Blog 7

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.