I am a firm believer that multimedia tool enhances our messaging. Without multimedia online pages and blogs would just be all text and that is not appealing to the eye nor does it make the reader more interested in any given topic. Multimedia is necessary if someone wants to bring attention to their content. I have a sports blog and without pictures, gifs or videos it would just be boring even if the text is about how amazing the game was. Blog sites such as Blogger, Tumblr and WordPress allow for multimedia to be added with ease, you do not have to be a coding whiz.
There are some cases were multimedia can take away from the content and confuse a message that is trying to be conveyed. The article about President Obama's speech shed some light on how graphics can be over simplified to make the content not seem important and also how it can be a distraction from the original message. The producer just has to be clear on the point they are trying to get across or the message they want to be received. The chart referenced in the article about job losses and gains can be a bit confusing because of the coloring, red and blue, the colors that represent the political parties should not have been used for that chart. It might have been more effective with other color so the reader would not associate the numbers with the political parties.
My blog wnbalove.tumblr.com need multimedia to make the reader want to read about what is happening in the league. If I did not include multimedia it would be more like a report of the game instead of an interesting take on it.
Reference:
NPR Staff. (2013, February 14). Chart Check: Did Obama's Graphics 'Enhance' His Big Speech? Retrieved from: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/02/13/171935151/chart-check-did-obama-s-graphics-enhance-his-big-speech
Hello. I agree with you that using a multimedia picture or video adds interest to a blog article which makes it look more professional. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThere are times when multimedia can be overused. That's when it's a problem when it is just too much! Though it is useful. Gives things a nice pizzazz!
ReplyDeleteI think that this is very true. Even in the time of the newspapers, the reporters would need to have illustrations to make the reader want to read their stories. Now with technology people want to not only see pictures, but videos or webcams to have a first-hand look into what is being told to them. I also think this has to do with news stories being misconstrued on tv and the internet, even with a picture being included, so the videos can make them feel like they were there.
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