Reflections

It has been an interesting journey throughout this 14 weeks of study for this subject Issues in Publication and Design. In the blink of an eye, the 14 weeks study duration has finally come to an end, thank you Ms. Jenny for the unconditional support and guidance along the way. Blogging is a platform for most of the people to record things that happen around them or express their own feeling, it may sound casual to us initially but after learning it in depth, I discovered that there are so many different aspects that we need to take note in order to achieve effective communication. From the most fundamental step of doing research to find relevant information , I learned that it is important to understand the culture of the audiences I am getting in touch with. Schriver (1997) stated that the meaning of an article text can have different meaning from one culture to another it could be humorous for one but offensive on the other. Beside the written text, I have added in element such as pictures and other graphic elements on my blog to ensure that it is multimodally articulated and its layout suits the reading preference of my readers. Walsh (2006) claimed that multimodally articulated text helps strengthening the message intended to convey. Last but not least, a big thank you for my fellow friends who guided me and also to those who left you footprint here.

Reference List

Schriver, KA 1997, Dynamics in Document Design: Creating Texts for Readers, New York: Wiley Computer Publications.

Walsh, M 2006, ‘Textual shift: Examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts,’ Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 29, no.1, p.24-37.