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Headlines and Subheads are a great way to | [http://www.scribd.com/doc/64429015/Writing-for-Digital-Media#page=45 Headlines]and Subheads are a great way to | ||
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#*Reading a long paragraph will likely be off putting to an online reader, visually breaking up text using headlines and even subheads then the reader is more likely to actually read the information. | #*Reading a long paragraph will likely be off putting to an online reader, visually breaking up text using headlines and even subheads then the reader is more likely to actually read the information. | ||
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# | #Carroll, Brian. (2010). ''"[http://www.scribd.com/doc/64429015/Writing-for-Digital-Media Writing for Digital Media]"''. New York: Routledge. Retrieved 2 Nov. 2012. | ||