Media+Politics

=Media Politics=

To Begin
When starting this project, I chose a specific area of my mind map, which was Media Ecology. This allowed me to focus on a topic to and create an interesting interactive piece. I found it difficult at first because Media Ecology is very broad and it was difficult to find specific information on the topic, in other words I wasn’t able to hone in on the subject. From a discussion with David Gelb I was able to be more specific and choose Media Politics, which allowed me to have a better direction in the project.

Website Construction
I found the construction of the website very difficult because I couldn’t decide on a layout. The first few compositions were not honoring the content and did not tell the viewer about Media Politics. I started to play with some of the photographs from the content which introduce more effectively the subject of the interactive piece.

Site Map

Research for Project 2 - Specifically looking at Media Biases

Composition 1 - Although has interesting interactive navigation, it does not honor the content.

Composition 2 - More aware of the content, still the layout can be developed more.

Final Project 2 in JPEG format Final Project 2 (jpegs)

Book Resources
Yapp, Nick, Getty Images: 1960’s, London, Getty Images Unique House, 1998.

Jenkins, Gareth, John F. Kennedy Handbook, London, MQ Publications Ltd., 2006.

Silverstone, Roger, Why Study the Media?, New York, SAGE Publications Ltd. 1999.

Sturken, Marita & Cartwright Lisa, Practises of Looking, New York, Oxford University Press, 2001.

Web Resources
www.flickr.com

http://ilovetypography.com/2008/01/02/good-web-typography/

http://thebignoob.com/