Observe
As an analysis of Bolter’s chapter, the group produced a well-organized and planned presentation. The thrust of the chapter was well communicated, but some details were lost. Definitions were occasionally underdeveloped, but their meanings could be deduced based on each presenter’s use of the terms in their analyses.
Infer
The presentation’s main points were: 1. In some ways, ancient illuminated manuscripts were more effective than early books (and recent revivals), due to their lack of imagery; 2. Today, control of readers is split between the verbal and the visual; 3. The concept of “ekphrasis” and “reverse ekphrasis” concerns the interoperability of print media and the image; 4. Designing text for the web has no longer been a “remediation” of graphic design for print—animation, streaming audio and video, and other multimedia present a “hyper-media” concept of their own.
Question
As the prevalence of digital media increases, will “old” writing practices be replaced by multimedia? How will (or won’t) the publishing industry respond to this change? How will “filmization” of novels contribute to the larger visual media market? If the “ideal image” is a graph, why is an artful for emotional image effective? Is it? Will verbal expression ever expire? How will the use of spoken language conform to Internet-based multimedia?
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