Welcome to my blog. My name is Caitlin and I am currently in my second year of studying a Bachelor of Media (Communication and Journalism). My first blog will be fairly basic, as I am still trying to discover what this course is all about...
I began this week by reading through the articles which were given to us. These gave me more of an idea on the concept of 'Publics and Publishing', and how it is based upon the relationship between the publishing practise and those key publics that are involved in this process. I also came to understand that this course explores the differences between the printing press and contempory printing techniques, which I am interested to learn more about.
Hence, the article "Keep the Print Guys Away From the iPad App" was one which caught my eye, probably because I am part of the generation who these new technologies are predominately targeted towards.
This article explains how the iPad has changed the way we interact with media, and the effect that this may have on 'print guys'. The author explains how print guys do not have the ability to design articles for iPads, despite believing that they do.
Source: http://www.appolicious.com/articles/3145-apple-attempts-newspaper-subscription-plan-for-ipads
I agree with this point, as owning an iPhone (which is extremely similar to an iPad) I understand how articles can appear differently on the screen to what they would in a newspaper. Also, iPads allow for readers to interact with the story. For example, readers have the option to comment below many articles, and communicate with the author. Therefore, I agree that it will take more than just print guys to produce an article for an iPad. The skill of digitial developers would most certainly come in hand.
I look forward to the upcoming weeks of this course. Stay tuned for more updates.
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