The presentation consisted of quotes from the chapter along with opinions of the group members. They talked about how words and images are contained by the verbal text. A history of text and picture writing, which is the first language and communication between people that was documented was presented.
One of their main points was that words should be seen and not just read. Along with this they talked about Bolter's use of Ekphrasis which is trying to make words do what pictures do.
They talked about how text and images have changed from picture writing to MOOs (Multi Object Oriented) that capture pictures and words through chat rooms. There were also MUDs - Multi User Domain or Discussion -another chat room before blogs and the internet became so diverse with anything and everything imaginable.
1. Can images replace all words?
2. Are words able to capture what images reflect and vise-versa?
3. Why do you think printed texts are trying to look more like digital forms of text?
4. Picture writing was the start of communication, why do you think that language was created in text instead of images?
5. When Bolter says words should be seen and not just read do you think he meant words should be presented by images or that we should just see the text instead of having it said out loud?
6. Is ekphrasis successful when it comes to trying to relay a strong message?
5. When Bolter says words should be seen and not just read, I think he meant that words can be designed like a picture and you can infer from the way the words are presented than what the words are actually saying.
ReplyDelete1. Image can not replace all words because words allow a writer to create a very specific picture for the reader to interpret and and image can not always convey exactly what the writer wants to say.
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ReplyDeleteI think that it depends on what the meaning of an "image" is. If it is a picture or a photo than I would say no I don't think images could replace words because there are many things words can do that pictures can't and vise versa. However if by an "image" it refers to a symbol, I would say that yes there is the possibility that symbols could replace words, maybe not completely, but possibly.