Write an essay on one of the following topics.


a)  Critically evaluate any one of the following websites:
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/
http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/
http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/


Discuss the homepage of your chosen site and then a selection of other pages. Your analysis should focus on the effectiveness of the website’s design in relation to its likely audiences. This includes issues of usability, aesthetics, genre and access, and you should also consider questions of subjectivity and representation. Make sure to examine specific details of the design (both text and image) so as to illustrate your points.


b)  “Hypertext in all its electronic forms – the World Wide Web as well as
the many stand-alone systems – is the remediation of print. Writers and
designers promote hypertext as a means of improving on the older
medium, or more precisely on the genres associated with the medium of
print, such as the novel, the technical report, and the humanistic essay.”
(Bolter, Writing Space, p. 42)


“Web design has not remained frozen at this stage of remediation of graphic design for print. Animation, streaming audio and video, and multimedia-style programmed interaction are all finding their way onto


 


Web pages. The Web also remediate’s photography, tile, radio, and television…” (Bolter, Writing Space, p. 70)


Explain what Bolter means by “remediation” and then discuss, with specific examples, how the World Wide Web remediate’s either printed texts or other audio/visual media.


   Assessment criteria


•  Coherent argument showing an understanding of the question and


making use of relevant examples


«  Evidence of independent, critical study of contemporary website designs »  Appropriate reference to recommended reading .  Suitably academic register and presentation, including careful



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