Creating our webpage

This week my group met in the library to work on our project. We decided as a group, we wanted to create a website that enlightens people about facebook. Our audience is the average person, who lacks knowledge about facebook. A person who has heard of facebook, but does not know how to go about creating one, our website would be helpful to them. Also a person who has a facebook, but is unaware of the terms and agreements that are on the facebook page, our website tell them about those. Our page is designed to persuade people that facebook can be very helpful for networking and can be a safe website.

Choosing you audience

In the reading they explained how it was important to look at your audience before writing a text to figure out what approach your paper should take. This is very important because it allows your argument to be more effective. It depends on the audience and who the author is trying to persuade as far as the use of pictures, the type of font, graphs, etc. If the author has no idea who they are trying to persuade and they start a power point or a paper they can run into problems. For example if a person started writing a paper on the importance of eating vegetables had no idea they were trying to persuade elementary students and their paper or power point had no pictures and used superior vocabulary, it would be of no benefit to the children.
The text also talked about the importance of picking the right approach when you post something online. This is true for any web page. If you want to try to convince someone who is looking at your page, it makes since to make sure you know what message you are sending and exactly who you are trying to convince. I personally have never done a web page because it seems like to broad of a audience to try to figure out who is reading the text, but in some cases it can be convincing and persuasive with the right approach.

Reading Text

Reading text can be tricky at times. Sometimes when I read an article or an something, I find myself forgetting the key concept of the text. Something that I've found that helps me is highlighting what I think are key points while I am reading. This way, I can go back and look over those key points. Another think that the text mentioned is to think about what the author meant by the article or reading. I try to look for the main point of the article. This helps give me an overall concept of what I read.

Advertising

I would say advertising has evolved tremendously throughout the decades. In the text it said that most advertisements would focus on women pleasing men. In advertising today I would say it works both ways. You see a little bit of both, especially in commercials. For example a commercial about deoderant geared toward men, may involve a women being mesmerized by the scent. Vice Versa, a commercial talking about a certain perfume geared toward a woman, may involve a man being mesmerized by that scent. So definitely the expected audience is different in advertising today.

Revising and Proofreading

When I write a paper the most important step to me is editing the paper. In revisng the paper you are able to make decisions about what you want to add to your paper. This is kind of brainstorming after you have written the paper. After I write a paper, usually I read it then decide which paragraphs need more details added to them. After that I start thinking about what would be relavent and good to add to that paragraph. When I am editing my paper, it seems like all the details come out then.

Revising

Revising a paper is one of the most crucial stages of organizing a paper. It takes time and a critical eye to revise a paper correctly. If your paper is not revised correctly, the end product will not be what you expected. I believe before revising their is another important step in composing a paper, getting reviews from your peers. This can be extremely helpful, the text insist that people are not always keen with their own eye when it comes to reviewing their own paper. Having someone revise your paper who knows what to look for and has a critical eye greatly helps the writing process. It seems like in the past years, everytime I have a paper to write there is useful feedback by my peers. It helps open your eyes to new ideas and leaves room for improvement.

Writing Smart

In the text, there were points made about writing at the best time and place for you. One of the best situations I write best in is while listening to music. It seems as though all of my brightest ideas come to me then. On the other hand, I can write just about anywhere, on a couch, at the desk, it doesn't really matter where I'm sitting. I think it's all about finding your comfort place and then sticking to it. In the reading there was also mention about writing memoirs, which is writing about something that is significant to you. Writing a memoir is one of my favorite writing styles. You get to talk about experience and what is important to you. It also makes it enjoyable to read about others experiences and what they learned from them.