As a creative writer, I was well aware that language is key when creating any kind of text. Rather it be a short story, poem, or article, word choice is extremely important. It determines how the writing is received by the reader. However, after my review of Multimodality and how it works in Kristin Arola’s…
1: Unseen Complexity
When we consider digital media, it’s easy to overlook the cultural and social contexts, and how much time publishers devote to framing the individual elements of the text. For example, I think of the attention to the color red on a stop sign, which catches the driver’s attention and signals the message’s urgency. On its…