Monday, June 15, 2009

Tea Time Musings #9: Reflections on issues in publication and design


Dear readers,

I’ve reached the end of my journey here at Tender Moments with IPD.

In this journey, I’ve learned to be responsible for the content published and to consider situational and cultural contexts, as thought by Schriver (1997).

I’ve learned to develop theoretical positions such as the use of multimodality, as supported by Walsh (2006).

In my opinion, bloggers must master the art of good writing whereby the “doctrine of correctness” or accuracy is of utmost importance, as postulated by Putnis and Petelin (1996).

Besides, bloggers must be versed with web design principles such as interactivity, as upheld by Walsh (2006).

Additionally, bloggers must use copyrighted content wisely to avoid copyright infringement, as detailed in the Copyright Act 1987 (Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism 2008).

Bloggers must also be culturally sensitive when addressing issue. However, for those who advocate the declaration of controversial issues must be warned of the governing laws and be prepared to face persecution and possibly, imprisonment.

With that said, farewell!


References

Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism 2008, Copyright act 1987, viewed 16 June 2009, <http://www.kpdnhep.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=501>.

Putnis, P & Petelin, R 1996, Professional communication: principles and applications, Prentice Hall, Sydney.

Schriver, KA 1997, Dynamics in document design: creating text for readers, Wiley Computer Publisher, New York.

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

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