Up until about two and a half weeks ago I had no idea what the term, “multimodality” meant. However, once it’s broken down into “Multiple Modes” it’s a little clearer to see. Multimodality is communication through visuals, linguistics, text, and more (Carroll, 2017). These different techniques help to display a message. With my specific field of study being English and writing, it is quite possible I will find myself using multimodality frequently. If my career path was to go down the marketing alley or anything web design related it’s important that I can create and portray messages and text in an engaging and entertaining way. When it comes to my personal life I am always using multimodality. Some of my favorite things to include in my personal use are:
There are a lot of positives to these multimodal techniques including their ability to engage many different audiences and make for an interactive read. However, they can sometimes get out of hand. If you for instance, overuse colors, clutter the visual with text, or misuse hyperlinks to unavailable sources. Hyperlinks can take readers to videos/photos or other credible sources which can enhance the experience of the reader when incorporated correctly. When these are not used properly they can leave a negative effect/experience with the reader. We don’t want that. I never even considered the set up of different websites, but now that I know about it I can definitely see how some have turned me away due to clutter, unusable links, or videos that simply didn't work. A large portion of multimodality deals with photos or other assets. Those photos and attributes need to be both truthful and credible for the readers. It's our job as the writer to do that. This includes citing all sources, when it comes to citations things can get a little sticky if we don't do it correctly. Have you ever heard of Copyright law? Copyright law is a very real thing, don’t let anyone fool you. “Copyright protects the expression of ideas, not the ideas themselves or the labor required to create the expressions” (Carroll, 2017, p. 281). The timeline below shows how copyright has changed over time and how it works today: Copyright has changed a lot over time with its rules and exceptions:
There are two terms that deal with stealing others' work. The first is copyright infringement. This is when we use someone else's work without getting permission. The second term is plagiarism: plagiarism is when the writer claims attribution for a work they didn't do or when they use a work without giving it it's proper attribution. Attribution is simply just stating where you got the information from. In order to use these expressions of specific ideas we, as writers, have to ask for permission from the one who created it. When I learned of all of the intricacies of copyright I started to question my prior use. I feel a lot of people aren’t aware of just how serious it can be! In my own personal work I plan to include citations. When considering truth, credibility, and fact-checking in writing it’s important that the information you use in your work is accurate. One way of doing this is by fact-checking. Google Dictionary Definition It’s normally a good idea to use two sources when fact-checking. This is to make sure that the results line up, even further verifying their credibility. One thing I learned while doing an assignment on fact-checking is that it’s a good sign when the source has its title in the URL and it’s a bad sign when the URL ends with .com. This is not always true though. Either way, I plan to fact-check all of my future sources and information I use in hopes to get the most accurate message across to my readers. As for reading the internet? I will consider my sources wisely and learn from other sources how to best represent my work. References Carroll, B. (2017). Writing & Editing for Digital Media (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. U.S. Copyright Office. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov/timeline/
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Sam Krzysiak
2/7/2019 04:53:06 am
I love the layout of this blog! That's one thing I am struggling with because I don't think I have an artistic bone in my body. Everything is so organized and I found reading your post to be effortless. You presented the content thoroughly and your use of images made the post more multimodal. The only real critique I can give you is to update your blog with in text references to heighten the credibility of your content. Also, the opening message of "Let's do this thing" was fantastic. That's totally your personality and I wouldn't expect anything else. Overall, amazing job Madison!!!
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Matthew Filo
2/7/2019 05:28:10 am
I liked the way you incorporated all the multimodal elements of have some working bolded, hyperlinked, and different colored text. This really allows those key points to stand out to me. Also, the use of the bulleted list allowed for me to quickly see and notice your main points without having to separate the information.
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Sarah Donkin
2/7/2019 06:55:28 am
Hey Madison,
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Ryan Ditrick
2/7/2019 09:05:42 am
Hey Madison
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