Nothing grabs one's attention like a really good headline. Walsh (2006, p. 31) states that an internet site is to give the reader a variety of information. So what if you combined both? What you'd probably get is the Facebook status update tool.
On it, everyone gets to tell whoever enters their Facebook page exactly what they are doing. It is an act of spontaneous reporting. It ranges from longwinded dalliances to snappy quick cuts, all instant descriptions of what the person is up to. It gives readers an immediate gratification of looking into a person's life and engages them to comment. Even a simple "Had a rough day." can illicit sympathetic responses. And this simple tool becomes an active communication avenue for the person and readers.
That one tool has become so popular that there is even a collection of the funniest Facebook status updates! Proof that the sometimes, the simplest things are the most effective tools of communication.
Resource:
Walsh, M 2006, 'The "textual shift": examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts', Australian journal of language and literacy, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 24-37
Online article: Being There
Image source: Facebook
On it, everyone gets to tell whoever enters their Facebook page exactly what they are doing. It is an act of spontaneous reporting. It ranges from longwinded dalliances to snappy quick cuts, all instant descriptions of what the person is up to. It gives readers an immediate gratification of looking into a person's life and engages them to comment. Even a simple "Had a rough day." can illicit sympathetic responses. And this simple tool becomes an active communication avenue for the person and readers.
That one tool has become so popular that there is even a collection of the funniest Facebook status updates! Proof that the sometimes, the simplest things are the most effective tools of communication.
Resource:
Walsh, M 2006, 'The "textual shift": examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts', Australian journal of language and literacy, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 24-37
Online article: Being There
Image source: Facebook
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