An infographic is a visual representation of data in an organized, dynamic way in order to present information in a quick and concise way. A great infographic must call the reader's attention in a succinct, clear, and organized manner, while including different colors or fonts that to get the reader to start viewing it. It should have relevant content to keep the reader interested and engaged. The infographic should not be cluttered, for the audience might get lost, and it should not be too long, for the audience might find it unappealing and won't take the time to read it. There must be a balance between written text, graphs, charts and images to avoid a monotonous and boring appeal while also having smooth transitions between these elements so that the infographic flows from block to block in a natural manner.
My infographic: Audience: English 101 class and anyone interested in understand Venezuela's current sociopolitical situation. Topic: Venezuela's sociopolitical situation Organization: I will build my infographic in a chronological way to depict how the election of Hugo Chavez and the reforms he made to Venezuela's political system led to the economic crisis and eventually to the social turmoil in the county. Elements: I will use pie charts, bar graphs, icons, and images. Accessibility: to maximize accessibility, I will include picture captions, large fonts and high contrast to make sure that the text is readable.
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The Writer/Designer workbook emphasizes ideas that might seem a bit obvious, but it was necessary for me to understand them completely in order to create a great multimodal auto-ethnography. A multimodal work should include visual, linguistic, spatial, gestural, and aural components. These media will help me capture the reader's attention and make him/her engage my work. To convey ideas, text should be used, and these ideas should be emphasized by visual or aural elements. As with every other literary piece, word choice and fluency are key. Finally, visual, spatial, and aural components provide color, feeling, and layout to the multimodal writing. I must keep in mind all of these elements while also considering who my audience is and how to approach them best.
From what I read on these chapters, I think that the most important thing that I must keep in mind when I write is my audience. Word choice, structure, and tone all depend on who I will be writing to and for. I learned that if I don't think of my audience while I write, I will probably lose their attention; they won't be engaged. Chapter 2 of the Carroll book focuses on the comparison between traditional, physical writing publications and digital writing. It focused on: -Timeliness -Credibility -Transparency -Accessibility Main goals and ideas to keep in mind when I write: 1. Be clear and concise 2. Make sure all images and texts have their citation 3. Keep audience in mind so that my word choice and tone are appropriate After thinking about my topic choice for the last couple of days, I've decided to select one that I find to be very close to me: Corruption in Venezuela, and people's knowledge and opinion about it. For as long as I can remember, Venezuela has been under a socialist regime. It has been 17 years since Hugo Chavez was elected the president of the nation, and four year since his successor, Nicolas Maduro, became president after Chavez's death. Through this topic, I want to research about this government and how it dismantled the country in such a short period of time. I want to answer many questions, such as how this regime came to power, why the country is now bankrupt, are people aware of the situation, do people at Emory know what is occurring, how Venezuelans around the world and in the country react to the corruption, and what we can expect to happen in the next few years.
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