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In NMAC 3108, Writing for Digital Media, students explore the ways to write for websites, blogs, and other forms of digital media. Digital media is defined as: different platforms on which people communicate electronically. Social media sites like Twitter, "About Me" pages, and online resume sites like Visual CV create an opportunity to facilitate better writing. | In NMAC 3108, Writing for Digital Media, students explore the ways to write for websites, blogs, and other forms of digital media. Digital media is defined as: different platforms on which people communicate electronically. | ||
Proper navigation, contact, usability, relevance, support, and identification are necessary in order to exhibit professionalism when writing in the digital age. A site made with these key elements in mind ensures credible writing directed towards the appropriate audience. Design, graphics, and "scan-ability" are vital to the process of writing for the screen. Paying close attention to these elements creates a visually appealing work of web writing that will attract readers. | |||
Social media sites like Twitter, "About Me" pages, and online resume sites like Visual CV create an opportunity to facilitate better writing. Proper navigation, contact, usability, relevance, support, and identification are necessary in order to exhibit professionalism when writing in the digital age. | |||
A site made with these key elements in mind ensures credible writing directed towards the appropriate audience. Design, graphics, and "scan-ability" are vital to the process of writing for the screen. Paying close attention to these elements creates a visually appealing work of web writing that will attract readers. | |||
With the advent of e-readers, iPads, and other innovations of the Digital Age, it is important that students prepare themselves for the specific writing style necessary to successfully write for various forms of digital media. | With the advent of e-readers, iPads, and other innovations of the Digital Age, it is important that students prepare themselves for the specific writing style necessary to successfully write for various forms of digital media. | ||
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In NMAC 3108, Writing for Digital Media, students explore the ways to write for websites, blogs, and other forms of digital media. Digital media is defined as: different platforms on which people communicate electronically.
Social media sites like Twitter, "About Me" pages, and online resume sites like Visual CV create an opportunity to facilitate better writing. Proper navigation, contact, usability, relevance, support, and identification are necessary in order to exhibit professionalism when writing in the digital age.
A site made with these key elements in mind ensures credible writing directed towards the appropriate audience. Design, graphics, and "scan-ability" are vital to the process of writing for the screen. Paying close attention to these elements creates a visually appealing work of web writing that will attract readers.
With the advent of e-readers, iPads, and other innovations of the Digital Age, it is important that students prepare themselves for the specific writing style necessary to successfully write for various forms of digital media.