Chapter 17 is about how Webcomics and online comics. People who publish comics find it
easier to find a target audience, along with a cheap and inexpensive way of
spreading their works. Publishers
can also make money off of their comics through advertising, sale of
merchandise, and the use of an electronic tip jar. It is also worthy to use the web for comics because comic
strips can go infinitely in either direction, making it easier for people to
read, as opposed to having to turn pages.
It is also better for creators to use computer software to make images
and pictures if they are not the best illustrators or can better portray the
image in their head on the web.
Chapter 18 describes the printed work and books. I thought it was interesting that Logan
said the sale of books continues to increase. I would think that the opposite is happening with inventions
like the I-pad and Kindle. But it
is obvious that there are huge concerns in the percentage of time younger
people spend with books ever since the emergence of new media. Like Alan Kay said in class when he
came to talk, it is easier for the human eye to read a book close up than it is
to read from an I-phone or computer desktop/laptop. Like Logan says in this section, the left side of the brain
needs to read hard copies, making books a medium that will always be a popular
medium. E-books are mentioned in
this chapter and although I do own a Kindle, I prefer to read books in their
original hard copy. An interesting
concept in this section is called VSTF (visual-syntactic text formatting),
which transforms block-shaped text into cascading patterns that help readers
identify grammatical structure.
Audio book is also an alternative way to reading and more popular than
the e-book. Listening to an audio
book can help people more understand the content of the book by the use of
enthusiastic reading. One
disadvantage is that it is more difficult to reread a section than it would be
through normal reading. Chapter 19
is about the wheel, bicycle, and airplane and how it is easier to order
airplane tickets online. Chapter
20 talks about the photograph and how much photographs have changed throughout
the years. It is also just as easy
to snap a picture on a cell phone and change the filters to make it look like a
professional camera took it.
Chapter 21 discusses newspapers and the news and before I read this
chapter, I assumed that it was going to tell me that newspapers are becoming
obsolete and news is much easier to get via twitter, the Internet, and other
resources. “One of the concerns
journalists have with the ‘new media’ is that they might obsolesce
newspapers. Newspaper readership
is in decline.” More people are
signed up for newspapers online, making it easier for people to find out
information. The last chapter,
chapter 22, talks about motorcars and how GPS has changed everyday lives for
humans. Telemetrics is an
interesting concept because it allows drivers to make payments automatically at
the gas pump or at drive-thru restaurants. Bluetooth technology allows the radio to connect to your
phone which adds a hands-free concept.
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