual. I might take body language into close consideration because I am a psychology major. But anyway, If you look at this picture it shows how body language says alot about a person. Whether its someones posture or eye contact, some body language is essential for proper communication.
I chose this picture because it demonstates that visuals can be effective than long confusing paragraphs like you said. during your post. This bar graph is well organized and even uses colors to show an aspect of the graph. Overall, I enjoyed reading your post and I personally thought it was very interesting.
