Observe:
This chapter, as indicated in the first group’s Prezi, is about hypertext and the remediation of print. It talked about how hypertext not only includes its visual surface, but also a data structure in a computer. It went on to speak of how nothing is permanent in a Word Document; everything is malleable and can be changed or altered at the command of the author. Print is shown to be a linear form, whereas hypertext is associative. Digital texts remediate print because much of the same “rules” apply, but the way in which our creation or comprehension of materials has altered. The strength of the informational aspect of the Prezi was that it was not overly wordy and the main points of the chapter were gone over. It followed a clear order from the chapter and didn’t stray with unnecessary details. That being said, I did wish the Prezi told the facts in a more interesting way; the information was solid but I might as well have been reading straight from the book.
Infer:
The Prezi was mostly black text set against a white background. Between each article of information, the title was reprised for extra emphasis. I think the weakness of this Prezi was its lack of color and multimedia. The Prezi format allows for some interesting features during presentations and it was unfortunate those were not taken advantage of. I also noticed some glaring grammar problems that made it clear this project was not reviewed thoroughly. On the other hand, I did appreciate its simplicity. Sometimes Powerpoint-esque presentations can get bogged down with long, blocky paragraphs but it was kept nice and to-the-point in its design.
Question:
1. Do you think with the advent of hypertext that scholarly work will become less focused?
2. As the format of hypertext rises in popularity, do you think we are losing anything in the process?
3. What about hypertext is so appealing that it seems as though print is becoming thing of the past?
4. Is the fact that hypertext is easier to change than print good or bad?
5. How will past generations, who grew up with print, now adapt to a mostly hypertextual world?
6. How is hypertext still “trapped” by its preceding format?
Response to Question 2:
ReplyDeleteAs hypertext becomes popular with the rise of digital writing, it becomes clear that there is a loss of information along the way. True, the internet has been cited as being an "overflow of knowledge," yet no one reader has actually absorbed all of it. With hypertext, we pick our own paths, choosing to read and consume what interests us. And, because of that freedom that comes with hypertext, we skip over important information. A paragraph can be too stagnant, so I'll hit a link that takes me to a visual argument instead, missing out on teh rest of the original paragraph and the information contained in it. With printed mediums, we don't have the luxury of picking and choosing what to read and what not to. In textbooks, information is ordered in a specific fashion. You can't move on to another topic until you've mastered what precedes it.