Telephone game:
"Thinking critically about the Bolter chapter"
Observe:
Their details about hypertext was very informing for understanding what it is and how it is used. Their prezi was not linear because it jumps all around and they also have hypertext within. I found it interesting that they made their text extremely small so they had to zoom in. Which made them have to use the method of "zooming in" on the text.
Infer:
Hyper texts are useful for writers because it helps readers allow to make their reading linear or not. They also can be used as links on a website to make searching the web easier.
Question:
What negative effects could happen if there are no hypertexts?
Does hypertext actually give the reader control or is it really an illusion?
If it is an illusion, what is the purpose of making an illusion?
"What negative effects could happen if there are no hypertexts?"
ReplyDeleteReally, I think we place so much emphasis on it because we have it now, it's so hard to think of life without it. But all that would really happen is that it would be slightly more difficult to navigate on the web. It is weird to think of life without certain technologies (telephone, tv, microwave) but even harder to realize that they are so recent. Hypertext most of all. Somehow people survived!
It seems like the model for thinking is changing, yes? What happens when items can be stored in multiple places rather than just one space? That's the base of what hypertext and hypermedia offer us.
ReplyDeleteI think that if there are no hypertexts, there would be a stop to exploring. We are confined to only one medium when reading a book, but when reading online, we are exposed to hypertexts which give us the ability to find even more information and different ways of viewing certain things.
ReplyDeleteHypertext gives readers control to an extent. I wouldn't go far as saying its an illusion. Most times it seems that there are only certain paths one can choose to take, but at the same time you can find countless ways to extend these paths making it more out of the writers hands.
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