The presentation on chapter 4 is about just how useful print text is and was and that the book redefined ways in which we can communicate. It explains that texts such as newspapers are starting to resemble computer screens because of all the images they use and how texts in general can resemble something on the internet as the use of images instead of words become more and more popular as people gradually switch to hypertext. It poses the notion that words by themselves do not carry the same authority that the picture carries with the words and that images enhance the conviction of the text. The presentations also points out that hypertext is more flexible in its writing standards, meaning that with many different links to more information, order is not necessarily a priority while in standard text it obviously is.
At the core of the presentation is the observation that images are slowly overtaking the use of words. Something that used to be almost completely textual, like the newspaper, is suddenly becoming a medium for images to be placed alongside the text. It states that even though words and images have different methods by which they can be analyzed that they still compete for the same writing space. A main argument is whether or not words can mean as much as its image. It argues that “words should be seen, not just read” which implies that there is more to a word than just the text of letters that make up the word.
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Why are words and images competing for the same writing space?
Why are textually-based documents turning to images? Can words have the same meaning as images?
4) What is the difference between MUD’s and MOO’s?
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