Blog 7
http://time.com/3462259/steve-jobs-cover/
In my model
text there are many different modes.
Some of the modes include the text itself, the magazine cover, a quote,
links, captions, and a video.
The author assumes that the reader has some prior knowledge
of Steve Jobs, both his success and his death. So I believe the audience would
be technology people or apple product users.
The author does not make any use of the words “I” or “we.”
This affects the author’s relationship with their audience by remaining
impersonal and strictly providing information about Steve Jobs.
The author’s purpose for the writing is to inform you of
Steve Jobs accomplishments and life. The
author is hoping to provide you with more information about Steve Jobs. They want you to know more about how he came
to be whom he was known for. “Steven Paul Jobs, the legendary Apple boss who set the
company on its course to becoming the world’s most cash-rich company before
passing away three years ago Sunday, is often lauded as a technology visionary.”
I think that this sentence that was used at the beginning of the text shows
what they think about him.
The
author organizes the text in a chronological way. First he states and introduction then he goes
into Steve Jobs over the years. He transitions from topics by switching the
picture.
I think
that the genre would be something along the lines of a biography and
informational. The conventions they use
to apply the meaning would be different quotes and pictures throughout the
text.
The
author used still images in the text with the magazine picture, along with the
slideshow of pictures that you can go through as somewhat of a timeline. These images help the author show what Jobs
earlier life was like and how his life developed. The images are all different photos. I think the author did this to show Jobs in
his life. And the images work with the
text because it helps describe Steve.
They
used a simple Georgia text in the article.
I believe they did this just because the article is informational and
doesn’t need a fancy writing. They used
a larger heading at the beginning then had a subtitle below that, then had two
other subtitles that where larger and main dates that where bolded. The text is laid out in small
paragraphs. The only time the text uses
color is when it has a link and it uses the color blue so that you know it can
be clicked on. The other visual element
it uses is a video and timeline slideshow.
Instructions
for a news article for tech savvy users.
Ingredients:
Title
Headings
Columns
Video
Pictures
with captions
Materials:
Computer
Reason
for writing
Steps-
1. Decide what the purpose for the news article is and decide
what the reader is supposed to take away from it.
2. Find different articles that have similar topics and main
points and see what you can take away from them and use that would be good for
your audience.
3. Decide what sort of images you want to use in your article
and how they would help get your point across and what they would do for your
article.
4. Decide on an article title, make sure that it has to do with
what you are going to talk about and has your main point somewhat in it.
5. Start the article in an order that makes sense and will keep
the audience involved.
6. Think of any subtitles or captions you could add.
7. When article is done have someone read over it to make sure
everything is correct.
8. Get published.
