Communicate effectively: Internet content development for the researcher and other academic writers
Technological advances in today's society have opened many new doors for interpersonal communication. With these new opportunities comes the responsibility of learning how to communicate most effectively over the new medians. This challenge can be best examined in the academic and research communities as they prepare their works for not only traditional print sources but also for presentation over the Internet. Usability studies have shown people read 25% slower from a computer screen than from print sources (Nielsen). To compensate for this impediment, a new style of writing needs to be adapted by those using the Internet as a median of presentation. This research will examine the difference between academic writing and writing for the web, why the differences exist, and conclude with the development of a step-by-step guide researchers and academic writers can use when preparing their works for the internet to ensure both effective and efficient communication over the new median.
School:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department:
New Media and Information Science
Research Advisor:
Eric Jakobsson
Department of Research Advisor:
Molecular Physiology
Year of Publication:
2002