Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Chapter 5 - Critical Interpretation, Devon Bowie and Claire Theobald


PURPOSE
-To ensure that the reader can check the facts.
-To make sure the source is reliable.
-To make one understand the internet and its many intricacies.
-To teach the reader to use indexes and search tools.
-To learn about IRC and also maybe usenet? Turns out forums cool water!
-In essence, to understand the internet and thus to better grasp reliability of internet sources.

STRUCTURE UND FEATURE
-It is largely list based, thast information may easily be digested, much like food, in that it must be chewed before swallowing if you want to digest it well.
-NO IMAGES, just gray highlights or I guess technically they're lowlights? Also there is a part dissecting a url in order to better explain and understand its elusive nature.
-Simple language, that it may be understood by all.
- Words suggest meansings.

POWER
-Yep. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day, text? Thou art fairer, and twice as mild.
-Not really. Except for "untrustworthy amateurs", who are presented badly.
-The writers, publishers, and reader.
-Qui bono? The authors, publishers, and any readers who need to understand what they are saying.

GAPS
-Texty is not intended for those with a decent knowledge of the internet.
-Unreliable amateurs are seen, but not heard.
-Among others, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) is not seen in the text.
-It doesn't address
the issue of all ".biz" sites being unscrupulous or porn.

Image from Wikipedia page on Lennon. No, not Lennon, Donny, Lenin. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lenin.jpg

5 comments:

  1. SECOND!

    Good points, you clearly have a very good understanding of the chapter.
    -Kris, Aden, Steven, Kevin

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  2. We share similar viewpoints on the subject matter. The reader is always the main focus of the text.

    Terra, Jayme, Jesse

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